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The Silver Wings Wingwalking routine is an exciting mix of Hartley Folstad's smooth piloting skills and Margaret Stivers' physically demanding yet artistic stuntwork.
This is a partnership that began with their first performance in 1991.  Since then they have become one of the world’s most experienced wingwalking teams.
Their style has evolved and it is shown in every movement. Each movement is choreographed quietly over a journey of years and adapted to site and weather.
It is not a risk but a calculated dedication to exploring a sport in an extreme environment and through extensive experience discovering their own style and sculpting it into art.
Their stage is not wooden floorboards but a Stearman bi-plane in a challenging sky.

It is an unlike any other wingwalker act because it is an "in your face" non-aerobatic routine with every pass as low  and as close as allowed so that every person in the crowd gets an intimate view of the Silver Wings Wingwalker's dance with the wind.  Margaret is not a dot on top of  the plane against the sky but a seasoned professional performing one of a kind stunts that she created as her experienced pilot, Hartley Folstad, sails the plane.  Stivers is constantly on the move through out the entire act, wingwalking at least 9 times to different locations on the plane and she incorporates these transition movements as part of a smooth flowing choreography, something no other wingwalker in the world is doing. As safety permits the act ends with Stivers raising the flag in flight as a tribute to our troops and veterans.

People attend airshows because they love aviation but many attend because it becomes a community event. Whether the audience member loves flying or not the Silver Wings Wingwalker appeals to everyone in the crowd because they can identify with the vulnerable lady aloft the big thunderous Stearman bi-plane and she inspires them to reach for their own dreams. 

DREAMS ARE ACCOMPLISHED ONE SMALL STEP AT A  TIME.
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' ...a wingwalking team - The Silver Wings - amazing the crowd with it's balancing act on a flying plane. ...
Max said he was amazed at the graceful Margaret Stivers,
by "watching her, at 100 mph, in a variety of very poetic ballet positions as the biplane flew by 50 feet above the ground." '


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2009 Highlights
January 2 - March 27, Intensive
wingwalking preparatory Macrocycle.

February 14, Photo flight with Victor Archer.











March 28, 2009, Riverside Airshow, Riverside, CA.











































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March 31, 2009.  Dixcovery Channel.  Moment of Terror.


May,2 Planes of Fame event.

May 16, 17, 2009, Chino CA
Planes of Fame Airshow, Chino, CA.









































June 13, Young eagles event.

July 11, Great Park Event, Irvine, CA

September:
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Texas

Oct. 3. Apple Valley Air fair.

Dec. 6-9, ICAS, Las Vegas, NV

2010

March 27, 2010,. Riverside Airshow.

May 15, 16, Chino, CA

May 22, 23 Madera, CA

June- July  Exploring new possiblities on the wing.  Work in progress.

July 10: Great Park event, Irvine, CA

July Movie JA3D

August 3: C.T.V. Canadian Discovery channel.show.

September: Texas

September 25: Apple Valley Airshow




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