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Kyle Franklin is one of the youngest air show professionals in the air show industry. He is the only son of legendary air show pilot Jimmy Franklin. Kyle has been performing in air shows for over 10 years, and has been around aviation his entire life. 

Like his father, Kyle began flying at very young age. As a preschooler, he seized every opportunity to wing-walk on Dad's WACO "Mystery Ship" as it taxied about on the ground at air shows. At age 14 Kyle went for his first flying wing-walk on the Waco "Mystery Ship" and by the time he was 17, he was wing-walking professionally at air shows around the country as the world's youngest wingwalker. He and Jimmy also made up the first father/son wing-walking team in history! In 1999, his father debuted the new Jet Waco. Kyle became the world's first jet wingwalker.

Kyle also flies one of the wildest comedy acts you'll ever see; so wild he has steel skid plates taped to the wingtips so when he intentionally drags the wings on the ground it doesn't hurt them.

In the summer of 2003, Kyle began performing in his father's one of a kind Waco "Mystery Ship." This is one of the few big bi-plane aerobatic acts you will find on the air show circuit today. Besides a full complement of loops, rolls, Cuban 8's and hammer heads, Kyle is one of a handful of pilots that will actually torque roll, tail slide, and even lomcevak tumble his massive Waco bi-plane. This act has it all: noise, smoke, speed, looks, nostalgia and low-flying aerobatics.

THE PLANE
Waco JMF-7

SPECIFICATIONS
Year: 1940
Type. Waco
Model: UPF-7
Manufacturer: WACO Aircraft, Troy, Ohio
Engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985
Horsepower: 450
Wingspan: Top: 30 Feet; Bottom: 26 Feet
Length: 24 feet
Height.12 feet
Show Weight: 2,240 pounds
Fuel Capacity: 55 Gallons
Maximum Speed: 250 mph dive (160 mph level)
Stalling Speed: 60 mph
Stress Levels: +-9 Gs

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