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He is an award-winning flyer who already found his love for aviation during his studies. Backed by his competitive backgrounds, he was given the disciplines and structures to help him make strides in air show aviation. Receiving the Bill Barber Awards for Showmanship 2013 and Art Scholl 2015, Skip Stewart has today proved to be one of the most enjoyable air show drivers in the globe.

Skip, with over 10,000 hour flights as an Airline Transport pilot, Boeing 727 and MD-11 Captain, certified instructor, owner and operator of an aerobatics college, gold medals in local aerobatics contests, chief pilot of a Fortune 100 airline and more than 14 years of entertainment for air show enthusiasts around the world, says Skip is one of the best in the industry today.

Skip's flights have been published in Plane & Pilots, Smithsonian Air & Space, AOPA, Sports Illustrated, World Airshow News, Auto Pilots and numerous other national and internation newspapers. He is the first airshow rider to ride an aircraft under a skipping motorbike, and he also rides with several other riders who host shows like the famous TinStix of Dynamite Act.

Our AeroShell Aerobatic Group is a well-known name in the air show business and has been in the business for more than 25 years. Henley formed the squad after seeing Steve Gustafson at a Mississippi air show and flown with the squad until 2008, when a non-aircraft crash caused him to be paralysed from the breast downwards.

Now, his twins brother Mark Henley, leader of the squadron; Bryan Regan, right hand grand piano; Steve Gustafson, right hand grand piano; and Gene McNeely, slots; execute a string of loop, roll and explosive bombs in tight form for a classical aerobatics exercise. Launched in 1938, the T-6 with the nickname "The Pilot Maker" was initially used as a base coach for the U.S. Army Air Corps.

Buckwave is a tailor-made road tanker fitted with 3 giant J34-48 Pratt & Whitney Jet Engines from the USA Navy T2 Buckeye. Not only is it the strongest lorry in the whole wide range, but it also holds the fastest semi lorry ever at 376mphs! One of the world's most beloved air show and show case drago cars, Schockwave is not something you'll quickly forgive!

Shockwave is part of Darnell Racing Enterprises, Inc located in Springfield, MO and is led by Chris Darnell.