The Geico Skytypers flying in formation with smoke trailing behind them at the New York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
NEW WINDSOR—The New York Air Show brought tens of thousands of people to Stewart International Airport over the weekend to watch a lineup of aerobatic pilots, parachuters from the West Point Parachute Team, New York’s Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing, and a wide range of planes on display along the runway.
While the weather was mostly sunny, the event was overshadowed by the death of aerobatic pilot Andrew Wright on the Friday before the show. He was “an outstanding aviator and a great friend to the air show community,” the announcer said during the show. “God speed and blue skies.”
The Geico Skytypers flying in formation with smoke trailing behind them at the New York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The Geico Skytypers flying in formation with smoke trailing behind them at the New York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The Geico Skytypers flying in formation with smoke trailing behind them at the New York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The Geico Skytypers with smoke trailing behind them at the New York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The Geico Skytypers flying in formation with smoke trailing behind them at the New York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The Geico Skytypers flying in formation with smoke trailing behind them at the New York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The Geico Skytypers flying in formation with smoke trailing behind them at the New York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The Geico Skytypers flying in formation with smoke trailing behind them at the New York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The Geico Skytypers flying in formation with smoke trailing behind them at the New York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
A member of the West Point team parachuting with the American flag at the New York Air Show at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor on Aug. 30, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
A Lucas Oil Pitts S-1-11b flying in the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
A Lucas Oil Pitts S-1-11b flying in the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
A Lucas Oil Pitts S-1-11b flying in the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
A Lucas Oil Pitts S-1-11b flying upside down while breaking a ribbon held across the runway at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The West Point Parachute Team trails colored smoke as they jump from a helicopter at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
A parachuter with the West Point Parachute Team pulls on the yellow straps to steer himself after he jumps from a helicopter at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
A parachuter with the West Point Parachute Team lands next to the runway at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
A parachuter with the West Point Parachute Team lands next to the runway at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
A parachuter with the West Point Parachute Teams pulls on the yellow straps to steer himself after he jumps from a helicopter at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Parachuters with the West Point Parachute Team after they land near the runway at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
A parachuter with the West Point Parachute Team lands next to the runway at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
A parachuter with the West Point Parachute Team after he lands next to the runway at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
A member of the West Point Parachute Team collects his parachute at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The West Point Parachute Team salutes after landing at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The F-22 Raptor at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The F-22 Raptor (top) and P-51 Mustang flying in tandem at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Navy F-18F Super Hornet at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Navy F-18F Super Hornet at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Navy F-18F Super Hornet at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The C-17 Globemaster III open four tours at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The Texan, a WWII AT-6D at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The tail of the Texan, a WWII AT-6D at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The back of the Texan, a WWII AT-6D at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The crowd at the York Air Show on Aug. 30, 2015 at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The audience at the New York Air Show at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor on Aug. 30, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Orange County Executive, Steve Neuhaus, holding his son at the New York Air Show at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor on Aug. 30, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)Follow Holly on Twitter: @HollyGailK
