Team AeroShell was founded in 1984 by Alan Henley and Steve Gustafson and was originally named the North American Aerobatic Team. Alan, Steve, and Ben Cunningham flew together for 12 years, and were joined in 1996 by Gene McNeely.

AeroShell by Paul Sager, on Flickr


The Night Air Show is a must-see "skylight" for every AirVenture enthusiast.

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The AeroShell Aerobatic Team performs classic aerobatic routines in T-6 Texan aircraft in close formation.

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The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1970s.

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A total of 15,495 T-6s of all variants were built. The plane has been used many times to simulate various Japanese aircraft, including the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, in movies depicting World War II in the Pacific.

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While taking a break and checking out the progress of our flowers I noticed some bees enjoying the nectar the blooms offer them.

The Blackberry blooms seem to be quite popular. The Shasta Daisys hold some special attraction as the bees on the Daisys stayed locked to the flowers for up to five minutes at a time!

All the while a male Anna's Hummingbird was watching and supervising.

D500, 500pF. 1/500, f 5.6, ISO 800 to 2200. No EC or CPL-Handheld!

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Does anyone know her last name? I know that she lives in Mobile, AL near the Municipal Park. Her husband has a cousin named Joel Bullard (mentioned to me because we attended the same high school, but I didn't know Joel personally) . I grew up in Mobile and sent her a bunch of pictures in 2019 taken of my earlier days in Mobile.

If one knows her first and last name and that she lives in Mobile, Alabama, it shouldn't be too difficult to find out where she lives and possibly her phone number.

I think Steve L means he put the topic in his "watched list" by commenting. Many don't know there is a button for just that purpose at the top of the thread.

Tom, someone asked about Donna in early April. She acknowledged that thread and commented for a couple of days in Close-Up. But she hasn't been back for two months. I was in touch with her by email the first week of April and she mentioned feeling "under the weather." I am concerned, as well, and will see if she is able to reply to a new email. I'll let you know.