REAL ACTION FIGURE JETHAWKS TO GIVE OUT TEST-PILOT BOBBLEHEAD.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LANCASTER -- Famed test pilot Charles ``Chuck'' Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier, will receive one more honor tonight when the Lancaster JetHawks The Lancaster JetHawks are a minor league baseball team in Lancaster, California, USA. They are a Class-A Advanced team in the California League, and are a farm team of the Boston Red Sox. hand out Chuck Yeager  This page is currently protected from editing until disputes have been resolved. bobblehead dolls for Aerospace Appreciation Night. The first 1,500 fans through the Clear Channel Stadium gates will each receive a free Yeager bobblehead doll that depicts him holding a miniature version of the Bell X-1 that he flew through the sound barrier in 1947 at what is now 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. . ``He's a true legend, and we were very thrilled that he agreed to be part of this night because he is such a revered figure in aviation history,'' said Jeff Lasky, JetHawks director of broadcast and media relations. ``We have had several folks call in and ask how early they need to get there to get a doll.'' Yeager, 83, will not be at the game but has given his approval to the doll. ``He has been very much involved, even though he will not be attending,'' Lasky said. Pre-game activities will include a video tribute to Yeager as well as a flyover by two F-16 fighter jets after the national anthem. The game will conclude with the JetHawks' final fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to display of the 2006 season. Tonight's game is the third annual JetHawks Aerospace Appreciation Night. Others depicted in JetHawks bobblehead dolls given away since 2004 have been William J. ``Pete'' Knight, the late Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley lawmaker who in 1967 set a speed record in the X-15 rocket plane rocket plane n. 1. An aircraft powered by one or more rocket engines. 2. An aircraft designed to carry and launch rockets. ; astronauts Gordon Fullerton and Vance Brand; and aircraft designer Burt Rutan. Yeager was a World War II ace who became a test pilot after the war. He served as the commander of the Edwards test-pilot school from 1962 to 1966. Knight set the world speed record of 4,534 mph in an X-15 in 1967. He earned a Distinguished Flying Cross in Vietnam and was one of eight X-15 pilots to win astronaut wings by flying the rocket plane higher than 280,000 feet. karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color in AV edition only) Gen. Chuck Yeager is shown in this undated un·dat·ed adj. 1. Not marked with or showing a date: an undated letter; an undated portrait. 2. file photograph. Daily News (2 -- color in AV edition only) Test pilot Chuck Yeager bobblehead dolls will be given out by the JetHawks tonight at Aerospace Appreciation Night at Clear Channel Stadium. |
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