Flying Rams at Jones Beach on Saturday
May 24, 2016
The Bethpage Air Show takes place 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on May 28-29 at Jones Beach State Park, Wantagh; $10 vehicle use fee.
The Farmingdale State College flying Rams will open the Jones Beach airshow for their fourth year in a row on Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. They are scheduled to fly at 9:50 a.m. on both days. The performing pilots are all graduates of the Farmingdale State College Professional Pilot program and currently work as certified flight instructors (CFIs) at the Aviation Center. They are:
Ram 1: Jon M. Miranda, Age 25, Hometown: Greenlawn, NY, FSC Class of 2012
Ram 2: Nicholas A. Chase , Age 23, Hometown: Levittown, NY, FSC Class of 2015
Ram 3: Abe E. Im, Age 25, Hometown: Flushing, NY, Valedictorian FSC Class of 2015
Ram 4: David M. Imparato, Age 33, Hometown: Massapequa, NY FSC Class of 2011
For details, go to Bethpage Air Show.
From Newsday.com:
BACKGROUND
Among the returning performers are the Flying Rams, a four-man flight demonstration team from Farmingdale State College. Four recent graduates of the college aviation program will open the show, flying single- and twin-engine Piper Warrior aircraft from Captree State Park to Jones Beach, where they’ll make an easy left-hand turn over the crowd.
“There’s no aerobatics, just a very gentle beginning to get people warmed up,” says Michael Canders, associate professor of aviation and director of the college’s aviation center.
SIGNATURE STUNT
The “Over the Monument,” which is their departure over the crowd at the show center then over the Jones Beach tower before heading back to Republic Airport.
