By Bill Stansbeary
An American Airlines DC-3 brought by, L to R, Flagship Detroit Foundation Pres George Dennis and Capts Cal Moreland, Ron Tallent and Stephen Jacobson won the Morgan Adams Concours d’Elegance Peoples Choice, and Brett Derosier Memorial-Best of Show award.
The Morgan Adams Concours d’Elegance seeks to honor children afflicted with cancer. Money raised is used to benefit pediatric cancer research. The Morgan Adams Foundation and The Children’s Hospital Foundation cohosted the 2006 event, held August 26.
A spectacular aerobatic performance was made by Lee Lauderback, flying a P-51D owned by Joe Thibodeau, and Howard Pardue, flying his Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat. Flyover announcers were Bob Stovall and Angie West. Gary Shapiro, KUSA 9 News anchorperson, was master of ceremonies for the evening.
A gorgeous array of automobiles and aircraft were displayed on the TAC Air ramp at Centennial Airport. Live and silent auctions were held, providing high bidders the chance for a ride in aircraft including a North American SNJ-7B, Boeing Stearman, Vans Super Six Rocket, Lockheed T-33A, Younkin/Dake Mullicoupe, North American T6-G, Globe GC-1B Swift, Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 biplane, North American SNJ-3, Cirrus SR22-GTS, P-51D Mustang, de Havilland Beaver and MiG-17. Rides in automobiles up for bid included the Ferrari 360 Spyder, Porches 911 Turbo S, Ford GT40, Mercedes-Benz 300SL, Cord Model 810 Westchester, Mercedes 300SL Gullwing Coupe and Cadillac Model 62 convertible.
Above: Roy Halladay’s 1952 Lockheed T-33A jet trainer, in USAF Thunderbird markings, has taught many Air Force pilots basic flight maneuvering skills, air combat tactics and low level flight concepts.
Joan Slaughter and Steven Adams, parents of Morgan Adams, recognized the overwhelming generosity of exhibitors, sponsors and donors, as well as the amazing help, love, support, strength, belief and incredible hard work of the volunteers.
For more information, visit [http://www.morganadamsconcours.org].
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- Bob Shank, Adam Aircraft regional sales manager, exhibited the A700 business jet powered by twin Williams FJ33 turbofan engines.
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- A Ford GT40 Heritage Edition with supercharged 550-hp V-8 mounted behind the seats can easily propel this super car to a top speed of 205 mph.
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- A prominent Pebble Beach restorer in California restored this supercharged 1935 Auburn Boat Tail 851 Speedster.
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- A de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver bush plane owned by Pat Wiesner gets a close inspection on the TAC Air ramp.
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- This 1972 McLaren M20 Can-Am championship racer is the factory team car driven by Denny Hulme and now owned by Harry Matthews.
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- Chris Jacobson has a long connection with classic Beechcraft Staggerwing aircraft, such as this one that made a surprise visit at the Concours d’Elegance.
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- Left: Jessica Bolauc, DirectEdit photographer, gets a front-seat introduction to this 1977 MiG-17 built in China and flown by Jack Wilhite, Red Storm Air Shows.
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- Left: Charlie and Gayle Johnson show the ATG Javelin to Angela West and Lee Lauderback from Stallion 51, Kissimmee, Fla.
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- Marilyn Taylor and Mark Holliday exhibited this rare Younkin/Dake Mullicoupe, one of only three still flying today.
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- Michelle and Andy Parks exhibited this 1917 Fokker Dr.1 triplane flown by the Vintage Aero Flying Museum, Platte Valley Airpark.