March 2018 www.inflightusa.com 3 Calendar of Events To list your group’s event on a space available basis, please send your event notice with date, time, place w/city and state, contact name, and phone number to: Calendar, In Flight USA, P.O. Box 5402, San Mateo, Calif. 94402, or email [email protected]. MARCH 2 — 3 Q Casa Grande, AZ: Cactus Antique Fly-In, gates 8 a.m., Casa Grande Municipal Airport, www.cactusflyin.org. Q NEW TANKS - 6 Chino, CA: Kilroy Coffee Klatch, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Planes of Fame Air QUOTES ON: Museum, (909) 597-7576. 10 YEAR WARRANTY 10 Q El Centro, CA: NAF El Centro Air Show, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., (760) 339- Cherokee Tanks 2673, elcentro.navylifesw.com. Fuel Cells & Metal Tanks Q Redding, CA: Benton Air Center Historical Aircraft Display Day/Tax Repair, overhauled & new Sign-off, 9 a.m. to noon, Benton Airpark, (530) 241-4204. 15 Q Troy OH: Aviation Lecture Series “The Memphis Belle,” 6:30 p.m., Technical Information or WACO Air Museum, (937) 335-9226, www.wacoairmuseum.org. Free Fuel Grade Decals 17 Q Yuma, AZ: 2018 Yuma Airshow, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., MCAS Yuma, (928) 269-3327, www.yumaairshow.com. Q San Luis Obispo, CA: Vintage Aircraft Associate’s Airport Day, San Luis Obispo Airport, (805) 801-7641. Q Riverside, CA: Aircraft Display Day Fly-In, 8 a.m., Flabob Airport, (951) 683-2309, www.flabob.org. MONARCH PREMIUM CAPS 17 — 18 Q Phoenix, AZ: Luke Days Open House & Air Show, Luke AFB, Premium Stainless Steel www.luke.af.mil. Umbrella Caps Q Santa Rosa, CA: Open Cockpit Day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Coast Air Museum, Sonoma County Airport, (707) 575-7900. for your Q Napa, CA: Vintage Aircraft Display, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Napa Airport, Cessna 177 through 210 (707) 944-9236. 18 Q LaVerne, CA: Antique & Special Interest Aircraft Display, 10 a.m to 2 p.m., www.hartwig-fuelcell.com [email protected] Brackett Airport, (909) 593-1395. Q San Diego, CA: Historic Aircraft Display, noon to 2 p.m., Montgomery Field, (619) 301-2530. 22 — 24 Q Reno, NV: Women in Aviation, Reno-Sparks Convention Center, (937) 839-4647, www.wai.org. 24 Q Riverside, CA: Airshow 2018, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Riverside Airport, Keeping aircraft in the air since 1952 (951) 826-5311, www.riversideairshow.com. Q Mesa, AZ: Falcon Field Airport Open House, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., (480) US: 1-800-843-8033 INTL: 1-204-668-3234 644-2450, www.falconfieldairport.com. CDN: 1-800-665-0236 FAX: 1-204-339-3351 Q Cross City, FL: Cross City Airport Fly-In & Air Show, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., (352) 498-6656, visitdixie.com. 24 — 25 Q Lancaster, CA: Los Angeles County Air Show, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., William J. Fox Airfield, (661) 917-2871, lacountyairshow.com. Q Kingsville, TX: Wings over South Texas Air Show, NAS Kingsville, FLY HIGH www.wingsoversouthtexas.com. Q Since Marietta, GA: Dobbins ARB Air Show. CANCELLED. with 1985 Q Palmdale, CA: Los Angeles County Air Show, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., William J. Fox Airport, lacountyairshow.com. Aviation Oxygen Systems Q Melbourne, FL: Melbourne Air & Space Show, gates 9 a.m., Mountain MH Melbourne Int’l. Airport, (321) 395-3110, airandspaceshow.com. MOUNTAIN HIGH Equipment & Supply Company APRIL High Made in the USA 3 Q Chino, CA: Kilroy Coffee Klatch, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Planes of Fame Air Museum, (909) 597-7576. GA and Rotorcraft Pilots use MH Oxygen Systems with Pulse-DemandTM Q 6 — 7 DeFuniak Springs, FL: Marvel of Flight Fly-In & Expo, 8 a.m. to 6 Makes flying at the higher altitudes safe and comfortable p.m., DeFuniak Springs Airport, (850) 892-2000, www.marvelofflight.com. sss sss 6 — 8 Q Titusville, FL: Space Coast Warbird AirShow, gates 8:30 a.m., Space Coast Regional Airport, (321) 268-1941, www.valiantaircommand.com. MH XCP 1-4 Place Portable Pulse-DemandTM Systems 7 — 8 Q Waco, TX: Heart of Texas Airshow, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., TSTC Campus (Cross-Country Pilot) Airport, (303) 862-2869, www.heartoftexasairshow.com. System Q Riverside, CA: Thunder over the Empire, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., March ARB, (951) 655-5614. Q Columbus, GA: Thunder in the Valley Air Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Columbus Airport, www.thunderinthevalleyairshow.com. 10 — 15 Q Lakeland, FL: Sun ’n Fun Int’l. Fly-In & Expo, gates 8 a.m., Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, www.flysnf.org. 14 Q Redding, CA: Benton Air Center Historical Aircraft Display Day/Tax Sign-off, 9 a.m. to noon, Benton Airpark, (530) 241-4204. Q 14 — 15 Tuscaloosa, AL: Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show, Tuscaloosa Regional EZ Breathe Airport, www.tuscaloosaregionalairshow.com. Cannulas Q Houston, TX: CAF Houston Wing Open House, gates 10 a.m., West Houston Airport, (281) 579-2131, houstonwing.org. 15 Q LaVerne, CA: Antique & Special Interest Aircraft Display, 10 a.m to 2 p.m., Brackett Airport, (909) 593-1395. Q San Diego, CA: Historic Aircraft Display, noon to 2 p.m., Montgomery Field, (619) 301-2530. 21 Q Louisville, KY: Thunder over Louisville, airshow 3 p.m./fireworks 9:30 p.m., Waterfront Park, (800) 928-3378, thunderoverlouisville.org. Q Tavares, FL: Planes, Trains & BBQ, all day, Wooton Park, Lake Dora, (352) 742-6176, www.tavares.org. Q Stillwater, OK: OSU Flying Aggies Fly-In, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Stillwater s FAA/CAMI Regional Airport, (432) 638-3100, www.flyingaggies.com. www.MHoxygen.com s [email protected] Tested Continued on Page 7 4 In Flight USA Celebrating 34 Years March 2018 COVER STORY RADIAL RUMBLE AND NEGATIVE “G’ S”, M ORE THAN A TRADITION By Ed Downs he word “tradition” can sound a tad mundane. Like “a traditional place setting,” or perhaps “traditional Tdress.” So, let’s pump that word up a bit, like by the 600+HP offered from the Pratt & Whitney 1340 Wasp radial engine mounted on the front of one of aviation’s most successful warbirds, and you are beginning to get an idea of what “tradi - tion” should mean. Wrap that “G” pulling, noise making machine around a guy named Jeff Shetterly, and you have the air - show stopping performance of a North American T-6 Texan being flown by a pilot with family flying traditions that go back three generations. Now, that is what tradi - tion should be all about. Jeff Shetterly flying the Texan T-6 warbird in an inverted position. The T-6 was one of Jeff with his son Liam, riding the back The Shetterly family is a story all in the most successful militay planes ever built. Originally built and designed as a Trainer, seat in the American T-6 Texan. itself. With father, Greg, a great aerobatic Shetterly flys his T-6 in a very non-traditional style. (Glenn Watson) (Jeff Shetterly) performer (see www.shetterlysquadron .com); mother, Micki, a skilled pilot, Shetterly succumbed to the “Shetterly closing days of WWII under the Navy dard maneuvers flown in typical warbird show safety officer, and announcer (does tradition.” Jeff’s son,12-year-old, Liam, designation of the SNJ (Scout/ routines as seen in today’s airshows. Jeff that make “Mom” the show boss); and is also getting into the act, now as a back Trainer/North American… welcome to has an interesting point of view, “I didn’t brother, Joe, an Air Force combat veteran seater in the T-6. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 34, Number 6 650-358-9908 •Fax: 650-358-9254 •E-mail: [email protected] •www.inflightusa.com March 2018 ON THE COVER COVER STORY FEATURE STORY RADIAL RUMBLE FIRST PHOTO AND NEGATIVE SHOOT OF “G’S” THE YEAR Story starts on Story and Photos by Eric McCarthy Page 4 Page 17 Cover photo by Gary Daniels NEWS COLUMNS GA Companies Vying for Collier Trophy ..............................................8 FEATURES Flying Into Writing: First Photo Mission of the Year Goulian Shines Brightest in Red Bull Abu Dhabi Race ....................9 By Eric McCarthy ............................................................17 Editorial: Why Check the Weather, We Are Going Piper Receives Largest Trainer Order in Company History ............11 Flying With Faber: Huntington Beach: Then and Now Anyway Shuster Signals End to ATC Privatization Battle: GA Wins ............12 By Stuart J. Faber............................................................29 NASA Engineer Explores Lost Tuskegee Airman’s Aircraft............14 By Ed Downs ..................................................................6 Report Shows Steady Increase in Global Space Activity................19 Homebuilder’s Workshop: Dodging the Fighters Former Slave, Two-Time Olympian Becomes Air Force By Ed Wischmeyer ..........................................................42 Green News: Signature, Air BP Aim to Curb Carbon Emissions ..21 Airman AOPA Announces 2018 Scholarship Program..................................24 By Airman 1st Class Dillon Parker ..........................................20 The Spirit of Flight: Bay2Bay By Denise Rae Donegan and Ana Uribe Ruiz......................45