To gaze at the cover of "Oczy Mlody" — the latest album by psych-rock lifers the Flaming Lips — is to feel confused. Slime bursts from the silhouette of a neon pink head. Bronze air vibrates.

The air crafts are coming in this week and all flight crews for the show will be here by Thursday. Many months go into getting ready for the air show, and those working to put it together say it’s ...