![]() ![]() The Titusville Chamber of Commerce at 2000 S Washington St in Titusville has tickets for sale, as does the Cocoa Beach Regional Chamber of Commerce at 400 E Fortenberry Rd, in Merritt Island, and the Melbourne Regional Chamber of Commerce at 1005 East Strawbridge Avenue, Melbourne. Advance ticket prices represent a significant discount from same-day prices. This year's show will be held March 11-13, with an exciting evening performance scheduled for Friday, March 11. Tico Warbirds Airshow tickets are now on sale at a variety of convenient locations, and are also available online. (321) IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 26, 2016Ģ016 Tico Warbirds Airshow tickets are now on sale Get them now at a significant discount from walk-up admission prices! Advance tickets are available online at or at local Regent Bank or Community Credit Union offices, at the Cocoa Beach, Melbourne and Titusville Chambers of Commerce, at the Patrick AFB ticket office, and at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, 6600 Tico Road, Titusville, FL 32780. Gates will open at noon Friday, and at 8:30 AM Saturday March 12 and Sunday March 13, as we fly our traditional daytime show. Lovers of vintage aircraft will have their fill as we proudly welcome Fifi, the world's only flying B-29 Superfortress, and reacquaint her with the Mustangs, Mitchells and Corsairs of her youth! Our ground displays will include over 50 airplanes, and will include current military aircraft like the MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter, the tank-killing A-10, and the storied KC-135 jet tanker.Īll this happens in a great three day event, including our first ever evening show, Friday night March 11, when we'll fly illuminated airplanes as the sun sets, entertain you with live music, and close with a brilliant fireworks display. The US Navy will present its Tac Demo demonstration flight, with the powerful and versatile F/A-18 Hornet performing over an astonishing range of airspeeds and maneuvers. The US Air Force will present its "Viper East" flight demo, featuring the most maneuverable multi-purpose fighter of our generation, the F-16 Fighting Falcon. The Joe Gibbs Racing Team joins an already phenomenal lineup for this year's Tico Airshow. The team will bring one of their authentic NASCAR Toyota Race Cars, and their unique exhibit trailer, full of NASCAR lore and excitement. How's that for timing! Only a few weeks after Denny Hamlin wins history's closest ever Daytona 500, the winning Joe Gibbs Racing Team exhibit () will participate in this year's spectacular Tico Warbird Airshow, March 11-13, at the Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, FL. Joe Gibbs Racing team to participate in 2016 Tico Warbirds Airshow The show is scheduled for May 28, 2017, at the Stephens County Airport in Breckenridge Texas.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - February 22, 2016 Warbird News wishes the organizers, performers, and participants an air show that creates exciting new memories to add to the nostalgic recollections of years gone by. The Texas Flying Legends Museum Vic on it’s initial flypast over AirVenture. Performers include the CAF’s Tora! Tora! Tora!, Comanche Fighters, Texas Flying Legends Museum, Mid-America Flight Museum, Randy Ball in his MiG-17, the CAF’s B-25 Devil Dog, Carl Best in his T-6, and many more. The announcement spread like wildfire and the line-up is now just as impressive as it ever was in the past. In late 2016, twenty years after the last show, the Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce, Stephens County Airport, and Ezell Aviation announced the air show will return in 2017. Then, like so many other shows, it ceased to exist. In 1977, the late-Howard Pardue was instrumental in starting the Breckenridge Airshow and for two decades this airshow always attracted warbirds from around the country and from within Texas, which has always been home to a number of Commemorative Air Force (CAF) squadrons, flying museums, and private collections. At many warbird shows one can walk right up to their favorite aircraft and see it up close, touch it, smell it and often it will reach out and touch you with a few drips of oil.įor as many warbird airshows one can name there are others that have faded into our memories. ![]() The latter is often roped off so a spectator can only marvel at their beauty from a distance. Quite often a warbird airshow can touch the lives of young and old in a much more intimate way than an airshow that is dominated by modern military hardware. The names of these traditionally warbird-heavy airshows all elicit visions of warbirds large and small as far as the eye can see, while the sky reverberates to the rumble of Wrights, Pratt & Whitneys, Allisons, and Merlins. ![]() Nelson Ezell flying the CAF SB2C Helldiver in 1989. ![]()
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