AIR SHOW TO HONOR PIONEER.Byline: Daily News CAMARILLO -- Aviation pioneer Dick Rutan Richard Glenn “Dick” Rutan (born July 1, 1938) is an aviator who piloted the Voyager aircraft around the world non-stop with the assistance of Jeana Yeager. He was born in Loma Linda, California, where he gained an interest in flight at a young age. will be the 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. of this weekend's Camarillo Air Show, which will feature aerobatic performances, airplane rides, music, classic cars and pancake breakfasts. The theme of the 26-year-old show is ``Where the Future Encounters the Past'' and the event pays tribute to the 30th anniversary of the 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. as a general-aviation facility. Rutan made history in December 1986 by flying around the world nonstop and unrefueled in the Voyager aircraft designed by his brother, Burt. The Voyager, which is now in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., United States, and is the most popular of the Smithsonian museums. It maintains the largest collection of aircraft and spacecraft in the world. , was built in Mojave. Dick Rutan made the historic flight with Jeana Yeager, taking off and landing at Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. . The weekend show features military aircraft from the past, including World War II Mitchell B-25 bomber. There will be aerobatic performances in unusual and distinctive planes, including the Czech-built Zlin 50, the Red Bull MiG-17 and the Pitts Biplane biplane, aircraft, typically of early design, having two sets of wings fixed at different levels, especially in a vertical stack with the fuselage included between them. See airplane. . A pancake breakfast will be hosted at 8 a.m. each day by the Ninety-Nines, an international organization of female pilots. The Camarillo Air Show is sponsored by Chapter 723 of the Experimental Aircraft Association, comprised of 250 Ventura County residents. IF YOU GO: The Camarillo Air Show will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Camarillo Airport, 555 Airport Way. The airport is south of the Ventura Freeway at Las Posas Road. Admission is $8 for adults, $15 for couples, and free for children 12 and younger. Parking is free. Information: (805) 646-7053 or (805) 383-0686, or www.camarilloairshow.com. CAPTION(S): box, map Box: IF YOU GO (see text) Map: Camarillo Airport Daily News |
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