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Ready To Take Flight! Bethpage Air Show Returns For Memorial Day Weekend
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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) Military planes return to the air this weekend for the Bethpage Air Show.
It was canceled last year because of the pandemic. Now, pilots are ready to take flight.
The GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team consists of mostly former military pilots. The flight squadron has six aircraft.
“They’re World War II vintage. Most of them were built in 1940, 1941,” pilot Chris Orr said. “They were built as trainers in World War II. Advanced trainer in the Navy to teach students how to land on the aircraft carrier and also how to strafe and bomb and do tactics and formation.”
GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team Returns Home to Perform During the 2021 Bethpage Air Show
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FARMINGDALE, N.Y., May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team will take flight during the 2021 Bethpage Air Show on May 29-30 along the shores of Jones Beach State Park, NY. The Long Island-based squadron of six World War II-era aircraft will perform their dynamic aerobatic precision flying demonstration for the hometown crowd both Saturday and Sunday during the Memorial Day weekend air show.
The six plane delta formation of the GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team flies over the Statue of Liberty.
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