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Monday, April 29, 2013

Civilian Jet Confirmed As New Air Show Headliner

OCEAN CITY -- Just weeks after the U.S. Navy Blue Angels team, the planned headliner of the 2013 Ocean City Air Show, announced it was shutting down its show schedule indefinitely due to federal budget cuts, the event has added a civilian-owned Harrier jet to the lineup.

In mid-April, the Blue Angels announced all remaining appearances for 2013 had been cancelled due to budget cuts caused by sequestration. The Blue Angels’ decision followed an earlier announcement that all other military air demonstration teams were being grounded for the remainder of 2013 and likely beyond.

While certainly disappointing, the Blue Angels announcement was not unexpected. Ocean City Air Show producer Brian Lilley briefed the Mayor and Council in February on the potential grounding of military demonstration teams for air shows around the country and vowed the show would go on as planned regardless of the outcome of sequestration. The show’s producers promised to fill the void with the best private sector acts available and began patching together an all-civilian line-up.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If a civilian can own a Harrier jet why can't I own a machine gun?

Anonymous said...

You can own a machine gun. You have to go through a lot of hoops to get one, but it can be done. Expect to pay a lot of money for fees and such and you could be the proud owner of a very old machine gun. There are a finite number of them and you cannot own a new one after 1934. (I think that's the correct date)