Quad City Air Show
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| Host airport | Davenport Municipal Airport |
| Location | Davenport, Iowa |
| Country | United States |
| Held | Annually, June,/July/August/September |
| Attendance | 100,000 (2010) [1] |
| Events | static displays aerobatic displays |
| Website | http://www.quadcityairshow.com |
The Quad City Airshow is an annual event at the Davenport Municipal Airport in Davenport, Iowa and is the largest airshow in the state of Iowa.
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Performers and performances [edit]
The Quad City Airshow has been hosted at the Davenport Municipal Airport since 1987. It is in the top ten for the longest and best airshow in the U.S. The show has hosted all of the North American Military Demonstration Teams, and several International performers. The 2013 Quad City Airshow will be held on June 22–23, with the theme "An Aerial Salute to The Greatest Generation WWII" with the act Tora! Tora! Tora! as the co-headlining act with the US Navy's F/A-18 Super Hornet from VFA-122.
- Headline Performers
1988: No Headliner
1989: U.S. Navy Blue Angels
1990: No Headliner
June 1991: No Headliner
September 1991: Snowbirds
1992: U.S. Navy Blue Angels
1993: U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
1994: U.S. Navy Blue Angels
1995: U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
1996: U.S. Navy Blue Angels
1997: U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
1998: U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
1999: U.S. Navy Blue Angels
2000: U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
2001: U.S. Navy Blue Angels
2002: U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds & Snowbirds
2003: U.S. Navy Blue Angels
2004: Masters of Disaster
2005: U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
2006: U.S. Navy Blue Angels
2007: U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
2008: U.S. Navy Blue Angels
2009: U.S. Navy Blue Angels
2010: Tora! Tora! Tora!
2011: U.S. Navy Blue Angels
2012: U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
2013: Tora! Tora! Tora!
2014: TBA
Crashes [edit]
On September 1, 2012;at approximately 1:25p.m CDT, a Soviet-era retired military Aero L-39 Albatros jet was performing in the Quad-City Air Show when the fighter jet was flying in formation with other jets when it failed to pull out of a 45-degree bank and crashed into a field north of Interstate 80. More information is still pending.[2]
On June 29, 1992 - An AV-8B Harrier leaving the airshow crashed on take off, killing pilot Maj. Jeffrey Smith
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