East meets West in the skies over Kalamazoo this weekend as top fighter pilots from this country and the Soviet Union show their stuff in the annual High On Kalamazoo airshow.
Organizers predict record crowds for the event, largely because of the first public display in the United States of the MiG-29/FULCRUM, the Soviet Union's top fighter jet.Sharing top billing will be the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels precision demonstration squadron of F/A-18 Hornets.
The Soviet contingent is making its first stop on a three-city U.S. tour that includes stops in Chicago and Dayton, Ohio.
The MiG-29/FULCRUM was first shown the public outside the Soviet bloc nations last year during a Paris air show.
Airshow manager Linda Davis said ticket sales for both Saturday and Sunday performances have been brisk, speculating attendance could top 70,000.