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Skydiving, aerobatic stunts today - New Straits Times | Pic by Sharul Hafiz Zam THE public can witness the largest ever aviation celebration in the country when the two-day Malaysia Air Festival (MAF) begins today. The air show, to be held at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport in Subang,...

Annapolitans not happy about chance of losing annual performance - Annapolis Capital | The Blue Angels perform at Annapolis almost annually, although the 2011 show was canceled when the squad temporarily suspended performances due to a mistake in a maneuver at another air show. The Blue Angels also are not slated to perform in Annapolis...

Axalp 2011 - some more pictures Bookmark and Share - Flightglobal | Yes, Axalp (Ebenfluh) Shooting Demo/Airshow 2011 was cancelled due the flooding of some valleys in the area - but a complete Airshow was shown on Tuesday and I was one of the few who where lucky enough to see it....

VIDEO: 'Jetman' Takes Flight Over Swiss Alps - ABC News | Yves Rossy aka “Jetman,” took to the skies recently to perform aerobatic figures with two L-39C Albatros planes over the Swiss Alps. Rossy, a Swiss pilot, became the first and only man in aviator history to fly with a jet-propelled wing in November...

Jimmy Leeward Triburte - EAA Sport Aviation

Giving Thanks for Angel Flights - CAF Red Tail Squadron's Blog | I don’t have a pilot’s license - and will be envious of those who do until the day I die - so you would be correct in wondering why I’d devote a Red Tail Squadron blog entry to “angel flights” since there’s no chance I could ever participate as a pilot and give a first-person account.  There is no direct connection to the Tuskegee Airmen or World War II or history, either....

Tuskegee Aviator Exhibit Moves to Tulsa in January - Afro American | The Test, The Tuskegee Project, an exhibit about the first Black aviators in the US military, will open at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum and Planetarium Jan. 14, 2012. The Tulsa stop is the latest in a national tour that started in December 2009 to...

Approach with Falcon #4 - Shortfinal.tv | So we took off with Beau in the video below and now we come into land with Falcon #4, Gerhard Lourens as he lines up for AFB Ysterplaat. This particular vid was filmed on a GoPro helmet cam....

Awaiting the sound of the Bell - The Vintage Aeroplane Writer | One of the several airworthy restorations I'm very keen to see completed, the Planes of Fame Bell P-59 Airacomet, seen here at the...

7th Annual Not-So-Snooty Beer and Wine Tasting Adventure Held at New England Air - Examiner.com | Last Friday (November 18th) the CT Beer Trail helped sponsor the 7th annual Not So Snooty Beer and Wine Tasting Adventure at the New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks CT. As far as tastings go, it was one of the most unique that I have ever been to....

How to become an astronaut? - Spaceports | NASA is looking for the NeXtGen astronaut flying orbital commercial spacecraft, testing NASA-designed spacecraft, flying to the International Space Station, to an asteroid, to the Moon and beyond within this and the next decade. The NASA astronaut ranks need to be replinished. Make it so....

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Local Pilot To Fly For Movie Premiere In DC – KDKA | "They built about 10000 of these things for the WWII pilots to learn how to fly in," he said. "There's probably 500 still left alive throughout the United ...

United States - Wisconsin - Southern Wisconsin AirFEST 2010 - Janesville - 05/28/10 from FenceCheck Forums - Here are a few of my favorites so far....

N.C. Aviation Museum's annual fly-in is Saturday | museum, aviation, piedmont - Region - Burlington Times News from http://www.thetimesnews.com/ Nearly 100 airplanes and helicopters will ply the Piedmont skies during the North Carolina Aviation Museum's fourth annual fly-in Saturday.  "It's by far the most important fundraiser of the year for our museum," said Rick Bondurant, general manager and curator of the museum. The event will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in and around the NCAM, located adjacent to the Asheboro Regional Airport.

Cloud Dancer's New Home | Florida's Premier Airpark - Leeward Air Ranch from leewardairranch.com | Leeward Air Ranch's stock P-51 (N55JL) "Cloud Dancer" was acquired April 29th, 2010 (less its engine) by Phil Petrik, a friend of Jimmy Leeward's, who is a lifelong aviation enthusiast. Phil owns an established aviation operation, Richland Aviation in Sidney, Montana where his family for the past 40 years has operated an FBO and aerial application company…

Indianapolis Aero Club June Meeting at the Marten House. Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 6:00 PM. Guest speaker: Lt Col John Klatt of the Air National Guard, an aerobatic performer. Cocktails 6 PM, Dinner 6:30 PM, Speaker 7 PM. $20 advance, $22 door ( $10 first-time guests, or under age 17). Info: See Web site or call 317-341-3444. http://indyaeroclub.org - Location: The Marten House, 1801 West 86th Street, Indianapolis, Marion County.

SI air-show scare - New York Post ... Day flight demonstration on Staten Island when the rotor blast from a landing Marine aircraft caused heavy tree branches to rain down on the crowd … A 1-year-old girl and an elderly man were among 10 spectators injured yesterday at a Memorial Day flight ... 

A useful side-effect? from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | It's reported that the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, currently in production for the US Marine Corps and US Air Force, may be offered by Boeing as a replacement for the helicopters used to transport the President of the United States. Unfortunately, the V-22 has a very strong downdraft indeed from its twin engines. As an illustration, CNN reported today that 10 people were injured by flying debris during a V-22 demonstration flight in New York. Here's a CNN video clip showing how the aircraft kicked up dust and knocked down tree limbs as it came in. You can see the spectators scurrying for cover in the treeline…

Flowers for fallen on Memorial Day - The Desert Sun | Men, women and children dashed onto the tarmac to retrieve the 3000 flowers dropped from an Army B-25 bomber that sputtered gray smoke as its engines roared ...

B-17 drops flowers in NY to honor CIA casualties - The Associated Press | NEW YORK — Historic aircraft have escorted a B-17 bomber on part of its mission to drop flowers over the Statue of Liberty in a public Memorial Day tribute ...

Final Flight, Deceased Roadrunners of Groom Lake Area 51 CIA Projects U-2 Aquatone A-12 Oxcart Blackbird from roadrunnersinternationale.com | We just received the sad news that Col. Marion C. "Hack" Mixon died earlier this week. He was 93; RIP. Many of you Roadrunners remember Colonel Mixon being another old head in the Agency U-2 Program, the U-2 /DC-130 Wing Commander at Davis Monthan and a pioneer in B--47 and British over programs. He is survived by his lovely wife, Mary…

Silver Wings Wing Walking by Margaret Stivers - Silver Wings at Chino 2010.  Great video from Collin Callahan from thr Chino 2010 airshow! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-L7FTwJg_c  

Ranger, Texas Show from Another Time by Dan Linn | My friend Jay and I launched off for the morning at the Ranger, Texas Flyin/Airshow early so we could make breakfast.  This was my first time at the famous Ranger Airfield.  As the historical marker states... Amelia Earhart landed there years ago.  Jay and I enjoyed breakfast but it soon became warm as the Texas sun heated things up…

Refurbished WWII bomber lands in Oklahoma City to honor veterans - NewsOK.com | A World War II B-17 bomber arrived in Oklahoma City Monday for 2010 Salute to Veterans Tour. BY JOHN A. WILLIAMS Leave a comment Charles Mighton of Oklahoma ...

Crew chief gets to try on her favorite fighter from Wasabi Air Racing by Elliot "Stinky" Seguin

Concorde may be revived as vintage plane from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua | PARIS, May 29 (UPI) -- In little more than a generation the French Concorde, the first supersonic passenger jet, has gone from the next big thing to a vintage aircraft, advocates say. Two groups of Concorde buffs are working at Le Bourget Air and Space Museum to determine if the Concorde can be flown again, the BBC reports. Save the Concorde from Britain and Olympus 593 from France hope an airborne Concorde will be part of the show at the opening of the 2012 Olympics in London, the report said…

Soyuz TMA-19 Readied for June 16 Launch from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) The Soyuz TMA-19 new crew expedition to the International Space Station is scheduled to rocket into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, on June 16, 2010. The crew comprises Fyodor Yurchikhin of Russia and two American NASA astronauts, Douglas Willock and Shannon Walker, [France24] will continue training for the mission the next two weeks in Star City, Russia…

PLANES of FAME - Taste of Flight - October 23, 2010 from http://www.planesoffame.org/ Taste of Flight, a wine tasting event held at Planes of Fame Air Museum in the fall, is the major fundraiser for the Museum. Initiated in 2007 to commemorate the Museum's 50th Anniversary, Taste of Flight provides an intimate opportunity for guests to wine and dine and get up close to the Museum's rare aircraft and the pilots who fly them.  Proceeds from the event fund Museum programs such as the restoration of rare aircraft, including work currently being done on the P-59, VAL and 0-47; the development of the education program, including support of the Hands-On Aviation center and assist in completing major projects, including a Korean War memorial. Funds from the first three events have assisted in the completion of the welcome center, theater and library. Guests bid on one of a kind aviation items in the Silent Auction while enjoying wines from wineries in the Paso Robles/Templeton and Napa/Sonoma regions.  In addition, guests are treated to unique speakers such as the Doolittle Raiders and Maj. Gen. Bill Anders, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 8 mission.

Planes of Fame Does it Again

The Planes of Fame Airshow gets better every year. Each year we turn to each other at the end and say, “That was the best ever, how will they ever outdo THAT!” But, the following year, they do.

This year was the salute to “The Greatest Generation” and it was quite a salute. Jonna Doolittle Hoppes led panel discussions with the following veterans: Maj. General John "Johnny" Alison (the 'father' of Air Force Special Operations, WWII ace, and Korean War veteran); Clarence "Bud" Anderson (P-51 'Old Crow' triple ace in WWII); Col. John Doolittle (WWII and Korean War veteran); Bill Holloman (Tuskegee Airman P-51 pilot); Huie Lamb (P-47 and P-51 pilot); Wilbur Richardson (B-17 ball turret gunner, Purple Heart recipient); William "Bill" Spengler (P-51 "Buzzin Cuzzin"). This panel discussion was broadcast over the speaker system while many of the visitors walked the Airshow grounds to see the aircraft.

Then, sixteen P-51 Mustangs took to the air to open the show. There are people in this world who have never seen a P-51, nor seen one fly. And we were treated to the sight and sound of 16 of them singing to us from the air.



Credit: Victor Archer
Caption: Horsemen, doing what they do best

Later the Horsemen did their three-ship Mustang formation aerobatic sequence. Their act is a show stopper and truly breathtaking! The way Jim Beasley leads Ed Shipley and Dan Freidkin through the routine, the closeness, the precision and the gracefulness is wonderful.



Credit: Jason Fisher
Caption: Mustangs and more Mustangs

A first for me was seeing the N9BM, more commonly known as the Northrop Flying Wing, take to the skies.

A little history lesson… In the early 1940’s Northrop Aircraft built four 1/3 scale N-9M flying wing prototypes to prove the feasibility of the YB-35 long range bomber. Once the YB-35 program was canceled, every N-9M test model was scrapped – except the final N-9MB which sat out in the Edwards Air Force Base boneyard until Ed Maloney, founder of the Planes of Fame Museum, “liberated” it.



Credit: Victor Archer
Caption: Northrop Flying Wing – the only one in the world

Ron Hackworth then led a 13 year reconstruction of the mostly wood aircraft. In April 2006, the N-9MB suffered an in-flight engine fire. The aircraft was landed safely with limited damage. Donations to the museum were solicited for its repair and the aircraft has been fully repaired. Hackworth piloted the N-9MB for the Airshow. “I've never flown it anywhere where the reaction was anything less than complete amazement,” he says.

And, we were entertained by Clay Lacy doing an aerobatic sequence in his Lear 24. No kidding – I’m serious! It was a very enjoyable show. Clay is still an innovator in aviation and I can’t wait to see what he has up his sleeve next.



Credit: Mike Brewer
Caption: Clay Lacy in his Lear 24

It takes over 250 PoF volunteers and the sponsorship of the County of San Bernardino and the vision of Ed Maloney to make this show work each year. A record number of attendees, over 40,000, enjoyed the aviation history, inspirational and educational experience.

Please visit the Planes of Fame Museum and consider making it to the Airshow next year.

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2010 Cherry Point Air Show a huge success – WNCT | Cherry Point, NC - The 2010 Cherry Point Air Show turned out to be a huge success. By Stephanie Moore | Nightside Producer Cherry Point, ...

Big Turnout For MCAS Cherry Point Air Show – WITN | Quite a few people were at Cherry Point over the weekend enjoying the high flying fun of the air show. Cherry Point estimates 156000 people attended the ...

WEEKEND IN REVIEW – ASB.tv - Mother Nature caused some issues over the weekend for US air shows. The USAF Thunderbirds wowed crowds at Thunder Over the Red River and the Madera Air Show had blue skies and double its anticipated attendance. However, MCAS Cherry Point narrowly avoided bad storms and most of Sunday's show at Warbirds Over the Beach was canceled due to weather. Share your thoughts and stories or see what you missed

Even on the ground -- airplanes draw aviation fans | zanesvilletimesrecorder.com | Zanesville Times Recorder from http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/ In addition to the 10 single-engine planes, live entertainment, remote- controlled planes, door prizes, demonstrations, free food and more were part of the celebration, said Frank Berlo, at-home services for The Home Depot. "It's to give back to the community. We're (the store) really doing well. We're hiring people so it's all about customer appreciation," Berlo said…

DC-3 Reunion Anchors Reflective Airline Arc from Jetwhine by Scott Spangler | Reflection is an unintended consequence of a wide interest in aviation, and connecting past with present is the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh reunion of the iconic airplane that earns its keep still, even as it approaches its 75th birthday. Some call it the DC-3, others know it as the C-47 or R4D, and it is remanufactured for 21st century service as the BT-67 at Basler Turbo Conversions, across the airport from the AirVenture Grounds…

From the Delta Museum: DC-3 Ship 41 Restoration Photos from Delta Air Lines Blog by Marie Force | The Delta Museum marks 15 years of preserving and sharing Delta history this May 23.  To celebrate, we just launched a slide show of over 80 photos showing the amazing, 5-year restoration of Delta's DC-3 Ship 41, from rusty freighter to 1940s passenger plane with modern flight capability.  Check out the slide show!...

Memorial Day Weekend Alabama Aviation Events from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Without a doubt, this month topped them all in both quantity and quality Alabama aviation events. Take a Memorial weekend break and catch the last but not least of outstanding May aviation activities. Remember to celebrate our patriots, men and women of the United States military, who gave their life for the freedom we cherish…

United States - California - Planes of Fame Airshow 2010 - Chino - 05/15/10 from FenceCheck Forums - What a treat to see the flying wing in the air!

PARKER AIMING TO BREAK RECORD AT GOLDEN WEST-FLY IN - ASB.tv (GANews)- John Parker, championship-pilot and builder of Reno Air Race contenders Blue Thunder and Blue Thunder II, will try to set a world record at the Golden West Fly-In in Marysville, CA, June 11-13. Parker's race-built Thunder Mustang will be shooting for the world 100-km speed record in class C1c, currently 339.51 mph. What will it take for Parker to set a new record?

Richard Branson Will Make Virgin Atlantic Feel Shiny and New - Jaunted
... the plans for Virgin Atlantic's new seats, meals and entertainment, and hopefully it won't be long before Branson takes another celebratory wing-walk. ...

RECORD SKYDIVE SET FOR NEW MEXICO from Spaceports by jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy) Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian daredevil, hopes to to break a 50-year-old record this summer in New Mexico when he begins a sky dive from 120,000 feet, or almost 23 miles above the earth's surface jumping from a capsule and going nearly 700 mph down breaking the sound barrier, reports CNN…

Zeppelin Eureka To Attempt World Flight Distance Record from AvStop » Number One Online Resource For General Aviation News - Airship Ventures, owners and operators of The Farmers Airship, the Zeppelin Eureka, announced that today the world's largest airship will attempt to break the world distance record for a modern airship. Flying between Airship Ventures home base, the historic Airship Hangars at Moffett Field in the San Francisco Bay Area, and Brown Field in San Diego, the Farmers Airship will cover 459.3 miles, breaking the standing Federation Aéronautique International (FAI) record previously held by a Russian team by 70.2 miles…

'Joint Strike Fighter' Really 3 Different Jets, Pentagon Says from Wired: Danger Room by Noah Shachtman | The idea was to build a single jet that could take off from a runway, roar from an aircraft carrier — or just lift straight up into the sky. Sure, there'd be small differences in the three "variants" of the Joint Strike Fighter. But the common parts would far, far outweigh them — allowing the Defense Department to buy thousands of the planes at tag-sale prices…

Pictures of B-17 Flying Fortress over Seattle - Seattle Post Intelligencer | EAA Aviation Center's restored B-17G Flying Fortress "Aluminum Overcast" in flight over Seattle on Monday, May 24, 2010. (Jeremy Lindgren/NYCAviation.com) ...

Blue Angels Fleur de Lis Formation on Flickr - Photo Sharing! from "blue angels" - Google Blog Search by nobody@flickr.com (Kevin H.) At Andrews Air Force Base in the Washington, DC suburbs for the 2010 Joint Services Open House Air Show.

GV pilot flies his 500th 'Young Eagle' - The Union of Grass Valley | Brian Harms of Nevada City was Sommer's 500th passenger flown as part of the Young Eagles program, hosted by the Experimental Aircraft Association to ...

Teens got aerial view thanks to so many - Fergus Falls Daily Journal | I would like to thank The Daily Journal staff for the coverage of our Young Eagles Event on May 14. The numbers are in and between the Middle School, ...

Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago - From yesterday's Taylor Aerocar to today's Terrafugia, designers and engineers have always dreamed of ways to combining the speed and convenience of flight with the ease and familiarity of automobile travel. Nearly all of the designs that have reached flight hardware status have involved custom-built cars combined with custom-built wings and empennages for flight. But one aeronautical engineer in 1968 dared to think differently and went with an off-the-shelf solution for both components that he was sure would make the flying car practical…

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Bonhomme keeps lead - Cambridge News | Paul Bonhomme held on to top spot in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship despite having to settle for bronze in the latest round in Rio de Janeiro, ...

Royal Jordanian Falcons from flying-wings.com - The Royal Jordanian Falcons are a small group of Professionals that represent the excellence of Jordan aviation. Based in Aqaba on the shores of the Red Sea this team and their five Extra 300-L aircraft can be seen on airshows around the world, but mainly around the Middle East and Europe. During these events The RJ Falcons function as a highly specialized asset for the promotion of Jordan, serving as the country's "roving ambassadors". A recent visit to Jordan gave me a possibility to have a closer look at the Team and their way of working and training off season…

Andy's First Flight - Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion from http://www.aafo.com/ - Andy Chiavetta has been working hard on his own design homebuilt since shortly after he started on Darryl's 33, over the weekend it finally flew. They put together a video for youtube, check it out here. The website for the airplane is here. Congratulations Andy!!

Turn and burn: Airshow heaven by Nigel Blake - A great weekend that made a big change from an intensive month of bird photography, the first shot is of the beautifully preserved Westland Lysander at the Shuttleworth collection, flying in the evening airshow, this and many more can ...

Air show one you won't want to miss - New Bern Sun Journal | Sure, they'll be plenty of aerobatic feats, military demonstrations and the Navy's Blue Angels, the show's featured performers. ...

Sabre Jet Flies at Planes of Fame - WHAT: We present eyewitness accounts facilitated by a discussion panel of experts and a flight demonstration featuring the F-86 Sabre. Members are entered into a raffle for a flight in the Birddog.  This F-86 Sabre is additionally flown in formation with the USAF's most modern jets for their HERITAGE FLIGHT air show team demos!

Warbirds from Neptunus Lex by lex | There is something about old metal that stirs hearts young and not so young. Who among us would not want to put the spurs to an F-4U Corsair, if he had the chance? Or a Jug, or P-51? Sometimes you get the chance to turn vast quantities of ancient dinosaur into thrusties. It's easy to forget that elder aircraft come with elder risks…

Warbirds arrive - Santa Maria Times | A B-17 Flying Fortress, a P-51 Mustang, and a B-24 Liberator - part of The Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom tour - were scheduled to arrive Monday but ...

Ash cloud Cessna engine damage conspiracy dispelled from Flight International by Michael | A quick blog post to dispel some ash cloud-related rumors which are spreading like wild fire at the moment. The following images were taken of a German registered Cessna Citation Jet (D-IEFA), which suffered an uncontained event in the left engine during a flight from Stuttgart to Bremen. The aircraft returned to Stuttgart and landed without incident. They're doing the rounds via email at the moment purporting to be the result of the aircraft flying through the ash cloud. That is not the case. This NTSB report features the date of the incident - 1 March 2010 - and clearly puts this at least four weeks before any ash cloud disruption occurred.

Sarzana Luni airport from David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog by David Cenciotti | The following images were taken by Matteo Marianeschi during a recent visit in Luni Sarzana, airport where the 1° Nucleo Aereo, 1° Sezione Volo Elicotteri of the Guardia Costiera (CP, Italian Coast Guard) and the Maristaeli Luni Sarzana with the Gruppi 1 and 5 of the Marina Militare (Italian Navy)…

phillyman: The Air Show by Tom and Tara Lyman - Do you know that we love the Air Force Air Show....or whatever they call it. We went down to Maryland this last weekend and had the time of our lives. The entire thing was free. The kids got to ride a bus, see real live air planes ...

CAF plans meeting - Odessa American | A meeting planned for June 4 is designed to heal some of the wounds created during recent tensions within the Commemorative Air Force, ...

Museum lets you soar through aviation photos online - La Jolla Light | The San Diego Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park launched what could be the largest online collection of aviation images in the world. By using Flickr.com, ...

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Sinful Sunday - Here It Comes! From Nordo News by Rich Davidson - The first Sinful Sunday of the year will be June 13th.  | If you've never been to one of these, you are really missing out. Created originally as an alternative to pancake breakfasts, Sinful Sundays have turned into much more. Held the second Sunday of June, July, and August, these events started out as small gatherings with ten planes being the highest turnout the first year. Last year though, this event averaged over fifty aircraft with the largest one attracting 100 planes. That's pretty amazing considering the event is officially held from 12-3 or until we run out of ice cream. But there's more; like last year, this year we will have sandwiches available from 12-2 with the ice cream actually being served from 1-3…

Save the Day: July 10 -- Anderson Indiana Airport's 50th Anniversary from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale | Press release: Airport-adjacent camping, fuel discounts, free pilot breakfast – Anderson Indiana (KAID) wants to make pilots feel especially welcome as the airport celebrates its 50th anniversary on Saturday, July 10. All the details about this fun day – with events for the entire family – are found in the attached press release. Additional details, like pilot info about our ILS, tower hours, fuel prices (including no-ethanol premium mogas for our LSA friends) are available at www.cityofanderson.com/airport Don't forget the specials for pilots traveling to Oshkosh later in July (and home in early August)! Stay tuned for details…

POF AIRSHOW ACTS ANNOUNCED!

THE NEWS WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR…

Airshow 2010 Acts Announced   

Don’t blink or you’ll miss something!

SILVER WINGS WING WALKING TEAM - Dancing on the wing, this balletic wingwalker takes us back to the golden age of aviation--always a family favorite! www.silverwingswingwalking.com

ROB HARRISON THE TUMBLING BEAR - Performs thrilling high-energy aerobatics in his Zlin 50 while talking to the crowd!  www.harrisonairshows.com

AIR RACING’S UNLIMITED START DEMONSTRATION WITH THE T-33 PACE PLANE AND 2009 UNLIMITED GOLD CHAMPION, STREGA –You’ll think you’re at the Reno Air Races! www.strega.com

WWII PACIFIC AIR BATTLE REENACTED – When we fly the world’s only original flying Zero with the P-38, Hellcats, and P-40s! www.planesoffame.org  Our NEW website!

AVIATION LEGEND CLAY LACY – Who would miss an opportunity to witness aviation legend Clay Lacy perform at our Airshow IN HIS LEARJET—not me!  www.claylacy.com

THE HORSEMEN – Are there two?  No! There are three Mustangs presented by AirShowBuzz doing aerobatics in tight formation! www.asb.tv

THE KOREAN AIR WAR REENACTED – T-33 Shooting Star, F-86 Sabre, and MiG 15 in action!  www.planesoffame.org  Our NEW website!

MILITARY FLIGHT DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE F-16 AND C-17 COURTESY OF THE USAF –
The F-16 Viper East Team demonstrates the capabilities of this modern-day, high performance weapons system.   www.acc.af.mil/aerialevents/f16east

USAF HERITAGE FLIGHT FOUR-SHIP TEAM - Remembering the Greatest Generation!   www.acc.af.mil/aerialevents/heritageflights 

Please view our website www.planesoffame.org for the most current Airshow information!

CAL AERO FIELD HISTORY AT CHINO - STEARMAN PT-17 KAYDET

LIVING HISTORY FLYING DAY AT PLANES OF FAME AIR MUSEUM PRESENTS CAL AERO FIELD HISTORY AT CHINO AIRPORT AND A STEARMAN PT-17 KAYDET FLIGHT FORMATION!

WHO: James Atherton – Cal Aero Academy ground and flight instructor. Delivery pilot of all the pursuit aircraft of WWII.
Sandy Ross – Cal Aero Academy student graduate and past president of the P-47 Pilots Association.
Planes of Fame Air Museum historians and authors

WHAT: We present eyewitness accounts and a discussion panel of experts followed by a flight demonstration featuring Stearmans flying in formation overhead. Museum members are entered into a raffle for a flight in our Stearman. POF Airshow 2009 logo t-shirts will be available for pre-purchase in the gift shop!

WHEN: Saturday, May 2, 2009; 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Speaker Presentation

12:00 pm – Stearman Formation Flight Demo

WHERE: Planes of Fame Air Museum
7000 Merrill Avenue
Chino, CA 91710

WHY: The final event, Cal Aero Field History, leading up to Planes of Fame Airshow 2009 on May 16 – 17, continues our ongoing commitment to restore, display, and fly historically significant aircraft for the public.

On the first Saturday of every month Planes of Fame Air Museum, a 501(c)(3), hosts a Living History Flying Day featuring an aircraft from our extensive WWII flyable collection in order to educate and inspire current and future generations. Museum members and active military are free. View our website at http://www.planesoffame.org/ for more information.

Contact: Andrea Eldridge (909) 597-7576
E-mail: andrea.eldridge@planesoffame.org