MUSKEGON, MI — Wings Over Muskegon, a brand new interactive air show with alternatives to board a flyable warbird plane, introduced its preliminary lineup for the July 2023 occasion at Muskegon County Airport.
The U.S. Air Force’s A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team has been introduced because the headliner of the air show. In addition, the Hooligans Flight Team additionally shall be a part of the occasion.
Several performers have been introduced this week as scheduled to look on the new air show in Muskegon County. Although deliberate for a similar web site on the county airport in Norton Shores, the brand new occasion is designed to offer a a lot totally different expertise for guests and gained’t be that includes the U.S. Navy’s well-known Blue Angels, which was often a part of the previous Muskegon Air Fair that ended in 2006 after 23 years.
The Yankee Air Museum, in conjunction with the Muskegon County Airport and its administration firm, F3 Airport, initially introduced the brand new occasion at a press convention in September 2022.
The new air show is scheduled for July 8-9. An aviation expertise, from July 6-9, is also a part of the occasion and can consist of 4 flyable plane rides from the Yankee Air Museum.
According to organizers, Wings Over Muskegon is designed to showcase world-class army and civilian aviators. Ground shows and displays are additionally deliberate.
“We’re just getting warmed up,” stated Brenda Kerfoot, communications coordinator at Yankee Air Museum. “It’s just the preliminary lineup, and we will continuously be adding more to that; things in the air, as well as on the ground. This is just to give people an idea that we’re working hard on this to produce an excellent show for Wings Over Muskegon.”
At the annual International Council of Air Shows Convention in Las Vegas earlier this week, Wings Over Muskegon organizers discovered that the U.S. Air Force Aerial Combat Command chosen the A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team to be one of many first performers to look in the brand new show.
Spectators additionally will be capable of see the twin-engine Thunderbolt II “Warthog” in motion, an plane that performs shut air assist for troops on the bottom. It will also be used towards mild maritime assault plane and all floor targets.
RELATED: Aviation expertise tour, air show coming to Muskegon County Airport in 2023
Rob Holland, a world-renowned civilian aerobatic pilot, will be a part of the A-10 lineup in dazzling the group together with his MXS-RH carbon-filter plane. He is an 11-time, consecutive U.S. National Aerobatic Champion and five-time 4-minute Freestyle Aerobatic Champion.
Organizers are wanting ahead to having Holland seem on the show. Kerfoot stated he’s “truly the pinnacle as far as aerobatics in the civilian performer world.
“We’re just ecstatic to have him coming to Muskegon for the first time,” Kerfoot stated.
The Hooligans Flight Team, a civilian five-ship formation squad, is also on the checklist of performers. The workforce will consist of 4 T-34 Mentors and one L-17 Navion plane.
Muskegon resident John Workman, constitution member of the Hooligans and proprietor of Eagle Alloy Inc., shall be sponsoring the Hooligan Flight Team on the show.
Organizers stated the two-seat Mentor was developed in the early Nineteen Fifties as a coaching plane for the U.S. Air Force and Navy. After getting used for many years by the U.S. army, the Mentor was lately changed by the T-6 Texan II.
The four-seat L-19 Navion was produced publish World War II and designed for the army as assist plane. It was additionally used in the course of the Korean War.
For ticketing data and updates on the occasion, go to wingsovermuskegon.com. Ticket costs for normal admission and parking will enhance as preset ticket thresholds are hit. Guests youthful than 15 years outdated shall be permitted without spending a dime.
Read extra:
Are you able to ‘Socibowl’? New Muskegon leisure hotspot opens its doorways
Free Christmas meal deliberate for Heartside Neighborhood in Grand Rapids
Free vacation actions in Muskegon hosted by Frauenthal Theater Christmas weekend
