For an airshow performer, spring is the time to get ready for the road. We clean out our flight bags, learn how to read a sectional again, and get our road shows back on line. At Patty Wagstaff Airshows, Inc., we've spent the winter annualing the Extra 300S, rebuilding the engine, putting new tires on the van. We updated our press materials, sent letters and pictures to our loyal sponsors, and wrote a newsletter. We even tried to put together a schedule that makes us feel like an airshow team rather than a crew of yo-yo's with a schedule that flows not bounces.
Preparation is the key.
Anything we take care of at home base makes our life easier on the road when we are hard to reach and busy with the flying end of the airshow business. So, as my crew and I and my fellow performers head out on the circuit for another airshow season, I would like to take the time to try and answer The 27 Most Frequently Asked Questions of the Airshow Performer. They are specifically designed to spike or impale people that get too close to the plane and touch it. Actually, I hardly blame them. My Extra 300S is such a beautiful piece of machinery with its smooth, marble wings that I can't resist running my hands along its leading edges myself.