In Flight USA - December 2017

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The Valley Airport

Homes and Lots

for Sale in this

Airport

Community

on the

White River.

COTTER, ARKANSAS

• 61AR


• La
  tude: 36° 18.50 N


• Longitude: 92° 31.83W


• Field Eleva
  on: 450’


• Asphalt Runway: 2800’


• Turf Landing Area on each side
  of runway


• Traffic Paern: 1100 feet


• Private Boat Ramp


• Two County Airports within miles.


• Located minutes from Mtn. Home,
  seat of Baxter County.


• Recently voted #1 county in Arkansas.

http://www.thevalleyairport.com

Contact Glennis Sharp 870-430-

28Bs wi th thei r us ual formation ex cel -

lenc e. Th e T-2 8B, powered by th e Wrig ht

Cyc lon e R- 1820 engi ne with 142 5 h ors e-

powe r, a ll ow ed t he crowd to ex perien ce

the d if fe rent so unds between th e Wri gh t

Cyc lone radi al and Soucy’s Prat t &

Whitn ey radi al engi ne.

The cl osi ng act w as o f co urs e th e

Un ited State s Na vy’s Flight Demo n -

stra tio n Squ ad ron , t he Bl ue Angles. With

Cirru s Cl ouds on Saturday an d S un day

havi ng a cl oudl ess sky, the Bl ues were

able to p er form t he ir m ost po pular v er -

sion o f t hei r Fl ight Demo: Th e Hig h

Show.

Bot h day s they per for med the ir De mo

perf ectly, fro m th e Diamon d T ak e-of f, to

my f av ori te , th e Sn eak P ass, to the final

Del ta P it ch Up Carri er Bre ak to Land.

Whil e th e B lue s w ere the “Head -

line ” ac t in t he sky, one of the t op attrac -

tions o n the ground was the Na vy’ s

Vir tua l Re al it y 18- wh eel vehicl e, Ni mi tz.

Whe n I ar ri ved at the Na vy

Rec ru iti ng ar ea Tim ori e Belk , Acco unt

Exe cu ti ve , Event Market ing for Burs on -

Marsteller and N ola n Pen nin gto n, P ubli c

Affa irs Of ficer Navy Recrui tin g Dis trict,

Dall as gr eeted m e. The Ni mitzis t he cen -

terp ie ce a nd t o th e r ig ht are a few regis -

trat ion st ati ons. T his is where you s ubm it

inf o su ch as na me and em ail an d th en you

ar e is su ed “ Do g Tag s” w hic h con tain

yo ur inf o.

Insi de the Nim itz I w ent through a

vid eo br ie fin g. T his is d one by sc ann ing

the dog ta gs yo u w ere iss ued a t a v ideo

br ie fin g sta tion a nd being br iefed on t he

mis sio n sp ecific s. Th en yo u pr oc ee d to

the ce nte r of t he Nimi tzan d s tr ap o n a n

Oc ulu s Ri ft he adse t and a pie ce of wea r-

ab le te chn olo gy c all ed a Su bP ac tha t pe r-

cu sse s i n re al ti me to the sou nds of t he

mis sio n su ch as h elico pt er bl ade s whir l -

ing a nd liv e mo rt ar fi re.

Part ic ip ants l ik e my se lf nav igat e the

mission usi ng a cutting -edg e st eer ing

whee l and thr ottl e syste m tha t re plic ate

the se nsa tion o f pil oti ng a S WC C Boa t

(S pec ial warf ar e com bata nt cr aft) wh ile

extr act ing S EALs. Once finished, I

moved to the d eb ri efi ng sta ti on, wh er e

agai n I sc ann ed my dog ta gs a nd r eceive d

fee dbac k a nd a per for man ce gr ad e. W e

will ski p t he gra de pa rt.

When you e xit the Nimitzon t he le ft

side, you will be in f ront of se ve ral

rec ruit ing st atio ns. Thi s is w he re i nter es t-

ed per sons c an di scus s the var ie ty of

car eer s in the U.S. N avy.

Aero pace Es cap es pr ese nt ed an oth er

ex hibi t, an d t here was a sm al l samp ling of

ej ect ion seat s, f light h elm et s an d a F -1 11

eject ion/ esc ap e po d. Aero spa ce E sc ap es is

a co llab orat io n betwe en Chr is Wo odu l and

Phili ppe T ond uer. It is a c om bi nat ion of

two co ll ecti on s, whi ch fe atu re s alm os t 1 00

eje ctio n sea ts, 1 4 coc kpi t se c-

tions/s imu lat ors and hund re ds of fligh t he l-

met s, f light g ear en sem bles, etc. It is

intend ed t o hi gh lig ht ho w hu man be ings

integr at e in to ae ro sp ace veh ic les ut ili zin g

highl y-en gi neered life su ppo rt equ ipme nt

and o ther te ch no lo gies tha t a ll ow hum ans

to l ive an d op era te i n as we ll a s surv iv e i n

ext rem e si tuatio ns. This col lection is ba sed

at Hi ck s Ai rfie ld in F ort Wo rt h, T exas.

With t he seamle ss fly ing a nd m any

exhibi ts and ven dors, the 20 17 Ft. Worth

Air Show w as an outstanding su ccess.

Th e Nav y Le ads the Way at the F t. Worth Air Show

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A group of te ena ge rs in the vir tua l reality statio n Nim itz.

(U.S. Na vy ph oto by Mas s C om munic atio n Spe cialist 1st Cla ss T imothy Wal ter )

The B lue Ang els t ake t o th e s ky a t the

2017 Ft. Wo rth Air Show.

(Ni ck Viggiano) )