Los angeles thunderbirds live. Roller games was the name of a sports entertainment spectacle created in the early 1960s in los angeles california as a rival to the jerry seltzer owned roller derby league which had enjoyed a monopoly on the sport of roller derby and its name since its inception in 1935. 7957 likes 996 talking about this. The los angeles thunderbirds were americas team during the heyday of banked track roller derby and were the most popular prolific international roller derby team in the history of the sport.
Tour saluting frontline workers the aerial show is expected to cover lots of ground with the flyover covering 26 medical centers in the. Air force thunderbirds conducted flyovers in los angeles orange county and other areas of southern california today to honor local front line workers battling the covid 19 pandemic. Brian van der brug los angeles times the air force thunderbirds put on quite a show friday with an aerial salute to those on the front lines of the battle against the coronavirus.
Check out our full livestreaming schedule below. Air force thunderbirds conducted flyovers in los angeles orange county and other areas of southern california today to honor local front line. The air force thunderbirds fly in formation over downtown los angeles friday afternoon.
They were most often referred to as the la t birds and featured stars such as ralphie valladares shirley hardman and more. Roller games provided a mostly televised increasingly theatrical version of the sport. The organization remained dormant for the rest of the 1990s although the six teams from rollergames still performed for the public in the super roller dome.
Watch newscasts and other programming from ktla 5 news in los angeles. The legacy page of the los angeles thunderbirds and the roller games league the most prolific. May ralphie valladares rest in peace.
Friday may 15 2020 los angeles kabc the us. Thunderbirds to fly over los angeles friday as part of us.