“AL HAUFF AEROBATIC CHAMPION

’ VANDERHOOF :
ties a bow so welll

Al Hauff, one of the four
renowned headliners in this sum-
iner’s Airshow, is a former Na-
‘tional Acrobatic Champicn with
a. showcase of breathtaking
maneuvers ‘that have built his
career since he joined the Royal
Canadian Air Force In 1962 at
‘age 17. .

“The Bow Tie Ballet’', an act
that includes a-rolling 360 degree
turn with half Cuban eights on

Nobody

tach end Is a real crowd- pleaser. {
. Hauff follows it with a “Ribbon
Finish’’, a rousing finale that
-consists of a tumbling,
breathtaking maneuver called the f

‘lomcevak,. performed daringly
by Hauff‘in his ‘“Piltstacular”
show.

_« Hauff's plane, a Super Pitts

- entertainer,

4

$-1-6 Model biplane, was design-
ed by Curtls Pitts in. 1948 and in-
cludes a symmetrical airfoil with
a 176” wing span and four
ailerons. -

Climbing rate is a whopping
4000 feet per minute while
travelling speeds can range from
a mild cruising rate of {$0 mph
to a breathtaking 212 mph. Dur-
ing Hauff's show, his vertical en-
try speed Is 180 mph as. opposed
to his stall speed of 60 mph.

The incredible Pitts is radio
equipped, painted Cub yellow
and has a cruising. range | of 450
malles.

: The'challenge and reward of
aerobatics originally inspired the
performer when he was training
on an old Harvard at his RCAF
station in Penhold, The interest

became serious; and Hauff.

became a professional airshow
performing to a
crowd that had totalled one
million by 1981, his fourth year
in the business.

~ He has 28 bookings this year in

’ Canada and the United States

and the promise of mare.

To Hauff, freedom of flight is
best described through
aerobatics and Its interpretation.

“Outside is the bi-word’', he
says. ‘‘It's easier to see the
grouzid, the crowd, and the show
line when you're upside down i in
a bi-plane,’*

Pa FESO PILATE ETA THE TAY we a PN

~ Fast paced

_ Page 7 Airshow Supplement, Vanderkoof, B.C., July 24 nnd 25

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Canadian, Al Hautt, hae perfected the “Bow Tle Ballet” with his euper oharged Pitts. A spectator ata recent alrahow reports that the performer ox-

ecuted 42 complicated stunts In a twelve minute performance

_Bishop’s acrojet no bigger than a go-cart

What's twelve feet long with a
wingspan of seventeen feet and a
red line speed of 300 miles per
hour?

_ It’s Bob Bishop': 8 “Acrojet”, .
an amazing little aerobatic
‘machine that can hurtle across

the width of the sky in the blink
of an eye,
Though no bigger than a go-"

aera

eer esaomee

in peeing a ne nto,

cart, the pint sized jet can per-
form. difficult maneuvers with
clean - cut. ease. It'.can flip,
tailslide, lomcevak and roll and

fly through structures no bigger
-gluminoum,:

than a hangar.

Bishop actually aid that once,
for, the popular television show
"That's Incredible'. Millions of
fans have been a impremed by his

Es

skily, to be seen live at the
Vandethoot Airshow.

The “world’s smallest jet",
built. mainly from light. gauge
has several
characteristics usually only
found In high technology fighter
alrcrafi, These include.a wrist

‘operated side stick Hight con- -

troller, computer controlled eles-
tronic fuel metering and 30

reclined seating which.

degree
"reduces pilot fatigue, commonly

encountered during high stress’
maneuvering, .
'» Bishop originally halls from
Lubbock, Texas where he was:
born in 1947, He began flying at

‘age 16, After graduation from,

High school, he travelled to
Arizona State University. There
‘he majored in Acronautical
Technology and continued to in-

jot. It wil be on display In the Co-op Mall for three days preceeding Alrahow '82.

dulge his aviation interests, —

He has performed profes-
sionally Ln airshows since the age
of 18 in both Canada and the
‘U.S., a5 well as in various televi-
sion commercials and other
media extravaganzas.

The '
display at the Vanderhoof Coop -
Mall on July 2]st, 22nd and -
23rd. ~

Postormer Bob Bishop can zip through the ky In the blink of an eyein his pint sized ore

Airshow dance’ Camping at the airport?”

Saturday night

The annual Airshow dance will
be held at the Vanderhoof Arena

Saturday, July 24, beginning at.

pected to attend, Tickets are

Hemet in "Deorlaga fom rusty

Radio,
ub, pestle

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Mote than 800 people afo ex

fot atetahT ve MAb
Pe meres

More than 1000 camping unita
are expected 10 pull into the

Vasiderhoof Airport for the Air.”
’ Meals. can be purchased’ at

show July 24 and 25.
There is room for an unlimited,
‘ mumber of campers in the, field
just northeast of the hangar.

Admission’ $4, per unit per

he t, Tidy, uy Pha

Monday.

Walet for self contained unis

is available in the nearby Village.

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‘acrojet” will “be ‘on