Beaufort Water Festival

High planes and heat dominated at Beaufort Air Show on Saturday

Buck Roetman flies his plane during the air show on Saturday during the 62nd Annual Beaufort Air Show over the Beaufort River in downtown Beaufort.
Buck Roetman flies his plane during the air show on Saturday during the 62nd Annual Beaufort Air Show over the Beaufort River in downtown Beaufort. dearley@islandpacket.com

The 63rd annual Beaufort Water Festival Air Show on Saturday still drew and kept large crowds of spectators despite the hot weather and two normal acts pulling out at the last minute.

The parachuters that usually start off the show were not able to make it this year because two of their four members recently sustained injuries and the U.S. Coast Guard team that usually demonstrates how they do water rescues was not able to be there because they received a call.

The crowd enjoyed watching two pilots with Tiger Airshows and Buck Roetman with Wild Horse Aviation.

The Beaufort Water Festival will wrap up on Sunday afternoon with the Blessing of the Fleet.

This story was originally published July 22, 2017 at 11:57 PM with the headline "High planes and heat dominated at Beaufort Air Show on Saturday."

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