AIR SHOW TODAY.Byline: - Jim Skeen 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. - 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  This page is currently protected from editing until disputes have been resolved. and Joe Engle. Yeager and Engle will officially open the event by cracking sonic son·ic adj. Of, relating to, or determined by audible sound. 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 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 parachute, umbrellalike device designed to retard the descent of a falling body by creating drag as it passes through the air. The development of modern aircraft has led to many experiments in the aerodynamic problems of parachute design, with the result that the Team aerial demo 11:08 a.m. - John Collver AT-6 Texan aerial demo 11:20 a.m. - David Lazerson SZD-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 fly·by also fly-by n. pl. fly·bys A flight passing close to a specified target or position, especially a maneuver in which a spacecraft or satellite passes sufficiently close to a body to make detailed observations without 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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