Performance Schedule

Performance times for the Spanish Lady will be announced closer to the show.

Ticket Information

About Spanish Lady

The Spanish Lady is a North American T-6 Texan, one of the most important training aircraft of World War II. Known as the "Pilot Maker," the Texan was often the final step before pilots moved on to combat aircraft.

Originally built in 1944, this aircraft trained Allied pilots during the war and went on to serve for decades afterward. Today, it continues to fly, bringing history to life through aerobatic demonstrations and living history flights.

Front view of a vintage yellow T-6 Texan aircraft inside a hangar, showing its radial engine, propeller, and landing gear under warm lighting.
Yellow T-6 Texan aircraft performing an aerobatic maneuver in a clear blue sky, trailing white smoke behind it.
Side view of a yellow T-6 Texan aircraft in flight just above the runway, showing U.S. Air Force markings and motion blur in the background.

Performance Highlights

  • Display styleWarbird aerobatics and flybys
  • Featured focusWWII training aircraft in flight
  • Best viewedAlong the show line
  • Audience appealAll ages

Key Stats

  • AircraftNorth American T-6G Texan
  • Year built1944
  • RoleAdvanced pilot trainer
  • Crew2 (student and instructor)
  • EnginePratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp
  • Horsepower600 hp
  • Engine type9-cylinder radial, air-cooled
  • First flown1935 (NA-16 prototype)
  • Built17,000+ produced

About the Pilot

Pilot standing beside a yellow T-6 Texan aircraft, smiling and holding a helmet, with the open cockpit visible behind him.
Pilot seated in the cockpit of a yellow T-6 Texan, smiling and wearing a flight helmet with headset.
Front view of a yellow T-6 Texan with the pilot waving from the cockpit, propeller blurred in motion.

JP Mellor of Terre Haute, Indiana has been passionate about aviation since childhood. He learned to fly while attending the United States Naval Academy and later served as a naval officer aboard nuclear submarines.

JP is a retired professor from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, where he taught for 25 years. He is also a designated pilot examiner and holds a Statement of Aerobatic Competency.

He and his wife Kathy share a love of flying, one of their first dates was a trip to the Bahamas in a Navy Flying Club aircraft. Today, JP can often be found at the airport giving checkrides, working on aircraft, or taking to the skies.

Spanish Lady Photo Gallery

Yellow T-6 Texan aircraft banking in flight against a clear blue sky, trailing a stream of white smoke.
Top view of a yellow T-6 Texan aircraft in flight, showing its wings, cockpit, and U.S. Air Force markings.
Close-up of the yellow T-6 Texan radial engine and nose with spinning propeller, showing the Spanish Lady artwork and pilot in the cockpit.
Yellow T-6 Texan climbing steeply during an aerobatic maneuver, leaving a long white smoke trail against a clear blue sky.
Yellow T-6 Texan in a steep vertical maneuver, trailing white smoke with U.S. Air Force markings visible against a clear blue sky.
Underside view of a yellow T-6 Texan in flight, banking with white smoke trailing and USAF markings visible on the wings.