AUGUSTA, Ga. (WFXG) – In search of a Mom’s Day weekend outing with altitude? Then gear up for the inaugural Augusta Air Present hosted by Air Dot Present at Augusta Regional Airport.

Chris Dirato, a spokesman for Air Dot Present, tells FOX54, “We have now the US Air Pressure Thunderbirds and you may’t ask for a greater performer than these guys from Nellis Air Pressure Base in Las Vegas.”

Lauren Smith of Augusta Regional Airport says this would be the first aerobatic flight present over Augusta in additional than 20 years.

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“It’s laborious to guide acts. They guide generally 6 years out. The celebrities aligned and we have been in a position to guide one this 12 months.”

Dirato helps to arrange occasions throughout the nation, however says this would be the first that may prolong throughout state strains.

“We’re so near the border with South Carolina and the aerobatic field leaks right into a second state,” he explains, “so the oldsters over the border will get an opportunity to see the present, albeit from a distance.”

He recommends these wanting a more in-depth view of the weekend’s occasions to buy tickets upfront.

The present will function the Air Pressure Thunderbirds, with an F-16 demonstration and a particular operations parachute crew. 

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Dirato says, “They placed on an incredible present, so that you’re going to see some proficient pilots do some belongings you don’t suppose they’ll do within the air, however they discover a approach to do it.”

Smith hopes the occasion will encourage an affinity for aviation in a technology of Augustans who’ve by no means seen an airshow over the CSRA.

“The aviation business is in dire want of pilots and plane mechanics, so when you carry youngsters out and allow them to see a possibility and see the joy of aviation, it actually sparks an curiosity in them at a younger age.”

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