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Aerospace Valley Air Show a great success

by Stuart Ibberson Air Force Academy’s Wings of Blue
editor Parachute Team; the National Anthem;
and the breaking of the sound barrier,
The 2020 Aerospace Valley Hybrid reminding attendees that it was at Ed-
Air Show is over and has claimed its wards Air Force Base that Capt. Chuck
place in the history books. Yeager became the first human to break
When the coronavirus pandemic hit, the sound barrier 73 years ago in 1947.
and air shows around the world were On Oct. 9, 11-year-old Esther Rob-
cancelling, Brig. Gen. Matt Higer, the inson sang the National Anthem; and
412th Test Wing commander at Ed- on Oct. 10, Rachel Bradshaw, a flight
wards Air Force Base, Calif., made the engineer with the 416th Flight Test
decision to transform the air show ex- Squadron sang.
perience into an online, virtual, hybrid And then it was on to the flying —
show that would showcase what makes with Olympic-style commentary hosted
this area of the Southwestern United by Dan Hawkins from Air Education
State the “Center of the Aerospace Test- and Training Command public affairs
ing Universe.” in San Antonio, Texas. Higer was on
Higer’s vision came to fruition Oct. hand through the entire broadcast, and
5-10. welcomed everyone to the air show.
The first part of the week, Oct. 5-8 “I’m thrilled to be here, and I know
featured 8 hours a day of online STEM you’re going to have a great two days
and STEM-related programing streamed with four hours of great airplanes flying
live on the air show website, YouTube today and tomorrow,” Higer said. “This
and Facebook. is a special place; the air we breathe, the
Activities culminated Oct. 9 and 10 dirt we walk on has so much history and
with aircraft flights over the California so much potential. The people that are
desert. here are fired up to be here; we’re inno-
The two-day flying portion of the hy- vative and agile by nature, and our orga-
brid air show started the same way air nizations are dynamic. This air show is
shows at Edwards always start — with
a parachute jump performed by the U.S. See AIR SHOW, Page 2 Photographs by Melinda Rodriguez

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