Convention Preview Solving Air Show Traffic Volume 46, Number 4, Fourth Quarter, 20151 Charitableair shows Giving 4Q 2015 air shows 4Q 2015 2 Message FROM THE CHAIR What Have You Done For Me Lately? BY: RALPH ROYCE know you’ve heard that R Continued to manage, with standard for aircraft rescue and question -- or some deriva- a staff of four -- yes, you read firefighting (ARFF) response I tive of it -- a hundred times correctly, four -- the entire na- at air shows that requires a 60 in your life. I have, mostly in jest. tional industry central resource second emergency response, and But the times it was not asked and business focus of associated then coordinated with asso- in jest, it really annoyed me. It organizations and governmental ciations and organizations that implied that the product of the oversight agencies, and the daily might be impacted by the new work was not really necessary or 101 things that keep an associa- standard to explain the initiative of any value. tion of ~1,000 members moving and generate support for it; along; So, in the same vein, hearing R Responded to inconsisten- Association members ask, “What R Successfully led the industry cies in federal guidance identi- has ICAS ever done for me?” thru the doldrums of sequestra- fied by FAA and Transport drives me a little bonkers. My tion, including an aggressive and Canada (TC) by proposing immediate answer is, “LOTS, you ongoing effort to restore military changes to current guidance; and pinhead,” but then I realize that participation in air shows to its leading the development and they really don’t know about all pre-sequestration level; implementation [in 2016] of a of the little nit-noid things and “dynamic maneuvering” (forma- all of the huge issues their Asso- R Developed and imple- tion changes, daisy chains, steep ciation takes on in their behalf. mented emergency extraction turns, etc.) endorsement that RALPH ROYCE, database designed to provide evaluates the ability of non- Chairman So, what has ICAS done for me air show emergency response aerobatic formations to perform lately? Well: personnel with specific informa- these kinds of maneuvers at tion on how to ap- public air shows; proach individual ICAS is a three-legged aircraft in the event R Responded to numerous stool and -- should any one of of an incident or requests from the FAA and TC those legs fail -- the stool tips accident and the for information regarding the air over. Likewise, anything done critical steps in show arena; air show educational to improve the Association’s removing the crew programs; areas of concern and goals and objectives directly and saving their areas that needed “fixin’.” One or indirectly affects every lives; cannot understand the huge member. chunks of time these requests R Worked take unless one has had experi- closely with the United States Air ence dealing with federal regula- Force to change its air show acci- tory agencies; dent/incident response protocols to a 60 second response time, R Began a program of regular and....... interaction with key congres- sional representation and key R Petitioned the National Fire military asset controllers to Protection Association (NFPA) ensure availability of assets. to begin work on a new national 1 air shows 4Q 2015 AS3Q15 PGS.qxp_Layout 1 9/9/15 7:42 PM Page 67 2015 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Dates Name, location Performers Contact Message2015-06-27 Olympic Air Show Olympic Flight Museum; CAF Red Tail Squadron; Teri Thorning FROM2015-06-28 THE OLM, Olympia, CHAIR WA Bud Granley Airshows; Hammerhead Aerobatics 360-705-3925 2015-06-27 Menomonie Airfest & Autorama Grant Nielsen Air Shows; Darrel Massman; Erik Edgren Airshows Grant Nielson 2015-06-27 LUM, Menomonie, WI 612-987-8567 R2015-06-27 Finished the Evansville often reviewed Freedom Festival Air Boss USNhospitality, Blue Angels; logistics, Billy Werth volunteer Airshows, management LLC; Jacquie B Airshows;safety devices, and event philanthropicRick Kaskel 2015-06-28 EVV, Evansville, IN JT Airshows; F-16 Viper Demo Team; Canadian Forces Snowbirds; 812-454-7700 Recommendation Program [ABRP] which USAFand Heritageparking/traffic, Flight; Mustang etc; Aerobatics donation levels…all of which are available to defines2015-06-27 the minimum Cameron standardsAir Show to become the membership. a 2015-06-28recommended Cameron, air boss, MO the types of air R Planned the annual convention which 2015-06-27 Celebrate Neosho Airshow by all accounts is one of the least expensive Some will gripe that “these programs don’t shows2015-06-28 that require Neosho, a recommended MO air boss, and2015-06-27 the process Greenwoodthat an aspiring Aviation air Expo boss 2015 for an industry association of our size and benefit me,” but that is a short-sighted 2015-06-27 Greenwood, SC requirements; perspective. As we have said before, ICAS is must2015-06-27 go through Minnesota to become Air Spectacular a recommended USAF Thunderbirds; Sean D Tucker-Aviation Specialties; Mark Knoff air2015-06-28 boss; MKT, Mankato, MN John Klatt Airshows, Inc./Jack Link’s Beef Jerky; Dave Dacya Airshows,three-legged Inc.; stool and --507-995-3051 should any one of JohnR KlattLed Airshows,and partially Inc./Air funded National the Guard; effort Commemorative to Air Force; US Army Parachute Team Golden Knights); F/A-18 Super Hornetthose legsW Demo fail --Team; the stool tips over. Likewise, R Conceived, developed, and will soon Kentdevelop Pietsch and Airshows implement (Pietsch an Airshows exemption pro- anything done to improve the Association’s 2015-06-28 Air Race 1 World Cup gram for stadium fly-overs that is available implement2015-06-28 a new Lleida, program, Catalunya, the Spain Certified goals and objectives directly or indirectly af- Air2015-06-30 Show Professional Wings Over (CASP) Ottawa- program. Canadianto all experimental Forces Snowbirds; aircraft; CF-18 National Demo Team fects every member. So, nextAlison time Slack someone 2015-06-30 Gatineau en vol 819-669-9603 x223 Individuals wishing to use the CASP des- whines, “What has ICAS ever done for me?” CYND, Gatineau, QC R Created a crisis communication pro- ignation2015-07-01 after their Canada name Day willFlyby be required feel free to respond, “LOTS, you pinhead.” 2015-07-01 Over Parliament Hill gram available to all members for use in an to document a certainOttawa, amountON of air show accident/emergency situation; experience2015-07-01 -- knowledge Battle Creek in Field virtually of Flight every Matt Chapman Airshows; Rob Holland Ultimate Airshows,See LLC; you at the conventionBarbara and “Don’t Haluszka Do 2015-07-05 Air Show & Balloon Festival Bill Stein Airshows; OTTO-Prop & Rotor Aviation, Inc.; Nuthin’ Dumb.” 269-962-0592 area of air showBTL, organization Battle Creek, and M manage- DaveR DacyConducted Airshows, several Inc.; Franklin’s surveys Flying to establish Circus; Skip Stewart Airshows; ment: budget/finance, air/ground opera- F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team; Firewalkers International Pyro, LLC; Indybenchmarks Boys JET TRUCKS; for the Firebirds industry XTreme; in general, USAF Heritage Flight;Ralph Royce, Chairman tions, concessions, sponsorship, marketing, USAFpublic HQ marketing ACC/A3; Warbird of the Heritage industry, Foundation; performer Mustang Aerobatics FOR THE MOST CURRENT AIR SHOW SCHEDULE, VISIT WWW.AIRSHOWS.AERO www.airshows.aero 67 3Q 2015 air shows air shows 4Q 2015 2 3 air shows 4Q 2015 air shows 4Q 2015 4 From THE HOME OFFICE Passion and Professionalism BY: JOHN CUDAHY hen I reflect on Or the crew chief who finds his Most of the people who con- what I’ve done, own way to air shows all over sider attending an air show will W the people I’ve the continent each weekend to never know that the organizing met and the lessons I’ve learned help clean the canopy, pump committee is comprised of a during my time in the air show the smoke oil and schlep the dozen hardworking people who business, I am struck by the one performer’s “stuff.” have sacrificed their nights and thing that, from my perspec- weekends to make the event tive, defines our industry: the Or the television reporter who possible. Nobody will ever tell individual passion that so many produced a news segment on a them that the air show pilot they ICAS members bring to their local air show, got infected by watch today will be commuting involvement in this business. the bug and slowly found herself to an airport 400 miles away in becoming a permanent, vital the morning to fly a 737 for a The people, the excitement, the part of our community. “major American airline.” When airplanes, and the crowds are they compare our events to The cumulative impact and infectious. Not every person baseball games, Broadway plays value of all those people and exposed to air shows is affected and theme parks, they will make passion are difficult to quantify. in the same way, but – for those their buying decision based on But, intuitively, we know that it that catch the air show “bug” – whether the event offers excel- is that enthusiasm, energy and the impact is often permanent. lent entertainment at a fair price. JOHN CUDAHY, In fact, it’s not likely that there dedication that fuels the air show President would BE an air show business business. Similarly, prospective corporate were it not for the time and sponsors are not familiar with The challenge, of course, is find- commitment of these people… how air shows are planned and ing the right balance between tens of thousands of them conducted. And they are not par- passion and professionalism. throughout the ticularly interested. They have United States, NASCAR, the National Football come to expect a certain level The cumulative impact and value of all Canada and the League, and rock and roll con- of performance from the events those people and passion are difficult to rest of the world.