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Flying the American flag, Ted Williams and his fellow jumpers opened the show.

. . . and stay for the airshow, while others come for the airshow and stay for the chicken dinner. Still others come for both.

The other jumper closing the show was Scott Adams of Wellston, Ohio.

Here's Ted Williams of Marietta, Ohio, one of the jumpers who closed the show.

Brett Hunter, in an RV-6 kit plane, flies under Robert "Tico" LaCerda, going sideways in his Pitts Special biplane, itself only 20 feet off the ground. The slightest mistake by either one and things would be very ugly. Neither one made a mistake, no one was hurt, and the airplanes remained flyable.

With no spinning props nearby, Santa turns loose the young horde.

Meanwhile, Santa's helpers Scott Adams and Harry Sowers, known as subordinate clauses, salt the runway with candy. The kiddies will dash out and collect it all.

Yes, it's really Santa Claus.

Santa in September? Kids are always happy to see him, even more so if he arrives by parachute.