Schedule of Activities for Weekend Air Shows
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Here is the Air/Space America schedule of weekend activities:
Saturday and Sunday, May 14 and 15.
8:00 a.m.: Ground displays, marching bands, marching units; gyroplane demonstration.
9:00 a.m.: Brown Field closes to regular air traffic. Demonstration by as-yet-unidentified military aircraft.
9:05 a.m.: First Formula 1 heat.
9:30 a.m.: Second Formula 1 heat.
10:00 a.m.: Opening ceremony, military flyby, flag jump.
10:30 a.m.: Third Formula 1 heat.
10:50 a.m.: U.S.S.R. Mi-34.
11:05 a.m.: Jim Franklin’s UPF-7 “Waco”.
11:25 a.m.: “Team America,” flying SIAI Marchettis.
11:45 a.m.: U.S. Navy F-14.
12:05 p.m.: Jim Franklin, “Dueling Wacos.”
12:30 p.m.: KC-135E tanker, U.S. Air Force F-106.
12:40 p.m.: Craig Hosking, Pitts S2H.
12:55 p.m.: NASA QSRA demonstration.
1:15 p.m.: Bob Hoover, “Sabre Liner.”
1:35 p.m.: Canadian Snowbirds takeoff, CT-134 flyby.
1:40 p.m.: U.S.S.R. Su-26M.
1:55 p.m.: Canadian Snowbirds demonstration.
2:45 p.m.: John Helton, J-3 Cub.
3:00 p.m.: Bob Hoover, “Shrike Commander.”
3:25 p.m.: U.S. Air Force F-16A.
3:45 p.m.: KC-10.
4:00 p.m.: Wayne Handley, “Prowler”
4:45 p.m.: Bob Herendeen, “Glassair III.”
5:00 p.m.: U.S.S.R. AH-124.
5:20 p.m.: 532 “Commander Elite Gyroplane.”
5:45 p.m.: Conclusion.
Friday and Saturday, May 21 and 22.
8:00 a.m.: Ground displays, marching bands.
9:00 a.m.: Brown Field closes to regular traffic; U.S. Marine Corp.’s AV-8 Harrier.
9:25 a.m.: Concorde taxi and takeoff.
9:40 a.m.: First Formula 1 heat.
10:00 a.m.: Opening ceremony.
10:30 a.m.: Second Formula 1 heat.
10:50 a.m.: Jim Franklin, solo UPF-7 “Waco.”
11:10 a.m.: U.S.S.R. Mi-34.
11:30 a.m.: Concorde flyby and landing.
11:40 a.m.: Team America.
Noon: Third Formula 1 heat.
12:20 p.m.: KC-10 or KC-135E.
12:30 p.m.: U.S. Air Force F-15.
12:40 p.m.: U.S.S.R. Su-26M.
12:55 p.m.: Concorde taxi and takeoff.
1:05 p.m.: Bob Hoover, “Sabre Liner.”
1:25 p.m.: U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
2:35 p.m.: John Helton, A-3 Cub.
2:55 p.m.: Concorde flyby and landing.
3:05 p.m.: NASA QSRA demonstration.
3:25 p.m.: Wayne Handley, “Prowler.”
3:45 p.m.: Bob Hoover, “Shrike Commander”
4:05 p.m.: Craig Hosking, Pitts S2H.
4:25 p.m.: Concorde taxi and takeoff.
4:35 p.m.: Jim Franklin, “Dueling Wacos.”
5:00 p.m.: U.S.S.R. AH-124.
5:20 p.m.: John Collver, SNJ.
5:35 p.m.: U.S. Navy F-18.
5:55 p.m.: Concorde flyby and landing.
6:10 p.m.: Conclusion.
All aerial displays are contingent upon weather conditions. Formula 1 heats may be rescheduled. Availability of military aircraft dependent upon prior commitments.
Tickets at the gate are $12 for adults and $6 for children ages 7 through 14. Tickets ordered before the show through Ticketron are half-price, according to a show spokesman. Parking available at the field for $5.
Air/Space America will operate shuttles to and from the field. In Mission Valley, shuttles will operate from the Holiday Inn, Doubletree Hotel and Town & Country Hotel; from Mission Bay, the Hyatt Islandia; La Jolla, the Embassy Suites Hotel; downtown, the Marriott; Chula Vista, the Otay Valley Travel Lodge and Otay Valley Roadway Inn. The charge is $2 each way.
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