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75 Years FEATURED DEMONSTRATIONS 19April 2 & 3, 2016
of Airpower

Demonstration team

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flown by Gregory “Wired” Colyer

After flying with his friend Acquiring a T-33 and naming &RXUWHV\SKRWRV
Kay Eckhart in one of her it Ace Maker in 2008, he then
Lockheed T-33s in 2007, Greg founded the nonprofit (501c-3)
set his sights on an upgrade T-33 Heritage Foundation to
to the U.S. Air Force’s first help in the preservation of the
operational jet and a real type. It later became known as
piece of U.S. aviation history. the Acemaker.

Demonstration Team

Nanchang CJ-6, a Chinese military designed by upgrading its predecessor a student pilot and instructor pilot. It is nine-cylinder, air cooled piston engine
trainer designed in 1958, aircraft per- CJ-5 trainer. The upgrades included also fitted with multifunctional display, designed and built by Zhuzhou Aero-
form in air shows around the West Coast. incorporation of retractable tricycle type radio communication and navigation Engine Factory in June 1958.
The pilots are former fighter pilots. landing gear, with main gear retracting equipment, distance measuring equip-
inward into mid fuselage and nose wheel ment, rate of climb indicator and air The CJ-6 can fly at a maximum speed
CJ-6 design features and specifications folding back into the fuselage. data computer. of 300km/h. The range is 700km and the
The CJ-6 is a two-seat basic trainer service ceiling is 6,250m. The take-off
and light attack aircraft. It carries a The fully glass cockpit of the CJ-6 is The CJ-6 is powered by a single Zhou- and landing distances of the aircraft
semi-monocoque design. Its airframe enclosed with a bubble shaped canopy. It zhou HS6A radial piston engine rated at are 280m and 350m respectively. The
is made of aluminum alloys. It was can carry two crew members, including 213kW of output power. The HS6A is a maximum endurance is 3.6 hours.

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