Flights of fancy soar at Miramar

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Aerial maneuvers delight enthusiasts at annual air show, by Chris
Moran UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

October 19, 2003

San Diego County paid annual homage to its aviation culture by turning
out by the hundreds of thousands to watch flying machines smoke,
thunder and speed their way across clear skies over Marine Corps Air
Station Miramar yesterday.

The throng at this year's Miramar Air Show turned the tarmac into a
concrete beach covered by towels, umbrellas, picnic spreads and
fold-up chairs. Aviation enthusiasts gulped drinks, smeared on
sunscreen and craned their necks to watch one airplane after another
make passes, sometimes with gravity-defying acrobatics and at other
times with speeds that outran sound. About 50,000 spectators attended
Friday, and...

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