AIR SHOW TODAY.Byline: - Jim Skeen EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE - Tens of thousands of aviation enthusiasts are expected to turn out Saturday for the annual open house and air show, where aerobatic and combat demonstrations and America's military might can be viewed up-close. In keeping with the open house's theme of ``Yesterday's Heroes, Tomorrow's Legends,'' Edwards will have two of its heroes on hand - Chuck Yeager and Joe Engle. Yeager and Engle will officially open the event by cracking sonic booms in F-15 Eagles at 9:30 a.m. TODAY'S SCHEDULE 7:30 a.m. - Gates open 8 a.m. - Muroc Model Masters aerial demo 9:30 a.m. - F-15 sonic boom sonic boom, shock wave produced by an object moving through the air at supersonic speed, i.e., faster than the speed of sound. Since sound is a mechanical disturbance that propagates through the air, there is a limit to its speed. An object such as an airplane, moving through the air, generates sound. 9:31 a.m. - Flag jump and national anthem 10:15 a.m. - Tom Wade Edge 540 aerial demo 10:45 a.m. - Test Parachute Team aerial demo 11:08 a.m. - John Collver AT-6 Texan aerial demo 11:20 a.m. - David Lazerson SZD SZD - Steel Zinc Dichromate-59 Sailplane sailplane: see glider. aerial demo 11:35 a.m. - F-117 bomb drop aerial demo 11:55 a.m. - F-16 aerial demo 12:10 p.m. - B-1 bomb drop flyby 12:22 p.m. - B-52 bomb drop flyby 12:35 p.m. - 12th Air Force A-10 crowd show 12:45 p.m. - C-17 aerial demo 1 p.m. - T-39 flyby 1:12 p.m. - Stoli MiGs aerial demo 1:27 p.m. - C-17, T-39 transport aerial review 1:35 p.m. - 12th Air Force A-10 aerial demo 1:50 p.m. - F-15, F-16, KC-135 fighter/attack aerial demo. 2:05 p.m. - Tom Wade Edge 540 aerial demo 2:20 p.m. - Test Pilot School Team takeoff and flyby (F-15, F-16, T-38) 3:15 p.m. - Air Force Flight Test Center review CAPTION(S): box Box: TODAY'S SCHEDULE (See text) |
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