Gary Air Show back in the skies this weekend after six-year hiatus

“It’s really fun at a venue like this. You can show the whole spectrum of aviation,” Dacy said.

Dacy has been flying “just shy of 50 years.” She grew up on a small airport her father, a military pilot, owned. She took her first solo flight at 16 and hasn’t looked back since. She plans to show how the 71-year-old, recently refurbished workhorse Big Red handles through a series of maneuvers including barrel rolls, kickbacks, and the hammer head turn, or stall turn — when the pilot flies the plane straight up, perpendicular to the ground “stalling” the plane before diving straight down.

Dacy pointed to the competition aerobatic pilots who will take to the air individually and as a formation team as another exciting aspect of the show.The “Big Red,” a 1942 Boeing Stearman bi-plane waits for a practice flight ahead of the Gary Air Show along the lakefront Aug. 5-6, at the Gary/Chicago International Airport, in Gary, on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. .

On the military side of things, Sgt. Kristin Wolfe — call sign Beo Wolfe — will be piloting the F35 for the show. Wolfe currently is the lone F35 demo pilot in the Air Force, which commissions one demo pilot at a time for a two-year tour. She is in the second year of her tour.

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