#LookBack at 1978: Golfer Arnold Palmer served as a repeat grand marshal of the Cleveland National Air Show. In 1978, Palmer presented the Parker jet race trophy!

Fun Fact: The last time Arnold Palmer won the Masters, CNAS was just getting its' start!

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Calling all Cleveland National Air Show fans! Help “Celebrate 60 Years” by voting us the Best Air Show!
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#LookBack at 1977: Daniel Heligon and Montaine Mallet, French aerobatic pilots made their Cleveland debut! The duo was initially called CAP10, but were dubbed “The French Connection” by a publicist at the Cleveland Air Show and the name stuck!

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#LookBack at 1977: The A-10 took the Cleveland skies for the first time! Can you guess how many times the A-10 has flown in Cleveland?
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#LookBack at 1976: The Marines have Landed! 1976 marked one of the first Harrier demonstrations in Cleveland. When was the first time you saw a Harrier?

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#LookBack at 1976: Aviation legends Charlie Hillard, Gene Soucy, and Tom Poberezny took the Cleveland skies as the Red Devils. This trio flew in Cleveland very often, but you might remember them under a different name...

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#LookBack at 1974: Former Air Show Executive Director, Chuck Newcomb, first stopped in Cleveland as part of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. A year later, he returned as the Executive Director of the Cleveland National Air Show!

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Bill Stein will be back in Cleveland in his eye catching Edge 540. The unique paint scheme will leave Air Show fans wondering 'What color is that plane?!'

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#LookBack at 1973: The U.S. Army used to have its’ own helicopter demonstration team called the Silver Eagles. The team consisted of seven aircraft: lead, right wing, left wing, slot, lead solo, opposing solo and Bozo the Clown!

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Prepare to do a double take when actors portraying Maverick and Iceman bring the characters to life!

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#LookBack at 1972: The Air Show moved to Labor Day Weekend following the tradition begun in 1929 with the National Air Races and the U.S. Air Force’s Lockheed SR-71 did a fly-by.

Was anyone lucky enough to see an SR-71 fly-by in Cleveland? It only happened 5 times!

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#LookBack at 1971: The Air Show moved to July 16-18 to match the City of Cleveland’s 175th birthday and Chicago’s Naval Reserve Air Barons performed in A-4 Skyhawks.

Luckily for us, our ’71 program was autographed by one of the pilots!

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#LookBack at 1970: The U.S. Navy Blue Angels took the Cleveland skies in the F-4 Phantom II. Blue Angel # 5 took his F-4 straight down E. 9th Street while they were here!

Do you remember the first time you saw the Blue Angels in Cleveland?

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#LookBack at 1967: Air Racing returned to the Cleveland with Formula One, Sport Bi-planes and Ladies Stockplanes.

Curious of the course and rules? Don’t worry, our ’67 program has you covered!

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The Hog is back, baby! The A-10C Thunderbolt II Tac Demo will be back in Cleveland for the 2024 Air Show!

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