and scheduled down to the second. Credit goes to expert air boss Wayne Boggs, who got every aircraft in the air exactly on time. The flyover was organized into 15 distinct “chapters”
representing the history of general aviation, from the Golden Age of Aviation—considered the 1920s and 1930s—to the present. The lineup included vintage planes from the 1930s, seaplanes, homebuilts, public-service aircraft, and trainers. The formation was led by AOPA’s Baker in his historic
Beechcraft Staggerwing, followed by other notable aircraft, including the Waco UPF-7, North American Navion, Douglas DC-3, Spartan Executive, Hatz biplane, and HU-16 Albatross. Modern aircraft making the trip included a Carbon Cub, Icon A5, the newest Piper M700 Fury, and my Robinson R44. In total, 54 aircraft were featured, flown by some of the most accomplished pilots in the country. CNN’s Muntean joined in his Super Decathlon, and the Titan Aerobatic Team con- cluded the event.
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The flyover was livestreamed on AOPA’s YouTube chan-
nel using video cameras positioned on buildings through- out downtown D.C. A media helicopter hovered near the Washington Monument to capture pictures and additional footage. Commentators and renowned aviation journal- ists and pilots Tom Haines and Miles O’Brien provided live narration, discussing the background of each aircraft in the flight. From the roof of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, as different generations of aircraft flew overhead they shared the history and, more importantly, the impact of general aviation. “Some $150 billion a year in economic impact comes out
of the general aviation community,” Haines said during the livestream. “A million jobs across the country are related to this industry, and many of the aircraft we will see today are built in small towns across the United States.” The narration also touched on how aircraft are evolving. As a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, a single-engine
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