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Aviation Heritage
Festival Program
9:30 10:15 a.m.
Fly-bys P-47
Thunderbolt, P-51 Mustang.
10:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m.
World War II Panel
Collings Auditorium, Eaton-Richmond
Center
- Donald S. Lopez, WW II "Flying Tiger" pilot, deputy director National Air
and Space Museum.
- Frank Tedesco, B-24 pilot in the 451st
Bomb Group.
- Walter Limberger, B-17 tail gunner with the 91st
Bomb Squad, flew 26 missions, including the
x last raid of the EYO to Pilsen, Checlowslovkia. Enlisted at age 19,
served two years; flew the Outhouse Mouse, which completed 139 missions, one
short of the B909.
- Moderator, Bob Collings, founder of the Collings Foundation and Daniel
Webster College trustee.
12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.
- Rob Holland's
Aerobatics Demonstration in a Pitts Special; Saturday.
- KC-135, NH Air
National Guard refueling tanker; Saturday.
- A-10 Warthog.
1:30 2:30 p.m.
Sheila Widnall, Ph.D. Columbia accident investigation;
Sunday.
Collings Auditorium, Eaton-Richmond Center.
Member of the Columbia accident investigation board; former Secretary of the
Air Force; Professor of aeronautics and astronautics and
engineering systems, MIT; inducted into the 2003 Womens Hall of Fame.
2:30 3:30 p.m.
"The Magic and Mystery of Mars"
What do we know about the Red Planet? Come and learn about the atmosphere and
some geology of Mars. Learn how the two Mars
Exploration Rovers are going, how they landed, and what their current findings
are. Enjoy a few magic tricks as you learn that what you see is
not necessarily what is there!
Presentation by Dave McDonald, Christa McAuliff Planetarium.
Eaton-Richmond Center, Goulder Executive Classroom (Room 100).
3:30 4:15 p.m.
Fly-bys P-40 Warhawk, AD-4 Skyraider, F4U Corsair. |
