Airport Extravaganza

October 12th - 12:30 -5:00 p.m.

Everett-Stewart Regional Airport  MAP

Tickets $1 Parking Donation

 

Other than a one dollar ($1.00) donation for parking, the event is a free day of exciting family entertainment. Held in conjunction with IAC sanctioned aerobatic competition, this is the first aerobatic competition to be held in Tennessee in nearly 10 years; and the very first time ever to be hosted by Everett-Stewart Regional Airport and CornFest! On Friday, October 10, 2008, top aerobatic pilots from all across the country will converge on UCY for registration and to begin competitions which will culminate on Sunday, October 12th. There will be pilots competing in 5 categories: sportsman, primary, intermediate, advanced, and unlimited. The Advanced and Unlimited pilots will fly their “frees” and “unknowns”on Sunday afternoon. An awards ceremony will also be held on Sunday. At approximately 12:00 Noon on Sunday, October 12, 2008, the skies over Union City and Martin will be alive with aerobatic aircraft flying reminding everyone it is AIRPORT EXTRAVANZA TIME AT UCY! Once again Nikolay Timofeev, a native of Knivcovo, Russia, a 3-time World Aerobatic Champion, a former Russian National Aerobatics Team Member and the top act of OSKOSH AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, will be head-lining our event. Nikolay Timofeev, The Master of the Sky, will demonstrate for us his “Ballet in the Sky”! National top aerobatic pilots, such as 2006-2008 US World Aerobatics Team Members Steve Johnson, Mike Rinker and Debbie Rihn-Harvey, and local aerobatic pilots will wow us with their aerobatic skills! Debby Rihn-Harvey the ‘First Lady of Aerobatics’ is the highest ranked aerobatics competitor in the United States and the highest scoring female competitor for the eighth year. She is the longest standing member of the U.S. Unlimited Aerobatics Team, qualifying to represent the U.S. thirteen times in World Aerobatic Championships in North America and Europe. In world competition, Rihn-Harvey has been a Gold Medalist and she holds many regional titles.   Jay Morris of WENK radio station weekday mornings show will be our Master of Ceremonies and announcer for the aerobatic competition. There will be vintage aircraft, war-birds and aerobatic aircraft, National Guard, Air Evac Lifeteam and Tennessee Highway Patrol helicopters on static display, sky school for kids (ages 8 and up will actually build and launch their own rockets), rock climbing wall, mini carnival, pony rides and petting zoo, skydiving demonstration, Booths set up by Tennessee Fish and Wildlife, David Haggard with TWRA with the Birds of Prey exhibit, face painting by the Carl Perkins Center, Obion County’s Reading Railroad, We’re Wireless, and Cystic Fibrosis. The Boys and Girls Club will be selling raffle tickets for a chance to win a 2008 Chevy Hybrid Tahoe which will be on display. (The drawing for the Tahoe will be held November 1, 2008). Main Street will be selling $10 chances for a “UT Getaway” on November 8th. The winner will get a 2 bedroom/2bath chalet, 4 tickets to the UT football game, and a $100 gas card. Helicopter tours ($30.00 per person) provided by Helicopters Inc. of Memphis. Ventriloquist, Terry Scott and his sidekick “Tony”, along with Peaches the Clown and Nurse Periwinkle, will entertain and dazzle us with their balloon art! The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will be selling concessions with all food proceeds going to funding vital research to develop drugs and to help find a cure for this fatal genetic disease. The Weakley/Obion County Great Strides Walk held in Martin along with the food sales for the Airport Extravaganza are this area’s main fund raiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. For more information contact Priscilla Dean or Jo Ann Speer at (731) 884-1414 or send them an e-mail. Sponsored by Obion County Commission, Reelfoot Bank, ATMOS, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Griffin Industry, Hamilton-Ryker, Wal-Mart, and Everett-Stewart Regional Airport.