june-2010

Take Flight
At the Virginia Air & Space Center in
Hampton, visitors can see a piece of a Mars meteorite, launch a
rocket and learn how to land an airplane. Here, Curator Allan
Hoilman reveals a few of his favorite flyers on display.
757-727-0900; vasc.org
AIRTRAN AIRWAYS DC 9
features a flight simulator and an interpretive
display of the aircraft’s history.
APOLLO 12 COMMAND MODULE
orbited the moon during the second mission
that landed there in 1969.
CONVAIR F-106B “DELTA DART”
was used by the US Air Force to protect American
air space. In the 198os, it was purposely
flown into 1,500 thunderstorms (and struck by
lightning 700 times) for research purposes.
TRAVEL REPORT: VIRGINIA’S HISTORIC PENINSULA
On Aug. 7, 1917,
LANGLEY FIELD opened
in Hampton as the
National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics’ (NACA)
experimental field. NACA
later became
NASA.
IN BRIEF
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
FRANCK JUNCKER
CULTURE
CALENDAR
THE COMMON OBJECT
AT THE PENINSULA FINE
ARTS CENTER
NEWPORT NEWS
Through July 11
Each artist in this exhibit
was asked to incorporate
a dishtowel into his or her
work to, in the words of
writer John Updike, “give the
mundane its beautiful due.”
pfac-va.org
SHAGGING
ON THE RIVERWALK
AT RIVERWALK LANDING
YORKTOWN
June 4 to Aug. 6
Bring a lawn chair and your
dancing shoes to this free
concert series, which features
beach music for all ages.
yorkcounty.gov/tourism
HAMPTON
JAZZ FESTIVAL
AT HAMPTON COLISEUM
HAMPTON
June 25-27
Move to the music of headliners
Gladys Knight, Charlie
Wilson and Maze featuring
Frankie Beverly at this 43rd
annual event.
hamptonjazzfestival.com
When the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute—the largest proton therapy facility
in the world—opens in August, it will treat the most aggressive forms of cancer.
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