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DAILY PROGRAM OF EVENTS

The Management reserves the right to make necessary changes in any phase of this program. Listen for announcements.

SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 3rd

Announcers:
Walter T. Bonney
Ted Winters
William McQuinn

ORCHESTRA: Bob Simone, conductor, 
Stouffer's Restaurants

Downtown Press Headquarters:
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel,
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

Longines--Official Timing Watch

Oldsmobile and Dodge--Official Cars

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| 8:00 A.M. | GATES OPEN to Ground Exhibits--U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines |

| 9:00 A.M. to 11:30 | VISITING HOUR aboard USS TICONDEROGA at Gulf dock

| 10:00 A.M. | U.S. NAVY ASW blimps and helicopters in aerial demonstrations
HANGAR EXHIBITS-Industrial and Service |

| 11:00 A.M. to 12:30 | ARRIVAL OF BENDIX TROPHY JET PILOTS from George Air Force Base, California |

| 12 NOON |GIMBEL'S FASHION PARADE in Reserved Section |

| 12:30 P.M. | OFFICIAL OPENING--1955 National Aircraft Show Participating: F. C. Crawford, Chairman, and Hon. Joseph S. Clark, Vice Chairman, National Aircraft Show and Mayor, the City of Philadelphia |

| 12:45 P.M. | U.S. ARMY Aerial Demonstration |

| 1:30 P.M. | NATIONAL PIONEER PARACHUTE JUMPING CONTEST
STOUFFER'S ORCHESTRA salutes the 1955 National Aircraft Show |

| 1:45 P.M. | U.S. AIR FORCE Aerial Demonstration |

| 3:00 P.M. | PRESENTATION OF BENDIX TROPHY by Malcolm P. Ferguson, President |

| 3:05 P.M. | EXECUTIVE AIRCRAFT DEMONSTRATION Lycoming-Powered "Safest offices over earth" |

| 3:15 P.M. | U.S. NAVY Aerial Demonstration |

| 3:45 P.M. | U.S. MARINE CORPS Aerial Demonstration |

| 4:30 P.M. | GRAND PRIZE DRAWING |

(See page 57 for details of GRAND PRIZE DRAWING CONTEST)

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