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By Nick V igg iano
T
he U .S. Navy ha d str ong pr es ent s
at the 2 017 B ell Hel ic opte r For t
Wo rth Allia nce A ir S how on O ct.
28-2 9. The Blue Ang les hea dlin ed the ai r-
show a nd the Na vy’s V irtu al Re al ity 18-
whe el v ehic le, nam ed t he Nimitzwa s
ther e to re cru it and en ter tain sh ow goe rs.
The F t. Wort h Air S how is a w orl d-
cla ss air show , with th e highl ights i nc lud -
ing t he U .S. Air F orc e H er ita ge F lig ht,
Se an D. Tu cke r a nd T eam O ra cle, T- 28
Tr ojan De mo T ea m-The Tr oja n P hly er s,
Gen e S ou cy and his Sh owc at,and the
hea dline a ct the B lue An gles.
The Heri tag e Fl ight is c urren t fig ht-
er/ at tack ai rcraf t fl ying with World War I I,
Kor ea an d Vi et nam era fig hter s t o h onor
the men and wo men wh o h ave s erv ed and
are cur ren tly s erv ing, in the US AF. At thi s
year ’s s how the f light was co mposed of an
F-16 Fight ing Fal co n ( Vip er) a nd a Nor th
Amer ican P -51D M us tan g.
This ye ar th e P-51 Happy J ac k’s Go
Buggy performed wi th t he Vi per on
Sa tur day an d the Must ang Fr agile but
Agile flew wi th th e F -1 6 on Su nda y. B oth
days t he Fligh t per forme d be autif ul fo r-
mati on f lyin g a nd p hoto passes , e spe cia l-
ly con side ring the di ssimi lar air cr af t and
a WW II pist on f ighte r a nd a fo urt h ge ne r-
atio n j et fig hter w ere invol ved.
Se an D. Tuck er and Team O racle put
on the ir u sual outst andi ng a er oba tic ro u-
tine. Tu cke r i s one o f t he be st a ll- time a ir
show p ilots and ha s the awards t o pro ve
it. He re i s just a s ampl ing of hi s achi eve -
ment s: U.S. Na tiona l A dva nc ed Ae ro -
bat ic Ch am pion – 1988, Undefeated
Ch ampi on of the C ham pions hip Airs how
Pil ot s Ass oci atio n Chall enge – 199 8-
2001, Na med one of th e 25 “L ivingLe gen ds of Fl igh t” b y t he Na tional Air &
Sp ac e Smith son ia n – 2003, a nd t he
Natio nal Avi ati on Hall of Fam e – 2008,
just to na me a few.
Tuc ke r’s a ir craft is Oracle Challe n -
ge r I II b ipla ne. It h as a c ust om- bui lt
Ly com ing AE IO -540 engine that turns a
co mposi te Hartz ell th ree-blade pro pel ler
an d pro duc es mor e than 400 horsepower.
It w ei gh s only 1 ,200 po unds, and the tail
on t he air pla ne is m od ele d a fter th e t ail
use d on h igh- perfor mance r adio c ont rol
ai rpl ane s.
Gene S ouc y perfor med his routine
with his Sho wc at, a G rum man A g C at
cr opduste r mod ifi ed for th e r igo rs of air -
show a er oba tics. With the sou nd of a
Pr att & Whitn ey R -98 5-1 4B, producing
450- HP, and a co pious a mount of s moke,
So ucy pres ent s a v iv id a nd a udi ble e xpe -
ri enc e.
The Tr oja n Phly ers fle w their T -THE NAVY LEA DS THE WAY AT
TH E FT. W ORT HAIR SHOW
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