[JYO] REMINDER: Flying Farmer's last show 10-28-07 2:30PM - Bealton Flying Circus

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If you plan on attending Charlie Kulp's last show as the Flying Farmer  at 
the Flying Circus in Bealton, VA on Sunday 10-28-07 at 2:30PM and the last  
show 
of the season then keep on reading. 
NORMAL ADMISSION: 
Adults ---  $10.00
Children 3-12 --- $3.00
Children Under 3 --- FREE 

Now for the good news.. when you get to the gate and are ready to PAY..  say 
the double secret password "FLYBOY ED" and your adult admission price will  
magically drop from $10.00 to $7.00. 
Hope to see you there! 

Ed Levine 
FLYBOY ED
- - -
 
The Flying Farmer's last show
 
Thomas F. Norton
 
10/5/2007 
 
On Oct. 28, Charlie Kulp will fly his amazing aerobatic comedy routine one  
last time. 
 
The much-admired air show pilot, known on both sides of the Atlantic as the  
Flying Farmer, says he will hang up his battered straw hat and overalls after  
performing his grand finale at the Flying Circus Aerodrome near Warrenton,  
Virginia.
 
Kulp's career has spanned many aspects of aviation. In 1941, when he was  16, 
he soloed at Woodrum Field near Roanoke, Virginia. During World War II he  
and his brother, Harry, were naval aviation mechanics. He has managed airports  
around Virginia, too, but is most widely known as a restorer of historic  
airplanes (some of his restorations can be seen in the National Air and Space  
Museum and in the Virginia Aviation Museum), as a skilled mechanic and, of  
course, as a famous air show pilot.
 
Kulp's mastery of flying his beloved J-3 Cub has sharpened over the years,  
he says, although when this writer first saw him perform his Flying Farmer act, 
 shortly after World War II, his skill was phenomenal. Other pilots stopped 
what  they were doing, even then, to watch Kulp fly, and still are doing so six 
 decades later.
 
By the way, Kulp turned 82 this summer.
 
Charlie Kulp may be responsible for bringing more youngsters into aviation  
than anyone around, particularly in his native Virginia. He has been a flight  
instructor for more than 50 years. He was a founding member of the Flying 
Circus  Aerodrome in 1969, where he has continued to maintain and fly a 
collection 
of  World War I and barnstorming aircraft to this day, for the Flying Circus 
is  still in operation and a popular attraction. He was inducted into the 
Virginia  Aviation Hall of Fame in 1997. Retired United Airlines captain and 
current  Flying Circus President John King commented that "Charlie Kulp is the 
epitome of  barnstorming pilots."
 
Retired American Airlines captain and aviation historian Ken Hyde, himself  a 
builder of incredibly accurate replicas of Wright brothers airplanes, says he 
 was lucky enough to have been one of Kulp's students.
 
"I'll be forever grateful for the opportunity to have been an apprentice  
mechanic and taught to fly by Charlie Kulp," he said. "There are many of us who 
 
owe our aviation careers to Charlie's patience and his gift for teaching. I 
hope  no one will miss the opportunity to see him fly his last performance at 
the  Flying Circus on Oct. 28."
 
As the Virginia Aviation Hall of Fame put it upon Kulp's induction, "(He)  is 
widely admired for his quiet, gentle personality and his appeal to the  
hundreds of youngsters he has introduced to aviation."





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