The annual Stuart Air Show is coming to Witham Field in Stuart Florida November 13 & 14 with a new primary sponsor, the Road to Victory Museum. For the past 10 years, the Visiting Nurse Association has been the sponsor, but in 2010, they relinquished this role and handed over the reins to the Road to Victory Museum.
One of the major attractions of the fall season in Stuart this year’s Stuart Air Show promises to be an exciting fun-filled event for all ages. As of this writing, the scheduled participants include:
Static displays:
A-10 the “Warthog”
The A-10 is known as a tank killer. Its job is close air support, to provide cover for troops on the ground by destroying tanks and other armored vehicles.
The Apache AH-64
The primary attack helicopter for the US Army. This is a heavily armed helicopter with rockets and a big 30mm M230 chain gun.
C-17 Globemaster III
A huge cargo plane used to quickly take troops and their gear anywhere in the world.
C-130 Hercules
One of the biggest ever, the C130 can carry troops and tanks and can take off and land on short unpaved runways.
WC-130 Hurricane Hunter
The WC-130 is a C-130 transport configured with palletized weather instrumentation for penetration of tropical disturbances and storms, hurricanes and winter storms to obtain data on movement, size and intensity.
MH-53 Helicopter
The MH-53 is a huge Helicopter that operates from carriers and other warships and is capable of towing a variety of mine hunting/sweeping countermeasures systems.
Military Demonstrations:
F-5 “Tiger” from Naval Air Station Key West will be performing fly-by’s at this year’s air show on Saturday and Sunday. This aircraft will be coming to us from VFC-111, the “Sundowners” squadron. The airplanes will be staged/flown out of Pratt/Sikorsky since our runway is too short for them to land on.
US Army Special Ops “Black Daggers” Parachute Team
The Black Daggers are the official U.S. Army Special Operations Command Parachute Demonstration Team. Their mission is to perform live aerial demonstrations in support of Army Special Operations community relations and recruiting. Comprised of volunteers from throughout Army Special Operations the Black Daggers have diverse
backgrounds and are skilled in various military specialties including Special Forces, Rangers, civil affairs, psychological operations and signal and support. The team represents the professionalism and dedication of special operations forces.
USAF Heritage Flight
The Air Force Heritage Flight program was established in 1997 in support of the Air Force’s 50th anniversary. It involves today’s state-of-the-art fighters flying in close formation with a World War II Fighter. Today’s Heritage Flight features the F-16 Falcon and the P-51 Mustang flown by Lee Lauderback
USN Legacy Flight
F4U Corsair from the Collings Foundation piloted by Dan McCue in formation with the US Navy F-18 Hornet.
USAF F-16 (Viper East) Demo Team (Solo & P-51 Heritage)
Team Chaos
T-34 Mentor Retro Flight Team
Goodyear Blimp “Spirit of Innovation”
Sunday appearance only!
Kids Entertainment:
For the kids there is the kids zone with:
- Rides
- A climbing wall
- Treasure Hunt
- Miniature Golf
- Pony Rides
- An exhibit by NASA
- More Air Show Acts
Pre-sale tickets are $12.00 ($20.00 on the day of the event) Multi-day and special tickets are available, information is located on the Stuart Air Show site.
For more information, visit our website or call us at (772) 888-2885.
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