- Tora Tora Tora
- George Cline - Air Boss
- Hugh Oldman - Pro Air Show
- Team RV
- Randy Henderson
- The Black Daggers
- Commemorative Air Force
- P-40 Flown by Mike Anderson
- Michael Wiskus
- Randy Harris
- Team Chaos
- Flash Fire Jet Truck
- Kent Pietsch
- Gary P Ward Airshows
- Stan Musick
- Jimmy Fordham Airshows
- Attractions
Tora, Tora, Tora – Pearl Harbor reenactment complete with explosions Watch Videos
TORA TORA TORA is a re-creation of the December 7th 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. It's accomplished through hundreds of dedicated volunteers -- most belonging to the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) working as ground crew, maintenance, pilots and pyrotechnic experts. The purpose is to create a dynamic history lesson about the event that propelled us into World War II .....and entertain.
TORA's re-creation is usually the feature performance at organized air shows. It involves many Japanese fighters and bombers simulating the Pearl Harbor attack. In addition, TORA provides breathtaking smoke, fire and explosions from the pyrotechnics team. A professional announcer explains the purpose, history and performance to the crowd.
Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, began like so many others, light Hawaiian breezes and clear skies, soft ukulele music fills the air and church bells from Honolulu ring gently over Pearl Harbor. Breakfast is being served and everyone is having a relaxed morning, enjoying life.
SUDDENLY ...You hear a drone coming from the North ... a formation of Zeros, Kates and Vals appears over the tops of the trees, and the drone turns into a roar! "TORA-TORA-TORA!""This base is under attack!" The ukulele music is overpowered by the explosions that rock the ground around you and by the rattle of machine guns ... Visit our website
GEORGE CLINE - AIR BOSS, INC
Since 1968 George Cline has safely coordinated many diverse aerial operations and events. Originally trained as a United States Air Force Air Traffic Controller, Cline has gone on to a distinguish career that includes:
- Airshow Controller at the Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) massive show at Oshkosh, WI.
-The 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, GA.
-The 1999 US Open Golf Tournament in Pinehurst, NC.
-The 1995 National Aerobatic Championships in Sherman, TX.
-The 2002 Air Venture Race and Time Trials in Manteo, NC.
- 2004 Masters Golf Tournament, Augusta, GA.
- ICAS Academy Instructor.
And 20 years as a Controller, Procedures Coordinator, and Supervisor at the Sun N' Fun Fly-In, Lakeland, FL. He was honored as their "Controller of the Year" in 1990.... read more...
Hugh Oldman, ProairSHOW, LLC - Narration & Sound Services
Hugh Oldham has a long history in the entertainment business and has been narrating air shows for over 32. He attended first air show in 1952; performed in his first air show 1968, and his first house announcer gig was in 1976. Oldham’s 
narration style draws on a varied background in aviation. A former military andcivilian aviator with over 3,000 hours; a RVN veteran; he has been a military air traffic controller, a parachute jumper, a crash helmet tester, a radio disk jockey, news and play-by-play radio broadcaster. He has looped and rolled across the sky in many different types of aircraft and even rode atop the wing of Ron Shelly’s 450 Stearman. Oldham has appeared in several nationally syndicated PM Magazine segments, on the A&E Network’s Dare Devils series and as an the 2007 and 2008 on-air commentator for Fox 41's TV live TV coverage of Thunder Over Louisville. He can narrate in the “first person” ‘cause he has been there, done that, earned the scars and has the tee shirt!
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Team RV, the world's largest air show team, fills the sky with a remarkable display of precision formation and formation aerobatics. Twelve aircraft fill show center with nonstop action including opposing passes, smoking close trail, diamond loops, barrel rolls, and large formation photo passes. 
Our professional aerobatic performance team features the Texas T-Cart, a highly modified 1946 Clipped-wing Taylorcraft BC-12D; it is truly a one-of-a-kind airplane. Over the years, Randy Henderson and his Texas T-Cart have become a genuine crowd favorite with their graceful presentation of old-time barnstorming grassroots aerobatics. |
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The Black Daggers - The official U.S. Army Special Operations Command Parachute Demonstration Team
The U.S. Army Special Operations Command is the largest of the service components that make up U.S. Special Operations Command and provides about 70 percent of the special operations personnel in Central Command's theatre. On any given day, dozens of USASOC elements are deployed around the world.
Photo courtesy of the United States Army Special Operations Command
Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron P-51C Mustang – Restored Tuskegee Airman Plane
Like thousands of other Americans in 1940 and 1941, the young black men who would become known as the Tuskegee Airmen were full of patriotic zeal during the run-up to the country’s involvement in World War II. What set them apart was that they wanted to fight the enemy from the air as pilots. Many applied to U.S. Army Air Corps flight training programs, but all were rejected because of the color of their skin. read more....
Like many of the show pilots, Mike’s passion for aviation started when he was very young. Mike’s Dad took him to his first air show at their home town in Iowa at the age of 10. The show made an everlasting impression so deep that at 1 Read more...
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Randy Harris-Bearfeat Aerobatics --Get ready for excitement with Randy Harris & the Skybolt 300. Randy's performance features many high energy, heart stopping maneuvers that defy gravity - the GroverOver, the HammerSlide, the Disappearing Vertical Torque Roll, and the Avalanche Loop. Hold your breath and don't blink! Fans can line up for a free autographed Skybolt picture after the show! Read more....
Team Chaos – Gary P. Ward, Randy Harris, and Neal Darnell, featuring the Wall of Fire
TEAM CHAOS EXTREME AIR SHOWS presents... one of the Top Air Show Acts in the Nation...
An unbelievable performance involving two of the top aerobatic planes in the nation and the World’s Fastest Jet Powered Truck.
In what appears to be a reckless deadly game of chicken the two dogfighting planes are flying at each other in all directions and diving thru the smoke generated by the fire breathing Jet Truck on the runway. The Chaos continues as the Show Finale develops into a Jet Truck Race with only one of the planes. In an obvious effort to spoil the Race, the other Pilot, in a jealous rage, comes from the opposite direction head on at a closure rate of over 400 miles per hour.
They all meet at Show Center with what appears to be a Catastrophic Explosive Ending like you’ve never witnessed before. This Finale will “BLOW YOU AWAY”.
Team Chaos members include Randy Harris in the Red, White & Blue BiPlane, Gary Ward in the Purple & Green MX-2 plane and Neal Darnell in the 12,000 Horsepower 375 mph Flash Fire Jet Truck.
All three will also perform their INDIVIDUAL ACTS earlier in the show.
Flash Fire Jet Truck - Chris Darnell
12,000 Horsepower Truck Does 375 MPH, is World’s Fastest |
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While most aerobatic performers have one basic program, Kent executes three storied acts that leave spectators mesmerized. These include a dead-stick (turning the engine off) routine from 6,000 feet and a rooftop landing on a moving RV! However, Kent is best known for a comedy act that features a detached aileron (wing flap) and a mesmerizing wingtip-scraping pass down the runway that you must see to believe. 
Gary puts the MX2 through one of the most exciting performances you will ever see. The action starts on take off as Gary pulls steeply up and goes into a spectacular take off maneuver! The entire sequence is jam packed with breathtaking gyrations that range from zero speed hovers to dives in excess of 250 mph! The MX2 is so powerful that at the end of an inverted flat spin, rotation is stopped and the MX2 will fly out, inverted, without the nose ever dropping below the horizon! Gary makes full use of the power and agility of the MX2 to perform many maneuvers that an "airplane just isn't supposed to do!"
Stan Musick – A local favorite in his T6 Texan
Jimmy started flying at age 14. By age 18 he had obtained his commercial, instrument, multiengine, seaplane, and flight instructor ratings. He is a 1975 graduate of Northeast Louisiana University with a BS degree in aviation. Jimmy has flown as a corporate and charter pilot on various multiengine, Lear Jet, and Falcon 20 aircraft. In the late 1970’s he flew airshows in a Pitts Special, Midget Mustang and Schweitzer 126 Sailplane. He has worked for a major airline since l984. Jimmy currently flies as captain on the Airbus A330. He has also worked as an instructor on Boeing 727 and DC-10 aircraft. Jimmy holds airline transport licenses in airplanes and helicopters as well as flight instructor and instrument instructor certificates in airplanes and helicopters. He is a FAST qualified formation lead pilot. He has logged over 18,000 hours of flight time. Jimmy is flying a YAK-52 in today’s airshow. His hometown is Monroe, Louisiana. He is married to Susan and they have 2 daughters, Melissa and Laura.
Attractions
- Flight simulators
- Military personnel
- Military equipment
- Warbirds
- Pilots
- Local food vendors
- Educational institutions
- Community-based organizations