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Article: Volunteers give air show new life
- Article from:
- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- June 2, 1999
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CopyrightCopyright 1999 The Journal Record. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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There's no cure when the air show bug bites. Once aviation gets
into your blood and you get hooked on the weeklong adrenalin rush of
putting on an air show, there's no substitute.
That's what about a dozen people realized last summer when the
major bankroller for Aerospace America withdrew its support.
Suddenly, it seemed as if all the doom and gloom talk of the past
three or four years of the show's demise was about to come true.
Instead, the 14th annual version of Oklahoma City's premier air
show lifts off 5 p.m. Friday from the C.E. Page Airport runway. The
Saturday and Sunday shows start at 9 a.m.
Sure, it'll be scaled back from the hellzapoppin' air show days of
the late 1980s and early ...