Photos of Jenny in Action over the Years...

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2009
2009 proved to be a wonderful year full of new experiences.  Jenny trained Tyson Rininger to be the newest American Barnstormer Double Trouble Wing Walker, she participated in a variety of shows, and even found a magnificent little airport in southern Ohio with a beautiful 220hp Stearman on which she has been honing her skills for her new skirt-droppin' comedy act she and Walt will be debuting in 2010.
2008
2008 was a difficult year for Jenny emotionally as she was watching her father lose his battle to esophageal cancer.  The photo to the left was taken just two days before he passed.
Professionally, Jenny grew as a performer and perfected the 'Daring Javelin Hang' such that it is now done by team members without the use of holding onto the lower wing or wires.
2007
2007 was the first year that Jenny had moved back home to Cleveland from Indiana where she had been working full-time at the Univ. of Notre Dame whilst pursuing her airshow endeavors.  In addition to the shows Jenny was performing with American Barnstormer and her original team, Jenny filled in for Ashley Battles as Greg Shelton's wing walker at three shows while Ashley pursued a career as a commercial airline pilot. The move  back home brought Jenny closer to family and gave her a much better appreciation for what REAL family is all about.  By early September she decided to leave the team she originally started wing walking with in 2004. 
By late 2007, Jenny was 100% American Barnstormer.
2006
This is the year that Jenny began performing in air shows as a wing walker with the American Barnstormer Double Trouble team.  They debuted their act at Sun 'n Fun in April that year with Walt's granddaughter, Nicole (Rodriguez) Hansen, as the newest lady on the other wing.
Also in 2006, Jenny took part in the Al Ain Aerobatics Show (January) in the United Arab Emirates with the team she originally began wing walking with, and in the fall filled in for a wing walker in CA at the MCAS Miramar and Edwards AFB air shows after having done some training with that team earlier in the spring.  Jenny had her first cross-country experience in the Stearman with Walt and Smokey, too, traveling from South Bend IN to Nantucket and back where she performed her first solo Stearman wing walk with Walt Pierce.
2005
This year found Jenny traveling to Australia for the third airshow she ever performed in.  While there, she made her first front page photo and wowed a crowd of more than 250,000.  Shortly thereafter, she took her first walk out onto the lower wing of a Stearman and later that fall began training with Walt Pierce (American Barnstormer) and his wing walker at that time after they had asked Jenny if she would like to join them in developing a new dual wing walker act.  Jenny joined them for initial training just prior to the ICAS convention... and 'Double Trouble' was born.
2004
This was Jenny's first year as a wing walker, albeit on an odd aircraft.  She had tagged along with the team to 4 shows the two previous years and upon retirement of that wing walker, she took over the wing duties.  She drove from South Bend IN to east of Cleveland OH for training nearly every weekend from May until their first show in August.  Her very first show took place at a beuatiful little airport in Tazewell VA that was situated on a ridge and had an amazing view.  She also performed at Winston-Salem NC just a few weeks later.
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February training with Tyson Rininger as the newest American Barnstormer.Florida International Air Show (FIAS) - Punta Gorda, FL, March 2009. Shows days saw 30 knot crosswinds!Tyson conquered the Double Dare Javelin Hang at his very first airshow as a performer - FIAS.FIAS - Tyson and David Carlson collaborated on equipping the wing with a camera that took photos every 4 seconds. Here Jenny climbs to the top wing.Chris Adolor caught this amazing photo at FIAS 2009 - he caught us coming through the loop at just the perfect time.Wings & Wheels St. Thomas, Ontario, June 2009. Jenny's very first Canadian airshow.
Jenny working on her moves thanks to the Stewarts of Red Stewart Airfield in Waynesville, OH. Photo taken late September 2009.Jenny working on her skirt-droppin' techniques at 40I for the 2010 airshow season. November 2009.
Vidalia Onion Festival Airshow, Vidalia GA, April 2008. Jenny did the solo wing walk with Walt at this event and debuted the Daring Javelin Hang here - the first time it had been performed in more than 20 years.Double Trouble at the May Fly Air Show in Florence, SC, May 2008.
Jenny worked on the javelin hang stunt more throughout the year and brought it to the point of no longer using any hands/arms to hold on. This photo was taken on Sept. 6th, just two days before her dad lost his battle to cancer.Adam Haley has been a blessing to the team over the years, providing them with great shots from the ground and air-to-air. Fall training, September 2008.Spririt of America over Martinsburg, WV, September 2008. This was the 2nd last time that DT performed this maneuver before replacing it with the Double Dare Javelin Hang.Martinsburg, WV, September. going over the top for the Barnstormer's Loop.Stuart VNA Airshow, Stuart, FL, November 2008. This was the first time we debuted the Double Dare hang and the last time that Nicole performed with the team - she went on to have a baby the next July.
Al Ain Aerobatics Show, January 2006 (United Arab Emirates). Jenny considers this show "the begiining of the end" of her days with this team. First training session with an experienced wing walking team in California (March 2006) - temperature on the ground as we took off for this flight was 39 F.Sun N Fun, April 2006, Lakeland, FL. The debut of 'Double Trouble' with Walt flying Jenny and his granddaughter Nicole on the wings.Cleveland National Air Show, Cleveland, OH - September 2006.Jenny experienced her first x-country flight in the Stearman as she and Walt traveled from her home in South Bend, IN to this show on Nantucket. This was also Jenny's first solo performance with Walt and Smokey. Late September 2006.Double Trouble at SkyFest Tennessee - October 2006.Jenny filling in for the CA wing walker at Edwards AFB, CA - October 2006.
Jenny's 3rd airshow as a wing walker for the monoplane team took place near Melbourne, Australia - Australian International Airshow, March 2005.In late fall of 2005, Jenny began training with the American Barnstormer team as part of the new tandem wing walking team they would debut in 2006. It was at this training that 'Double Trouble' was born.
Jenny's very first show as a wing walker took place in Tazewell, VA, in August 2004. Jenny still remembers this beautiful little airport that sits upon a ridge fondly.
Jenny filled in for Ashley Battles for three shows during the 2007 season with Greg Shelton (NAS Corpus Christi (TX), MCAS Cherry Point (NC), and Traverse City, MI).Double Trouble performed at the Dayton Air Show in July 2007. This was the first and last show that the wing walkers ever both ventured out to the N-struts at the same time.Rantoul IL in August 2007 was the last show that Jenny ever participated in with this monoplane team. She has since completely distanced herself from the members of this team.Jenny did one last training with the team in CA in late August 2007.Over the late summer, Walt worked on Ol' Smokey's smoke system to get it pumping out smoke like it did in the good ol' days - the project was a success.Jenny loves riding through the big barnstormer's loop - she always waves her arms and kicks her leg to show just how much fun she's having up there. Fall training, November 2007.2007 was the last year the team wore the old black and white flight suits.Jenny seriously bends over backwards to please her airshow fans!
2010
This year started off with a project of a whole different sort - Walt and Jenny were interviewed and filmed by Blue Chip Films for an episode of the new series, INTERSECTIONS, to be aired on SPEED Channel beginning in July.  The production crew filmed the team using a variety of cameras, including some small HD video cams that ended up mounted to the Stearman in seven different locations to catch all the action.

2010 also marked the start of a new Double Trouble routine, and a sister team with American Barnstormer.  'Team Stewart' and 'Team Pierce' took to the air in early June to begin working on this extraordinary project...
The Blue Chip Films production crew spent several days in Feb & Mar filming Walt and Jenny in action. Filming took place both from on the ground as well as from on-board cameras.The segment will feature action shots as well as interviews from the team members discussing their passion of flying and wing walking.The classic inverted pass. Adam Haley was on site to document this project through still photos. All photos from this project can be found on his site at www.HaleyImages.com.Jenny still bends over backwards for her fans! In this shot, you can see the 3 little video cameras - one at the front of the near N-strut, one at the wingtip handle, and one on the upright of the tail section.Part of Walt's interview was filmed with him in the cockpit as he describes some of the thought processes that go into flying with extra drag on the wings.The new Double Trouble was born in early June when pilot Cub Stewart, his daughter-in-law Kimmy Stewart, and Ashley Ryerson took to the skies with Jenny and Walt. Emerson Stewart (Cub's son/Kimmy's husband) flew the photo ship with Mike Ryerson (Ashley's dad) taking the photos.