Day: September 14, 2022

Herb Baker is a retired airshow pilot who performed over 300 plus times in 100 plus venues. He never missed a performance in the first 10 years of his career. He developed the “World’s Only Smoking Ring Aerobatics” when he designed and installed a special wing tip smoke system to enhance his performance. And now the Federal Aviation Administration is bestowing two prestigious awards on Herb Baker the Wright Brothers “Master Pilot” award and the Charles Taylor “Master Mechanic” award. We talked to Herb Baker about his career in aviation.…

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Hailing from Masham , Québec, Canada Carol Pilon has been a professional Wingwalker since 2000. She is the first woman and only woman to walk on a jet propelled aircraft. She is the first and only Canadian Wing-walker. She is the first woman, Canadian and Wing-walker to outright own and operate a team in North America. She played an instrumental role in an all-woman Wing-walking team in 2002 and she formed another all woman team in 2011. She performed Wing-walking in the Fox feature presentation of “Amelia”. She was featured…

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She is a six-time recipient of the “First Lady of Aerobatics Betty Skelton Award. In July 2004, she was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame and was the recipient of the National Air and Space Museum’s Award for Current Achievement in 1994. She also received the Airshow industry’s most prestigious award, the “Sword of Excellence and the Bill Barber Award for showmanship. Recently she was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Air Force Association. We are speaking about the one, the only Patty Wagstaff. Q – I…

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Steve Kapur is the Team Spokesperson for the Geico Sky Typers. He’s been with the Geico Sky Typers for over a decade. If you’ve seen the Geico Sky Typers in person, you know you’ve seen a first-class aerobatics demonstration!! Q – Did I see you at this year’s (2016) AirShow at Syracuse Hancock International Airport? A – It was one of the shows that I missed personally, but, the team had a great time from what I heard. Q – You missed it?! A – Yeah. I was home sick…

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