ERAU continues celebration of 100 years of flight

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[Archangelsk]

ERAU continues celebration of 100 years of flight

Staff report

Last update: 09 November 2003

DAYTONA BEACH -- "Wings & Waves: Embry-Riddle Celebrates the Centennial of Flight," a free air and sea show, will be repeated today along the shoreline, with a worship service and a Veterans Day ceremony tacked on to the beginning for good measure.

The show, presented by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, commemorates the 100th anniversary of flight. Orville Wright made the world's first successful powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine on the beach at Kitty Hawk, N.C., on Dec. 17, 1903. The 120-foot flight lasted 12 seconds. Orville and his brother Wilbur took two flights each that morning before the Wright Flyer was badly damaged by a sudden gust of wind.

"Wings & Waves" again will be centered around the traffic-free beach zone behind the Adam's Mark Resort, 100 N. Atlantic Ave. Parking will be available at the Ocean Center and the adjacent parking garage. Spectators also can park on the beach in the regular beach driving zones. A $5 park-and-ride shuttle service will be offered from the Riverfront Park area in the 200 block of North Beach Street.

Air show organizers suggest visitors take coolers, binoculars, beach towels and chairs.

Schedule

All "Wings & Waves" events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. The schedule of events is:

8-9 a.m. -- Interfaith Worship Service, Bandshell

9-10 a.m. -- Veterans Day Ceremony, Bandshell. The guest speaker will be Maj. Gen. John Barry, director of plans and programs for Air Force Material Command Headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Barry is a member of the Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Army ROTC will host the ceremony.

10-11 a.m. -- "Waves" show including search-and-rescue operations by the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Air Force and high-performance offshore race boat demonstrations

11 a.m.-4 p.m. -- Air show, featuring acts in this order:

· Misty Blues, all-woman skydiving team.

· Marchetti Mavericks, team from Spruce Creek Fly-In

· L-39

· Eric Beard, Yak 54 Russian Thunder aerobatic flight

· KC-135 Flyby

· Lee Lauderback, P-51 Mustang aerobatic flight

· F-117 Flyby

· Julie Clark, T-34 aerobatic flight

· F-18 Flyby

· Gene Soucy and wing walker Teresa Stokes

· F-15 tactical demonstration

· F-15/P-51 heritage demonstration

· Kirby Chambliss, Edge 540 aerobatic flight

· Michael Mancuso, Extra 300L aerobatic flight

· F-18 tactical demonstration

· Mike Goulian, CAP 232 aerobatic flight

· Patty Wagstaff, Extra 300S aerobatic flight

· U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, precision jet demonstration team

[Archangelsk]

If you're going to have a homecoming, this is the way to do it. Happy Birthday ERAU (75th), Thunderbirds (50th) and Powered Flight (100th).

[ConservativeLawyer]

The family and I enjoyed the show yesterday.