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A representation of the past and present., featuring WWII fighters next to present day fighters.
The same four make another low pass.
Next appears the Osprey, which gives a demonstration for the audience of its ability to hover like a helicopter.
It then lowered its propellers forward and flew away like a plane, at the exact instant that the engine was fired up on the Wright flyer, shown in lower part of the picture. Two sets of twin propellers representing 100 years turning at once.
Immediately after that we were treated to more history in the making as astronaut Buzz Aldrin flew by in the Kitty Hawk 100, a Gulfstream 2, which set a speed record today by flying from Los Angeles to Kitty Hawk in three hours, fifty minutes. The music playing in the background was "Running on Empty" which I expect they were. The landing gear came down immediately and they put her down in Manteo.
One more significant fly-by was the F117 Nighthawk stealth bomber.
