SkyFest

A C-17 Globemaster demonstrates its remarkable slow speed capabilities at Skyfest 2010 on Saturday, July 24, 2010, at Fairchild Air Force Base.

Students from Fairchild Air Force Base’s SERE school tumble out of the back of a C-130.

A P-51 Mustang, top, an F-4 Phantom, center, and an A-10 Thunderbolt fly in formation at Skyfest 2010 at Fairchild Air Force Base. This formation of aircraft old and new is called a “heritage flight” and it matched, from top to bottom, a WWII fighter, a Vietnam-era fighter and a modern ground attack plane.

Four Stearman aircraft, a pre-WWII trainer, fly in formation at Skyfest 2010 on Saturday, July 24, 2010, at Fairchild Air Force Base.

Jacquie Warda, who goes by the name Jacquie B when flying, tumbles her Pitts biplane at Skyfest 2010.

Kids and adults crowd around the “Cool Zone,” a portable misting machine with fans, which cooled the crowd during Skyfest 2010.

Crowds seek shelter in the shade of a massive B-1 bomber at Skyfest 2010.

Crowds seek relief from the blazing sun in a B-52-shaped shadow on the flight line at Skyfest 2010.

Tim Weber, in his Geico-sponsored X300 airplane, drops into a dive and prepares to go vertical at Skyfest 2010.

Summer Branting, 3, is protected from the roar of an F-18 jet while her father, Jason Branting, left, and Curtis Carr, right, watch the spectacular aerobatics and speed of the Navy jets at Skyfest 2010.

The Thunderbirds rocket past the announcer’s platform during Skyfest 2010.

The Thunderbirds pull into a climb in their diamond formation at Skyfest 2010.

Four of the Thunderbirds rocket toward a vertical climb during Skyfest 2010.

People on the bleachers get to their feet to catch a glimpse of the Thunderbirds’ routine at Skyfest 2010.

The Thunderbirds rocket up a vertical climb over Skyfest 2010, which included a car show of classic and recent Ford Thunderbirds.