GENESEO, N.Y. — The National Warplane Museum hosted the Geneseo Air Show this weekend.

Several planes took to the skies to dazzle the crowds that was able to watch the shows from their vehicles.

Greg Koontz, a pilot from Alabama, checked his plane's oil before his flight on Sunday.

"This is a very friendly and good feeling airshow," Koontz said.

It was his second time in Geneseo, but Koontz has flown in more than a thousand air shows since the 1970s. After missing a year because of the pandemic, he couldn't wait to dazzle the crowds again.

"It means a lot to get out, see my friends,” Koontz said. “Because it's a big airshow family in this business and we know each other very well and we didn't get to see each other. But we are back to the real world again."

With his trademark plane, the Super Decathalon, he took to the skies with spins, flying upside down and cutting a ribbon 18 feet off of the ground.

Dave Cooper, organizer of the Geneseo Air Show, said he was happy to see many people come out this weekend.

The show was seven months in the making.

"This is about the veterans who were there,” Cooper said. “Our C47 is a D-Day veteran so they have been around for 79+ years now. So everyone we get to take people up in the aircraft, every time we get to fly the aircraft, it's a salute to all of our veterans, past, present and in the future."

While Koontz loves putting on a show, he is hopeful that someone in the crowd will be a part of the next generation of pilots.

"There's kids out there that you are inspiring,” Koontz said. “Kids looking out and saying boy, 'I would like to do that' and 'I wonder how I could do that.' So the real inspiration is to get on the ground, do the autographs and talk to the people."

The show supports medical personnel, essential workers, first responders and the museum.