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Blue Angels return for 2nd straight year. Cleveland National Air Show commemorates 50th Anniversary of W.W.II with “So Proudly We Hail” theme and commemoration display.R.A. “Bob” Hoover returns to CNAS to serve as Grand Marshal.  Crystal Bernard, star of NBC’s “Wings” made a guest appearance at Saturday’s show.   Dr. Guion S. Bluford, Jr., retired Air Force pilot with 144 combat missions in the F-4C tactical fighter aircraft including 65 missions over N. Vietnam who became the first African-American to orbit the earth as mission specialist astronaut and payload commander on four space shuttle flights.  Ohio Senatorial Candidate Mike DeWine attends Monday’s show. Cleveland National Air Show celebrates 30th Consecutive Year at Burke Lakefront Airport.  Beth Ann Husbands, winner of the 1994 Miss Cleveland National Air Show pageant, performed the National Anthem.

1993’s “Break On Through” theme highlighted by performances of Blue Angels, first Cleveland appearance of Sean D. Tucker and F-16 Fighting Falcon demonstration. Alexander Zuyev, a former top fighter pilot for the Soviet Union who narrowly escaped and defected in a stolen MiG-29 appears at the show.  Cleveland Cavalier’s General Manager and Executive Vice President, Wayne Embry, serves as Honorary Chairman. The US Army Golden Knights found their C-31 aircraft stuck in the mud when they prepared for their performance after a sudden and torrential downpour during Monday’s show.  The plane was parked off to the side of a taxiway between jumps, as the weather was sunny and gave no sign of the rain to follow.

Thunderbirds, US Army Golden Knights, F-117 Stealth Fighter fly-by, F-14 Tomcat demonstration,  Patty Wagstaff, Les Shockley and Jim Franklin define the “THRILL ZONE” of the 1992 event. Delmar Benjamin performs in his Gee-Bee R2 replica.  President George H. Bush opens Saturday’s show as Air Force One (the actual 747) flies by with the President onboard.   During one performance the F-14 Tomcat was forced to land early when one afterburner was stuck in the “on” position (the engine was shut down and the aircraft landed safely). The Cleveland National Air Show is named “Air Show of the Year” by leading trade publication World Airshow News.

Cleveland becomes the first site of the historic MiG-29 Friendship Tour featuring a full demonstration of the MiG-29 Fulcrum. F-117 Stealth Fighter fly-by and static display of Patriot Missile system recently back from Desert Storm.  NASA displays the X-30 Experimental aircraft. First Cleveland appearance of Les Shockley’s Shockwave.

U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform in F/A-18 Hornets. Cleveland debut of Team America aerobatics team and “Otto” the talking helicopter.  Last Cleveland flying demonstration by living legend, R.A. “Bob” Hoover. Gene Soucy and Teresa Stokes bring the Showcat to Cleveland for the first time and first and only appearance of the Halcones from the Air Force of the Republic of Chile. Ohio Governor George Voinovich attends show.

CNAS celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the 1929 National Air Races with Formula One Air Racing. Thunderbirds perform in F-16s.

Blue Angels perform in Cleveland with F/A-18 Hornets. The British Airways Concorde returns to Cleveland. Mrs. Marian Henderson, widow of National Air Racing founder Clifford Henderson, reinstitutes the prestigious Clifford W. Henderson Achievement Award. The Award was presented to EAA’s then senior vice-president, Tom Poberezny.

Thunderbirds return to CNAS with F-16 Fighting Falcons. Clevelanders witness the first baton pass between wingwalkers when Johnny Kazian and Lori Ross pass a baton while wing-walking on separate Waco bi-planes. B-1B Bomber, British Airways Concorde and USAF’s SR-71 perform flybys at show.

Last Cleveland appearance of Blue Angels in A-4 Skyhawks. Senator John Glenn returns as Grand Marshal. F-14, star of the movie “Top Gun,” demos at CNAS along with the USAF’s A-10 Thunderbolt II and KC-135 tanker.

Frederick C. Crawford serves as CNAS’s Grand Marshal. Thunderbirds perform in F-16s. British Airways Concorde supersonic airliner makes first Ohio appearance.