CHICKASHA – The Chickasha Municipal Airport Authority voted to approve contracts with several performers for the annual Wings & Wheels event June 3 and to improve the fuel system at the airport.
The CMAA authorized expenditure of up to $50,000 to upgrade or replace the airport’s fuel pumps.
The contract was awarded to Domino Equipment Co., which is based in Oklahoma City and has satellite offices in Clinton and Tulsa. Domino is “the sole source provider for equipment in the area,” Authority members were told.
Records indicate the project will include two stainless steel “reclaim vessels,” a 35 gallons-per-minute pump for jet fuel and a 22 gpm pump for avgas. Aviation gasoline (avgas) is the fuel commonly used in piston-engine aircraft within the general aviation community. Avgas remains the only transportation fuel in the U.S. that contains lead.
The CMAA also approved contracts with five performers for the annual airs how:
• Leland Kracher Enterprises of Fort Worth, Texas, will be paid up to $2,500 to provide an aerobatic routine.
• Michael T. Gallaway of Frisco, Texas, will be paid $3,500 to provide an aerial demonstration in an Extra 300/SX aerobatic monoplane.
• The Airport Authority contracted with the Texas-based Falcon Flight formation team to provide a 15-minute performance.
• The Lone Star Jet Team, which was formed in 2022 and is comprised of highly trained L-39 Albatross jet pilots. is to be paid up to $1,000 to perform at the Chickasha air show.
• Franklin’s Flying Circus, led by third-generation pilot Kyle Franklin, will receive $7,800 to perform at the event.
City officials previously voted to contract with David Schultz Airshows to coordinate the event again this year. The cost will not exceed $5,750, the same as last year, records reflect.
More than 5,500 people attended the event in 2022, and attendance “has grown every year,” said Shae Mortimer, the city’s marketing and civic engagement manager. Activities also included a car show.
The annual Wings & Wheels Airshow attracts thousands of visitors to the municipal airport northwest of Chickasha off U.S. Highway 81.