11.07.2015 Views

at the Culpeper Regional Airport located in Brandy - Emerald Media

at the Culpeper Regional Airport located in Brandy - Emerald Media

at the Culpeper Regional Airport located in Brandy - Emerald Media

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS
  • No tags were found...

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

CLPPEPERUAA2 0 0 9IREFTSSRon Saglimbene (Dr. Smoke)Ron Saglimbene (Sag) is Dr. Smoke and will display<strong>the</strong> fast and maneuverable Siai Marchetti SF260fe<strong>at</strong>ur<strong>in</strong>g a precision act of loops, Cubans, po<strong>in</strong>trolls and o<strong>the</strong>r aerob<strong>at</strong>ic maneuvers.You’ll be awed while <strong>the</strong> aircraft emitsred, white and green smoke.Kev<strong>in</strong> Russo <strong>in</strong> his SNJKev<strong>in</strong> Russo will showcase his North American Avi<strong>at</strong>ion’s“T-6, SNJ, Harvard” Texan, one of <strong>the</strong> most importantaircraft developed dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> 1930s. As an advancedtra<strong>in</strong>er for <strong>the</strong> military, AT-6 for <strong>the</strong> Army, SNJ for <strong>the</strong>Navy and Harvard for Canada, <strong>the</strong> aircraft through itscareer has served as a tra<strong>in</strong>er for <strong>in</strong>strument flight,aerob<strong>at</strong>ics, bomb<strong>in</strong>g and gunnery, and equipped witha tail hook, as an aircraft for carrier qualific<strong>at</strong>ions.Kev<strong>in</strong> is <strong>in</strong> his sixth year fly<strong>in</strong>g airshows with his SNJ-6/T-6aircraft. His aircraft, a restored SNJ-6, was built <strong>in</strong> 1944and delivered to Pensacola NAS FL <strong>in</strong> August 1945. Kev<strong>in</strong>purchased <strong>the</strong> aircraft 10 years ago and restored it backto <strong>the</strong> Pensacola colors you see today. Kev<strong>in</strong>’s SNJ-6 isthought to be <strong>the</strong> lowest time Texan around with only3,000 hours.6<strong>Culpeper</strong> 10th Annual Air Fest 2009

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!