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VP -30 had aP-3 and P-8 on dis play. A
MQ- 4C Tr iton Unmann ed Aircra ft
Sy stem was also on static display. U.S
Na vy aircraft ondi spl ay includ ed F/A-
18 CHorn et,E- 2Hawkeye and MH-6 0R
He lic opte r.War bir ds ondis play inclu ded
the B- 25, FG -1D Cors air, SBD-5
Da un tle ss andaP- 63 King cobra.
Na va lAi rSt atio nJacks onv ille was
op ened in1940 and today is ho me to
20,000 act ive dut y, res erve s, APF
Civil ians and cont ractors. Th eshow lin e
ran East /West so the air show spectato rs
ha dthesun totheir back for theenti re
show. Th eairshow lineu p, layo utofthe
show and per fect weat her drew hug e
crow ds for thetwo-day even t. Theshow
orga ni zersesti mated300, 000 spectato rs
atten de dthefree event.Continuedfrom Page 42
Jackso nville
Air Sho w
few comp rom ises to comfort or ease of
con tro l; mo dern light aircraft are full of
comp romi ses so tha tthey are easier to fly
and the refor e easie r to sell. I have no
qua lms withthat be caus eithelped bui ld
the sma ll air pl anebusin ess upin general.
“Avivi dexam ple from my own life
as to the excel lent perfo rmance of the
Be ech oc cur red when I experienced a
tota lengi ne fail ur esho rtly after take off.
Numb erfive connec tin grodbro ke und er
the wri st pi n. When the fail ure occu rred ,
one of my passengers who was very
fam ilia rwi th thepar tof town we were
ove r, agr eed with me that asch oo lyard
almo st di rectl ybel ow us,was the place to
go. The wi nd was calm andwith cockp it
cho res done qui ckl yIwas stari ng into a
very toug hand shor tlan di ng .Idecid ed to
lose most ofthealt itude onwh at amo un t-edto aba se legonc eIcros sedthe powe r
lin es. Th atwayIcoul dkil lmost of the
altit ud ebe for ego ingdow nfi eld.
“Jus t be for e touch down I ha d to
ma kearight ha nd 90-deg reetur nto get
lin eduponthescho ol ’s ba ckya rd area.
AsIwa sthreading my way be twe en a
basebal lbackstop fence and acorne rof
the schoo l bui lding and with the right
wingtip afew feet from the gr ound, I
snu ckape akat myairspee dindica tor. It
wasreadi ng zero. Ifinis hed roll ing ou tof
theturn andaftertouchdow nsla mme d
both br ake sonand slid about 40 0feet
and came to a stop 80 feet from the
perimete r fenc e. The Stagger win g has
had mylifetim eloya ltysin ce tha tday.
“Cou ld othe rfour- pas seng erpl ane s
havedon etha t?Pr ob abl y. Could oth er
airpl anescapa bl eofthe samespe ed and
weigh tcarryi ng abi lity, hav edon etha t?Probabl y no t. Perfo rma nce, both slow
and hi gh speed have been the
Stagger win g’sfor te. Pilots we reexp ected
to ha ve allthe skillsnec essa ry ba ckinthe
da y. Mec ha ni cs as well. Walt er Be ech
was not abou tto dum bdo wn an air pla ne
if itmean tperform anc ewou ld suff er.
“Forou rlittlepart intheStaggerwi ng
world,we consultonrebuil dsandmake
kits that arepartof oureffort tosaf ely
mod erni ze the airplan e from an op era -
tion al po intofview andwe hav edo nethe
best wecan ,neverallo win gthemod sto
change theshap eoftheairp laneoraff ect
itsor iginal design criteria. Wehav emo re
than 30 mod s available and I hope our
comp anylegacy wi llbethatwe provided
real benef itsinpart sandtrai ning .Ihave
sever al avi ationbook spublis hed andhope
todoafew more, befo re Redfish Lak ein
Idahorecei ves myashes.”Phi l’sboo ks abou two me ninaviation ,
aswellasabo ok abo ut hisfathe r,areava il-
ableonlulu. com und er Phi lNu ssb aum .He
wa salso featur edonthepag es ofInFl ight
US A.We bid him blu eskies!Phil Nussbaum
Continued from Page 41(Photo cour tesy Phi lNussbaumestat e)Te xt ron Aviat ion Inc., onNo v. 16
anno unc edit has sel ected the follo wing
unive rsi ties forthe 2018 Top Hawk pro-
gr am: Middl e Tennessee State
Un iver sity , Uni ver sity of Dubuque,
Le wis Unive rsi ty, Embry-Riddle
Aero na ut ical Uni ve rsi ty - Presco tt and
Californi aAeronaut ical Uni versi ty. Each
unive rsi ty wi lltake deli very ofanew,
custo mbr anded Cessna Skyh awk172 to
sup port flight traini ng, univ ers ity recr uit-
ing effort s and prom ot iona l activi ties
throu gho ut the year.
“As the To pHaw kprogr am enters its
four thyear ,we’r eproudto build onapro-
gramthat has allowed usto suppor tgene r-
alaviationand cont ribu te to the enhan ce-
ment of stud ent pilo t train ing with the
renown ed Sky hawk 172 platf orm, ” said
Doug May, vice pr esid ent, Pis tonAircr aft.“Weare eag er tobegin collab oratingwi th
the univer sities sel ected forthe2018Top
Hawk program andcontinu etobuildrel a-
tion shipswi th theschools traini ngthene xt
gener ationofpilot s.”
Te xtr on Av iati on wor kswith uni-
ve rsi ties ,traini ng organi zat ions and flight
schoo ls thr oughou t the world, and the
Top Hawk pr ogram play savi talrol ein
theinit iati ve to suppor tthe adva nceme ntof gen eral avia tio nand modernizationof
aircrafttrain ing fleets.
Garmin and Bosewill besponsoring
theTop Ha wk progr amagainthisyearby
pr ovi ding seve ralof theirindu stry- lead-
ing pr odu cts. Ga rmin wi ll provide a
G1000 NX ida tabase sub scriptionanda
Garmin Pilot subscript ion, while Bose
will provi de twoA20Avi ationHeadsets
for eachTop Haw kaircraft.TEXTR ONAVI AT IONANNOU NCE S201 8UNIVERS ITYPARTNE RS
FO R TOP HAW K PROGR AM