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Fort Lauderdale Air Show
Fort Lauderdale, FL · Sports
- When
- May 15–16, 2027
- Where
- Fort Lauderdale Beach · Fort Lauderdale · FL
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
Military and civilian aerobatic teams perform over the Atlantic off Fort Lauderdale Beach for a weekend each May, watched from the sand and the beachfront hotels. The show is part of the Air Dot Show tour and has featured branches of the US military alongside civilian jet teams. It is free to view from the public beach.
The history within reach
- Fort Lauderdale Air Showsame spot
Military and civilian aerobatic teams perform over the Atlantic off Fort Lauderdale Beach for a weekend each May, watched from the sand and the beachfront hotels.
College swimmers had wintered here since the 1930s, but the 1960 film Where the Boys Are, shot at this corner bar and the beach outside it, turned Fort Lauderdale into the national headquarters of spring break: 50,000 students a year, then 350,000.
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