Barnstormer Express - Final Edition of 2009

The Barnstormer Express 21 December - Final Edition of 2009     1,000 Fans on Facebook!  As of Sunday, our fan base on the popular social media/networking site, Facebook, has grown to over 1,000 fans, making the American Barnstormer team just the second civilian air show team to reach this benchmark*.     The use of social networking sites like Facebook was the big buzz at the annual ICAS Convention just a couple weeks ago, with seminar leaders urging air show organizers and performers to take advantage of this public outlet to draw more people into becoming air show fans.  We've witnessed this evolution through our fan page as we've interacted with both long-time air show fans, as well as numerous new fans to the air show world.   *Note on research:  We searched for as many airshow teams and performers as possible on Facebook, using search terms such as "airshow", "aerobatics", and "wingwalking", among others, and took into account not only pages, but groups and individual profiles representing teams, as well.  To the best of our knowledge, the only other civilian team which has surpassed 1,000 fans is Sean D. Tucker (at just over 1,500 fans), and we believe Mike Goulian Airshows will be next with a current fan count of just over 800.  We apologize if we missed anyone in our research efforts.   Blast from the Past...   We wish you a Merry Christmas and the best New Year ever! [click photo to enlarge] About this photo:  The original picture was taken downwind from the active runway at Dulles Airport at 7am in  May of 1972.  The wing rider was William (Bill) Ottley who was head of USPA and National Pilot's Association at different times.  Bill was known for sending bizarre cards at Christmas and Walt agreed to help him produce another great one before they returned home from Transpo '72 (a 10-day international transportation expo and air show held at Dulles).  The photo ship was a Champion flown by the famous Ron David, Washington TV and radio personality, and narrator of the Discovery Channel series "Wings".  Santa's whiskers were abandoned early in flight.		Quick Links...   American Barnstormer homepage   Pricing & requirements   Performance descriptions   Video      Looking to 2010...   2010 Season  The American Barnstormer team is booked at the Borden Canadian Forces Day & Airshow in Ontario for June 5 & 6, and is currently working on filling more dates for the 2010 show season.   If you are interested in hosting this very unique and entertaining team at your event, and have not yet received a packet with full-length DVD and other team info - and would like to, please email Jenny and she'll be happy to get one in the mail to you.  Most of our pertinent info can also be found on our website especially for event organizers, www.AmericanBarnstormer.net     Barnstormer's Paradise...   Our New Summer Basecamp We have found our summer home-away-from-home.  With the confirmation of our first show, we know for sure that we'll be hangaring Ol' Smokey at Red Stewart Airfield in Waynesville, OH (40I) for the summer of 2010.  This will keep our operating costs, and thus our fees to many more events, as reasonable as possible.        The Stewart family has a rich barnstorming history, lots of experience with taildraggers, and the hospitality at this field can't be beat. Red Stewart Airfield         Interested in having American Barnstormer perform at your event in 2010?   Give Walt a call today... toll-free:  (866) 450-1930  cell:  (216) 470-8088   or email Jenny at Jenny@AmericanBarnstormer.com
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