2018 South Alabama Airshow
Published 12:51 am Thursday, November 15, 2018
9:30 a.m. – Gates open
10 a.m. – Maneuver Center of Excellence Band (283d Army Band) “Rolling Thunder” (Ft. Benning, Ga.,) mainstage
11:30 a.m. – Opening Ceremony featuring U.S. Army Golden Knights U.S. Flag Jump and Gary Ward’s MX2 Aircraft
11:40 a.m. – U.S. Army Golden Knights Mass Exit Show
11:45 a.m. – Gary Ward MX2 Aerobatics
12:00 p.m. – Greg Koontz and the Alabama Boyz Comedy Show and Truck Top Landing
12:20 pm. – U.S. Coast Guard MH-65D Dauphin Search and Rescue Demonstration
12:30 p.m. Shockwave Jet Truck (376 MPH) driven by Chris Darnell, “World’s Most Powerful Truck.”
12:40 p.m. – Chamberlin Aviation former Royal Air Force Short Tucano (Jet) Demonstration
12:55 p.m. – Skip Stewart Airshows Pitts S-2S Aerobatics/2013 Bill Barber Award Winner for Showmanship and 2015 Art Scholl Award Winner for Showmanship
1:10 p.m. – Commemorative Air Force “Rise Above” Featuring the P-51 C Mustang Tuskegee Airmen
1:25 p.m. – Greg Koontz and The Alabama Boys Decathlon Aerobatics
1:40 p.m. – DeHavilland Vampire (British Jet Fighter) Demonstration performed by Jerry Conley
1:50 p.m. – Triple Action Jet Heritage Performance Featuring MIG-17F (Soviet Fighter Jet), Ace Maker T-33 “Shooting Star” and DeHavilland Vampire (British Fighter Jet)
2:05 p.m. – Ace Maker T-33 “Shooting Star” Solo Demonstration Performed by Shaun Roessner
2:20 p.m. – U.S. Army Golden Knights Streamer Drop
2:30 – Aeroshell Aerobatic Team ($ T-6)/ICAS Airshow Hall of Fame, Bill Barber & Art School Award Winners for Showmanship
2:50 p.m. – U.S. Army Golden Knights Full Show
3:20 p.m. – Skip Stewart Pitts S-2S with Gary Ward MX2 2-ship aerobatics w/Shockwave Jet Truck Fire Freestyle Demonstration
3:45 p.m. – Team Fastrax “America’s Skydiving Team” pyrotechnic Parachute Skydive Show
4:15 p.m. – Ten Mile Branch Band – Mainstage
5:00 p.m. – Airshow ends