The fifth annual Wings Over Winston air show soared into the sky over Louisville this past Saturday, as hundreds of visitors came to view the breathtaking, death-defying air acrobatics of flyers from around the country and as far away as Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Mike Forster, President of the Louisville-Winston County Airport Authority, stated that he and the Airport Authority Board, are looking for ways to raise awareness of aviation, and what better way to do so than with an air show.
The performers included: Jimmy Burke, Steve Covington, Stefan Trischuk, Frank Kimmel, Tommy Palmer, Mark Sorenson, Eric Hollingsworth and more. One of the highlights was a ‘dogfight’ performed by Trischuk portraying World War I flying ace, the Red Baron in a Sopwith Pup, and Covington in his Pitts S-2S Raptor.
There will be no Wings Over Winston in 2020 due to a major construction and renovation project which, according to Forster, will make the Louisville-Winston County Airport second to none, concerning small airports.
Sponsors for this year’s event included, Platinum Sponsors: The Taylor Group, City of Louisville Tourism, Kimmel Aviation Insurance, Crowson Auto World, Lake Tiak O’Khata Resort, Franks Chevrolet Buick GMC, Nicholas Air, HardWire, Inc., SEMI; Gold Sponsors: Accessible Aviation, Kathrine Forster Kuo Design & Illustration, Baker Ready Mix, Rebel Services & Titan Aviation Fuel, The Boswell Group, The Winston County Journal, Burnt Orange Studios, Winston Web News, Curran Properties, WLSM Radio, Falcon Contracting Co., Inc., Yates Construction; Silver Sponsors: 4D Construction, Mississippi Farm Bureau Insurance, BancorpSouth, Neel-Shaffer, Inc., Bennett’s Do-It Center, Old Waverly Golf Club, Burks Mordecai Builders, Pearson Plumbing, Choctaw Medical Center, Polo Custom Products, Inc., Citizens Bank, Rackley Oil Company, Clarks’ Premier Aviation Flight School, Renasant Bank, Clearwater Consulting, Swain Printing, Eubanks Wrecker, Vowell’s Marketplace, Fair Oil Company, Winston Plywood & Veneer, The Hughes Companies, Winston Medical Center, Louisville Bankers Association; Donors: Custom Air, M & N Computers and Porter Funeral Home.
