U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, Students Ready for Embry-Riddle's Wings & Waves Air Show Over the Ocean Oct. 11-12

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Sep 26, 2014, 02:00 ET

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Sept. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and a dozen other acts take to the skies, future engineers, business leaders and pilots of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will wow more than 100,000 visitors on the ground at this year's Embry-Riddle Wings & Waves Air Show in Daytona Beach. Free and open to the public, Wings & Waves happens over the Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 11-12, each day at 11:30 a.m., beachside at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Wings & Waves Air Show, Oct. 11 & 12. (PRNewsFoto/Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Uni...)

This year's event will include Embry-Riddle Community Zone at the Band Shell featuring hands-on activities for children with Kiddie Hawk and Aviation 101, student research projects including the EcoCar, a special tribute to World War II veterans and more.

Numerous Embry-Riddle alumni are scheduled to participate, including three Embry-Riddle graduates as lead pilots of the Thunderbirds, Quick Silver P-51 Mustang pilot Scooter Yoak and GEICO Skytyper lead solo pilot Steve Salmirs. Performers include:

U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
GEICO Skytypers
Jack Link's Screamin' Sasquatch Jet Waco
Matt Chapman
Patty Wagstaff
Miss G Offshore Racing Boat
Firebirds Xtreme
4CE Formation Aerobatics
Lucas Oil Skydivers
Scooter Yoak, Quick Silver P-51 Mustang
Jim Tobul, F4U-4 Corsair
Gene McNeely T-6 Aerobatics
Paul Schulten, Eagle Aerobatics
MC Sonny Everett

Visitor information and media registration: wingsandwaves.com.

Media contact: Melanie Hanns, Director, University Communications, (386) 226-7538, [email protected]; and James Roddey, Media Relations Manager, (386) 226-6198; [email protected]

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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world's largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, is a nonprofit, independent institution offering more than 70 baccalaureate, master's and Ph.D. degree programs in its colleges of Arts & Sciences, Aviation, Business, Engineering and Security & Intelligence. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., through the Worldwide Campus with more than 150 locations in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and through online programs. The university is a major research center, seeking solutions to real-world problems in partnership with the aerospace industry, other universities and government agencies. For more information, visit www.embryriddle.edu, follow us on Twitter (@EmbryRiddle) and facebook.com/EmbryRiddleUniversity, and find expert videos at YouTube.com/EmbryRiddleUniv.