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Oregon
Aero Skydancer
 Steve
Oliver
A love affair with flight began in 1958 for twelve-year old
Steve Oliver when his father took him flying in his Piper
Vagabond from the grass airstrip on their farm. By the time he
was 17, Steve was enrolled in aeromechanics school in Kansa City
and was actively taking flying lessons. In a mere 11 months,
Steve earned commercial and instructor ratings and performed his
first air show act. He currently holds an Airline Transport
Pilot (ATP) rating. Steve has flown sailplanes, helicopters and
seaplanes. He is a single and multi-engine flight instructor and
an Aerobatic Competency Evaluator (ACE), and hold a ground level
aerobatic waiver.
Suzanne
Asbury-Oliver
Suzanne began flying gliders at age 14 while attending junior
high school. At 15, she soled and by 18 she was certified as a
flight instructor. She also holds and Airline Transport Pilot
rating. She has logged over 6,000 flying hours and her most
enjoyable flying hours were spent in her original 1929 open
cockpit Travel Air Pepsi Skywriter biplane.
Today, Suzanne is the
nation's only active female professional skywriter, and her
aerial artistry - painted on a canvas some 10,000 feet high -
dazzles many.
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Originally
designed as a trainer for the Royal Canadian Air Force, the 1956
de Havilland Chipmunk has been specifically modified for air show
aerobatics. Nearly 3,000 man-hours over a two-year period were
spent on developing the SkyDancer as finest example of a Super
Chipmunk. It now boasts a cruising speed of 150 mph, and a range
of more than 500 miles. It climbs at a rate of 2,500/minute.