ANTELOPE VALLEY: BRIEFLY : PILOT YEAGER GUEST AT FLIGHT CELEBRATION.LANCASTER - Tickets are available for an Oct. 14 program at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. honoring the 50th anniversary of man's first supersonic flight Supersonic flight Relative motion of a solid body and a gas at a velocity greater than that of sound propagation under the same conditions. The general characteristics of supersonic flight can be understood by considering the laws of propagation of a . Charles ``Chuck'' Yeager, who piloted the X-1 rocket plane rocket plane n. 1. An aircraft powered by one or more rocket engines. 2. An aircraft designed to carry and launch rockets. past Mach 1 on Oct. 14, 1947, is scheduled to be on hand. Other participants scheduled to appear include retired Brig. Gen. Robert Cardenas, who was in charge of the project and who piloted the B-29 that dropped the X-1; aerobatic pilot Bob Hoover, who was flying chase on the historic flight; and De Beeler, former deputy director of what is now known as NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center The Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC), located inside Edwards Air Force Base, is an aeronautical research center operated by NASA. On March 26, 1976 it was named in honor of the late Hugh L. . Tickets are $30 and can be purchased in advance by calling (805) 723-5950. All proceeds go to support the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum 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. . ?13Daily News Seminars to focus on property taxes LANCASTER - Los Angeles County will hold two seminars in Lancaster this summer to assist property owners who feel their taxes should be lowered because of a decline in the value of their property. The seminars will be held at the Desert Inn, 44219 Sierra Highway, on July 21 and Sept. 8 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The seminars are free. Seating capacity is 250, with seating on a first-come basis. ?13Daily News |
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