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Student pilots are taught that if their airplane goes into a spin, they need to take their hands off the yoke and kick opposite rudder. Tico LaCerda knows this. That's why the corkscrew does not end at the ground.

Airplanes under control aren't normally in this attitude. They're sure as hell not normally at this attitude this low. When he's not throwing his Pitts Special around the sky, Roberrt "Tico" LaCerda flies a different plane, called a 747. Really.

Nope, it's flying just fine!

Hmmm. Something wrong with Roger's lawn mower?

It's called a hammerhead stall. And it's best performed with some sky below you.

A Champion Sky-Trac, upside down.

Emerson Stewart III of Waynesville, Ohio put his Champion Sky-Trac through its paces as the first aerobatic plane to fly on a perfect Sunday afternoon.

The show began with a parachute exhibition. Here's Bob Church of nearby Albany, Ohio.

Before an airshow begins, there's a pilots meeting. It is where they learn everything from radio frequencies to the part of the sky reserved for the show.