'YOUTH AND AVIATION' IS AIR SHOW'S THEME CAMARILLO EVENT'S GOAL IS TO INTRODUCE CHILDREN TO FLYING.Byline: Eric Leach Staff Writer CAMARILLO - ``Youth and Aviation'' is the theme of the 25th annual Camarillo Air Show on Saturday and Aug. 28, featuring military aircraft, vintage planes and helicopters, experimental aircraft and a variety of children's activities and musical entertainment. There will be opportunities for visitors to meet this year's grand marshal Grand Marshal is a ceremonial, military, or political office of very high rank. The term has its origins with the word "Marshal" with the first usage of the term "Grand Marshal" as a ceremonial title for certain religious orders. , aviation pioneer Paul MacCready Paul B. MacCready, Jr. (September 25, 1925 - August 28, 2007) was an American aeronautical engineer. He was the founder of AeroVironment and the inventor of the first practical flying machine powered by a human being. Jr., and a special feature will be displayed from a Youth Aviation Art and Science Fair, with exhibits designed by children. Organizers said one of the key goals for this year's show is to stimulate the natural dreams many children have about flight. ``I have tried to involve children in ... meaningful ways,'' said Larry Beckett, chairman of the air show for the Experimental Aircraft Association, which sponsors the event each year. ``The air show is our way of sharing with Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, families the fun, diversity, and contribution of aviation.'' Proceeds will help support the EAA's Young Eagles program to provide first flights for young people in the community and other activities of the Experimental Aircraft Association's Chapter 723. Actor Harrison Ford, a pilot who frequently flies out of Camarillo Airport Camarillo Airport (ICAO: KCMA, FAA LID: CMA) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Camarillo, a city in Ventura County, California, United States. , is the national chairman of the Young Eagles program, which organizes volunteers who take young people between the ages of 8 and 18 on their first plane rides and helps some attend weeklong aviation academies. Past chairmen of the Young Eagles program have been actor Cliff Robertson and World War II hero and test pilot Chuck Yeager  This page is currently protected from editing until disputes have been resolved. . ``Our main thrust is to introduce young people to flying, all aspects of flying and aviation careers,'' said Ed Burnham of Ventura, a member of the EAA EAA Experimental Aircraft Association EAA European Aluminium Association (Brussels, Belgium) EAA European Acoustics Association EAA Export Administration Act EAA Everglades Agricultural Area EAA European Association of Archaeologists who is not a pilot, but has been active in the EAA and the Camarillo Air Show for years. A number of youth groups, including Ventura Military Explorers Post 2861, State Parks Explorers Post 2915 and the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps The United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps (USNSCC) is a paramilitary youth organization that serves to teach 13 to 18 years old about the sea-going military services, community service, citizenship, and an understanding of discipline and teamwork. Trident Patrol 65 Squadron are helping with the show. The Ninety-Nines International Association of Women Pilots has also been active in producing a number of the activities for this year's show. Grand Marshal MacCready is the chairman and founder of AeroVironment, Inc. He is known as the father of human-powered flight Man-powered flight is aerial travel in an aircraft powered exclusively by direct human energy. Early attempts at man-powered flight were unsuccessful because of the difficulty of achieving the high power-to-weight ratio. as designer of the Gossamer Condor, the Gossamer Albatros and the Gossamer Penguin and the Solar Challenger. ``He's really a genius,'' said Beckett. MacCready's Gossamer Condor was the first human-powered aircraft to achieve sustained, maneuverable flight, and the Gossamer Albatros was the first human-powered aircraft to fly across the English Channel. They are on permanent display at the Smithsonian Institution, along with the Solar (-powered) Challenger, which flew from Paris to Canterbury England in 1981. In 1985, the Smithsonian Institution commissioned MacCready to build a replica of the flying reptile the pterodactyl pterodactyl (tĕrədăk`tĭl), popular term for a pterosaur. pterodactyl Any member of the pterosaur suborder Pterodactyloidea, known from Late Jurassic and Cretaceous fossils (159–65 million years ago) in , which is featured in the IMAX IMAX Noun a film projection process that produces an image ten times larger than standard movie ``On the Wing.'' This year's air show poster shows a child playing with an airplane in front of a larger plane, and a special part of the show will be displays of entries from the Youth and Aviation Art and Science Fair Contest, developed with the help of the Ninety-Nines. Young people through the age of 18 were eligible to enter projects related to aviation, but limited only to the child's imagination. Entries might be games, art or building projects, or activities related to aviation technology, math or science. ``Children look to the sky and have a wonderment in flight, a dream,'' said Christine Sztukowski, a pilot and member of the Ventura County chapter of the Ninety-Nines. ``Every adult pilot had a dream of flying as a child. With the art science fair, we are trying to help a child's dream come true.'' Musical entertainment at the Air Show will include the Glen Miller Young Americans from Calabasas High School Calabasas High School is a four-year high school, freshman-senior, in Calabasas, California, United States. Calabasas High School, which serves portions of Calabasas and the West Hills, Los Angeles, California section of Los Angeles, is one of three high schools in the Las with their tribute to Glenn Miller and the big band era. Also performing will be the California State Old Time Fiddlers from Oak View and the Gold Coast Pipe Band. Eric Leach, (805) 583-7602 eric.leach(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): box, map Box: IF YOU GO Map: Camarillo Airport Daily News |
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