Aerobatics accompanied by pyrotechnics, fireworks highlight event’s final evening
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. — (Jan. 12, 2011) — Fresh off last year’s extremely popular debut, the Night Air Show and Fireworks with the “Wall of Fire” return on Saturday, July 30, to light up the sky on the final evening at EAA AirVenture 2011. The 59th annual edition of “The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration” will be held July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.
The inaugural Night Air Show at EAA AirVenture 2010 drew tens of thousands to the flightline after dusk, where they were dazzled by a stunning display of precision aerobatics and pyrotechnics from many of the world’s top air show performers. Start time is approximately 8:45 p.m., with fireworks to follow at 9:30 p.m.
Several of them, including the return of the AeroShell Aerobatic Team (T-6s), Bob Carlton (Jet sailplane), Gene Soucy (Showcat), and Matt Younkin (Twin Beech) along with addition of Steve Oliver (Chipmunk), are scheduled to perform their signature maneuvers choreographed to pyrotechnics and music in 2011.
“Judging by the rave reviews it received in 2010, the Night Air Show exceeded all expectations,” said Tom Poberezny, EAA and AirVenture chairman. “It instantly became a signature, must-see attraction at AirVenture, and the perfect way to celebrate the final evening of what will be a week filled with highlights.”
Following the Night Air Show, performers will be available for a meet and greet alongside their aircraft. Additional activities surrounding the Night Air Show will be announced in coming weeks through the event’s extensive website at www.airventure.org.
Several top-level attractions and events will also commemorate the Centennial of Naval Aviation at AirVenture 2011, which has been classified a Tier 1 event by the U.S. Navy for its year-long celebration. Special themed days include “Tribute to Bob Hoover” Day on Tuesday, July 26, Navy Day on Wednesday, July 27, and “Tribute to Burt Rutan” Day on Thursday, July 28.
Advance purchase admission tickets and camping for AirVenture 2011 are now available at a discounted rate at www.airventure.org/tickets.
EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH is The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration and EAA’s yearly membership convention. Additional EAA AirVenture information, including advance ticket and camping purchase, is available online at www.airventure.org. EAA members receive lowest prices on admission rates. For more information on EAA and its programs, call 1-800-JOIN-EAA (1-800-564-6322) or visit www.eaa.org. Immediate news is available at www.twitter.com/EAAupdate.
LEAST EXPENSIVE CONVENTION REGISTRATION RATES AVAILABLE THRU JULY 31
Those ICAS members who already know that they will be attending the organization’s 2010 annual convention in Las Vegas on December 5, 6, 7 and 8 are encouraged to register between now and the end of this month. ICAS offers significant discounts to those who register early and the very lowest prices are available now through July 31.
For more information and an easy-to-use, web-based registration process, click here.
ICAS ACADEMY TO BE HELD IN OREGON IN AUGUST
Year in and year out, there’s one comment that we hear from ICAS members that hasn’t changed much during the last decade. “If I had known how good the ICAS Academy program was, I would have registered for it a long time ago.” Many people feel that it’s the single most productive and relevant educational program that ICAS offers each year.
Because we limit this intensive training session to only 25 air show professionals, we never have to publicize the program very heavily. But, still, we’re struck every year by this seemingly well-kept secret that we have no desire in keeping secret.
This year, we’re offering the program in conjunction with the Oregon International Air Show in Hillsboro, Oregon on August 19, 20 and 21. The Hillsboro management group is one of the best in the business. We expect another sold-out program and another group of satisfied members.
But we’re on a campaign this year to make sure the entire ICAS membership knows about this powerful, popular, productive program. Click here to view our brochure, which will give you details and registration information.
And, of course, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call or write ICAS headquarters.
OLIVERS TO RECEIVE 2010 BARBER AWARD
Steve Oliver and Suzanne Asbury-Oliver were recently named as the 2010 recipients of the Bill Barber Award for Showmanship. The Award presentation will take place on Monday, July 26 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin during EAA’s AirVenture.
The Olivers were singled out for their air show showmanship and their longstanding commitment to the air show industry.
Steve and Suzanne become the 24th recipients of this prestigious award presented each year by World Air Show News Magazine and the friends and family of air show legend Bill Barber. Other past recipients include Bob Hoover, Jimmy Franklin, Leo Loudenslager, Michael Goulian, Julie Clark, Sean Tucker, Patty Wagstaff, John Mohr, the French Connection, Jim LeRoy, Dan Buchanan, and the Red Baron Stearman Squadron.
NOMINATION COMMITTEE LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES
In accordance with Section 9, Paragraph B of the ICAS Bylaws, ICAS Nominating Committee Chairman Judy Willey requests that any member wishing to submit his or her name for consideration as a possible candidate for the ICAS Board of Directors, forward a resume and short note stating why they wish to be a member of the ICAS Board of Directors, to her by e-mail to willeyjl@comcast.net or by mail to ICAS Nominating Committee, c/o ICAS headquarters, 750 Miller Drive, Suite F-3, Leesburg, Virginia 20175.
ICAS FOUNDATION EXTENDS HALL OF FAME NOMINATION DEADLINE
The ICAS Foundation has extended the deadline for nominating possible new inductees into the Air Show Hall of Fame. The new deadline is Saturday, July 31. To make your nomination, click here and follow the detailed instructions on the ICAS Foundation website. New inductees will be recognized during the Chairman’s Banquet on Wednesday, December 8 during the ICAS Convention in Las Vegas.
Current members of the ICAS Foundation Air Show Hall of Fame include Bob Hoover, Duane Cole, Art Scholl, Bevo Howard, Bill Barber, Leo Loudenslager, The French Connection, Betty Skelton, Lincoln Beachey, Curtis Pitts, Bill Sweet, Marion Cole, Jimmy Franklin, Bobby Bishop, Sean Tucker, Patty Wagstaff, Charlie Hillard, Paul Poberezny, Bob Herendeen, and Harold Krier.
BATTLES SETS WINGWALKING RECORD
ICAS member and wingwalker Ashley Battles set a world record for longest wingwalking flight on Saturday, June 19 in the skies above San Francisco, California. For four full hours, Battles was blasted by wind atop a Super 450 Stearman flown by pilot Robert Ragozzinoof. Her flight beat the previous record of three hours and 23 minutes established by a Frenchman in 1990.
CUDAHY JOINS NATIONAL AVIATION HALL OF FAME BOARD OF NOMINATIONS
The Board of Trustees of the National Aviation Hall of Fame recently selected ICAS President John Cudahy to serve as a lifetime member of the NAHF Board of Nominations. Established to publicly salute our nation’s aviation pioneers, the National Aviation Hall of Fame is located in Dayton, Ohio. NAHF inductees from within the air show community include Paul Poberezny, Patty Wagstaff, Bob Hoover and Sean Tucker.
PLAN ON SPENDING SOME TIME WITH YOUR THIRD QUARTER MAGAZINE
The third quarter issue of Air Shows Magazine, the ICAS-published professional journal of the air show industry, will be brimming with content, including articles on performer fees, air show uses of social media, what makes a great air show, information tools for small shows, and practical advice for air shows seeking to maximize sponsorship revenue.
The third quarter issue will mail at the end of July and should be in your mailbox in very early August.
ICAS BOARD SCHEDULES SUMMER MEETING FOR AUGUST 10 IN VIRGINIA
The Board of Directors of the International Council of Air Shows will hold its summer meeting in Reston, Virginia on Tuesday, August 10.
ICAS THANKS 2010 CONVENTION SPONSORS
Over the years, our convention sponsors have helped make our annual convention a bigger, better, more enjoyable, and more productive event. Please join us in acknowledging the contributions of Air Boss & Consulting International; ASB.tv; Mike Goulian Airshows; American Aerobatics, Inc. - Julie Clark's Chevron Mentor T-34; John Klatt Airshows; Team Chaos Extreme Airshows; FedEx Express; AirSupport, LLC; Jim Peitz Aerosports; Insurance Technologies and Programs; Mach 1 Productions; Commemorative Air Force/Tora, Tora, Tora; Air Boss, Inc. – George Cline; Shannon & Luchs Insurance Agency; Jacquie 'B' Airshows; Team Rocket; Nalls Aviation; Mohr Barnstorming; and the Geico Skytypers. ICAS still has many attractive sponsorship options available to members interested in increasing their visibility at our industry’s most important business meeting. For more information on a convention sponsorship option that might fit your specific needs, contact ICAS headquarters at 703-779-8510.
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Steve Oliver began flying with his father in a Piper Vagabond at the age of 12. By the time he was 17, Steve had enrolled in aeromechanics school in Kansas City and was taking flying lessons. In just 11 months, Steve earned commercial and instructor ratings and performed his first airshow. He currently holds an Airline Transport Pilot rating, is a single and multi-engine flight instructor, an Aerobatic Competency Evaluator (ACE), and holds a ground level aerobatic waiver.
Steve has flown transport category fire bombers, helicopters, and seaplanes. He has flown mail and has been both a corporate and a charter pilot. He has flown many hours crop dusting and towing banners at various events across the country. It was while towing banners that Steve met Suzanne Asbury.
Suzanne Asbury-Oliver began flying gliders at age 14 while attending junior high school near Portland, Oregon. At 15 she soloed, and by 18 she was certified as a flight instructor. She also holds an Airline Transport Pilot rating and has logged more than 6,000 flying hours, many of them in her original 1929 open cockpit Travel Air Pepsi SkyWriter biplane. After some 70 active years on the job, the biplane was retired in 2000 and now hangs from the ceiling at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport.
Today, Suzanne is the nation’s only female professional skywriter. Millions have met Suzanne by national media attention through the Today Show, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, US Magazine, People Magazine, and front page coverage in the Wall Street Journal.
With Suzanne as the primary skywriter, Steve performs the aerobatic day and night shows in the Oregon Aero® SkyDancer, a 1956 de Havilland Super Chipmunk which has been specially modified for airshow performances both in the daytime and at night. The Olivers also offer barnstorming rides in a New Standard D-25.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Bill Barber Award for Showmanship, which began in 1986. The award goes to airshow performers or teams that have demonstrated great skill and showmanship and is presented annually by World Airshow News magazine www.airshowmag.com and the friends and family of the late Bill Barber.
Aerobatics accompanied by pyrotechnics, fireworks highlight event’s final evening
The inaugural Night Air Show at EAA AirVenture 2010 drew tens of thousands to the flightline after dusk, where they were dazzled by a stunning display of precision aerobatics and pyrotechnics from many of the world’s top air show performers. Start time is approximately 8:45 p.m., with fireworks to follow at 9:30 p.m.
Advance purchase admission tickets and camping for AirVenture 2011 are now available at a discounted rate at www.airventure.org/tickets. 
