United Bank Card, Inc to Sponsor “Heavy Metal Jet Team” for 2011 Air Show Season

New five-ship jet team will be introduced at the 
International Council of Air Shows Convention in December in Las Vegas, Nevada

Lancaster, PA (Thursday, November 4, 2010) – A new jet team is coming to the North American air show circuit for 2011.  Heavy Metal Jet Team will be a five-ship aerobatic civilian-owned jet team and will be fully sponsored by United Bank Card, Inc (UBC) for its first year.  The sponsorship will enable the team to be a featured act for shows not hosting a military jet team.  With four L-39’s and one T-33 all in the Arctic camouflage paint scheme, the Lancaster, PA based Heavy Metal Jet Team will be an exciting addition to the current demonstration teams available to air shows as well as for private events and sporting event flyovers.

“United Bank Card, Inc is proud to bring the Heavy Metal Jet Team to the North American air show circuit for its first season,” stated Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of UBC.  “We look forward to having a dynamic act for air show organizers and audiences at sites that might not always have a military jet team in attendance.”

Although Heavy Metal Jet Team is new to the air show circuit, a couple of veteran air show performers and International Council of Air Show members will hold key positions on the team.  Heavy Metal Jet Team Lead Pilot will be Lt. Colonel Jerry “Jive” Kerby, USAF (ret.) and Featured Solo Performer in the single T-33 will be Captain Dale “Snort” Snodgrass, USN (ret.).  Kerby and Snodgrass currently make up the two-ship civilian jet team Team MS760.  Kerby was the first USAF F-4 Phantom Heritage Flight pilot in 2005 and has also flown the Vintage Thunderbird T-33 for the past five years.  Snodgrass is well-known from his days as the F-14 Tomcat Demo Pilot and continues to fly with both the USAF Heritage Flight and USN Legacy Flight programs.  With over 20,000 hours of flight time and 25 years of air show experience between them as well as military flight training in the F-15 and F-14, Kerby and Snodgrass bring a solid base of skill, expertise, and showmanship to the new team.

In addition to Kerby and Snodgrass, Isaacman will be joining Heavy Metal Jet Team, not only as an owner but as the right-wing pilot. Isaacman began flying over four years ago and has accumulated over 2500 flying hours, predominately in jet aircraft. Isaacman is type-rated and qualified in over 20 different corporate jets as well as experimental aircraft such as the L-39, T-33, and A-4 Skyhawk.  The remainder of the team’s pilots will be announced when the team’s Web site goes live on Monday, December 6 at the International Council of Air Shows Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

(Photo by: Rich Kolasa and Mike Lynaugh)

Heavy Metal Jet Team’s Manager and Narrator will be LM “Lunar” Sawyer.  Sawyer will manage the team’s booking schedule and marketing as well as serve as the team’s narrator.  Sawyer brings 12 years of air show marketing and management experience as well as five years of narrating experience to the team.

Heavy Metal Jet Team will be available beginning in March 2011.  To inquire about the booking the team and for more information, please contact LM Sawyer at 813-964-6259 or lunar@flyjivefly.com

UBC is a premier payment and transaction processing organization based out of Hampton, New Jersey.  As founder and CEO, Jared Isaacman has led UBC from a fledgling start-up in his parent’s basement ten years ago, to a 10 billion dollar payment processing company serving business owners around the nation. Ranked by the Nilson Report as one of the largest payment processors in the United States, UBC currently handles the merchant accounts for over 130,000 business locations. It is consistently recognized as a leader in innovation, United Bank Card is a five-time consecutive Inc. 500 company (2005-2009) and was ranked on Deloitte’s 2008 “Technology Fast 50” list.   For more information on United Bank Card please visit www.unitedbankcard.com.