The Coast Guard helicopter rescue demo opened the flying events.
The line up of airshow performers was really well balanced with civilian aerobatic performers, military aircraft fly bys, and two jet teams. The Blue Angels and the Patriots Jet Team at the 2009 San Francisco Fleet Week was a huge crowd draw. The Fleet Week tradition honors the men and women of the armed forces since it's inception in 1981.
aviation entertainment:
USCG HH-65 SAR Demo, the Collaborators, Julie Clark, Melissa Pemberton, Michael Wiskus, Tim Weber, Patriots Jet Team, Sean D. Tucker, T-33 Ace Maker Airshow, Airship Ventures Zeppelin "Eureka", F-16 fly by, C-17 fly by, T-6 Texan formation fly by, and the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.