"Columbia" landed on 4 July 1982 at 9:09 am PDT, on the concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, the first Shuttle landing on a concrete runway. This time the lead escorting T-38 "Chase 1" was piloted by Guy Gardner with crewmate Jerry Ross. President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy greeted the crew upon arrival. Following the landing, President Reagan gave a speech to the crowd gathered at Edwards, during which he declared the Space Shuttle operational. He was followed by remarks from Mattingly and Hartsfield and a flyover of the new shuttle "Challenger" atop the SCA, headed for KSC.