Dave Decker, Vice President of SWAP Modelers, handled these duties very well. His presentation was entertaining and informative. G radually the clouds blew over and the sun became quite bright, but the winds never died down. It was a formidable challenge to all the pilots in their maneuvers, and particularly in landing. Each of the pilots flew one at a time with a partner standing over his shoulder calling the maneuvers to him.
T hroughout the day the pilots flew combinations of known, unknown and free-style programs.
The unknown program challenges the pilot's ability to fly spontaneously without rehearsal. But the most impressive part of the day, that is most exciting and brings the crowds out and gets them involved in the action overhead, is the free-styles. T he pilots flew their planes in coordination with music which they provided to the manager of the public address system. He would play the music and the pilots would perform their most dazzling free-style maneuvers in sinc with the music. The sequences were just spectacular, as the pilots moved to choreograph the planes' maneuvers with the music and the smoke.