On January 14, 2012 just before noon the only flight-worthy EC-121 Warning Star throttled up its four 18-cylinder R3350’s and sent this Connie barreling down Camarillo’s runway; destination:  Yanks Air Museum, Chino airport.  Sliding the four throttles forward symbolized the completion of a seven year project to get this super constellation back into the air.  Completing the flight from Camarillo to Chino in about an hour, the Connie made ... Read More

 On January 7, 2012 at 6:00 am, I made my way to the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California. There, I was to be a passenger in the museum’s Cessna L-19 Birddog that was scheduled to be on static display the Cable Airshow in Upland, California. To say I was excited to fly in the Birddog, let alone to an airshow, and with my good friend at ... Read More

On August 6, 2011, Big Bear Airport hosted its bi-annual air fair. Started in 1984, the Big Bear Air Fair is a combination of community a vendor fair, warbird and vintage aircraft static display, and general aviation fly in. Big Bear Airport is located in the San Bernardino National Forest 25 miles northeast of San Bernardino, California. The airport has a 5,850 foot runway and operates under an “uncontrolled approach” ... Read More

The County of San Bernardino Planes of Fame Airshow is an annual event and one NEVER to be missed. Joe and I have been making this trip for the past three years and it just keeps getting better. This year was special as it was celebrating the "100th Anniversary of  U.S. Naval Aviation". Planes of Fame in conjunction with the County ... Read More

As I get older, it takes more to get me out of the house.  It takes a lot more to get me and 150+ pounds of camera gear to move cross country 2200 miles to California.  The Chino Airshow can motivate me to do that. Frank Mormillo invited me to the pre-show press conference last year.  I couldn’t make it, but I did cover the airshow.  It was the 5th ... Read More

Each June, warbirds take to the sky over the Valle Airport in Arizona’s High Country near the Grand Canyon when Planes of Fame Air Museum hosts its annual High Country Warbirds Fly-in. A number of the aircraft on display at Planes of Fame Air Museum in Valle, AZ are flyable, providing plenty of up-close and personal warbird action throughout the day of a Fly-in, ... Read More

A Salute to the Greatest Generation As America’s foremost living history aviation museum, Planes of Fame Air Museum, in conjunction with the County of San Bernardino, will showcase the aircraft of America‘s Greatest Generation. Please Join Us! Airshow 2010 is a fun and exciting event for the entire family, in addition to being high-visibility marketing opportunity for your business or organization. We hope you’ll join us in ... Read More

Story and Photos by Phil Myers On Wednesday, May 5th Planes of Fame Air Museum, located in Chino California, hosted it annual Media Day.  The Media Day was kicked off with an Airshow overview by Frank Mormillo, the museum’s media coordinator.  Following Frank, was the president of the museum, Steve Hinton. Steve spoke about the museum and the airshow.  Also in attendance was Steven “Steve O" Hinton, the current Air ... Read More

Congratulations to Joe Kates. He called the other day to inform me that the webmaster of the Planes of Fame website had contacted him with a request for use of his Spam Can shot taken at the Valle Air Show last year. Little did we know it would be used in a slider on the front page. Way to go Joe!!! ... Read More

Dave had a weekend free so he loaded up and hit the road. His onjective this day was the Yanks Air Museum located in Chino California. They had two different hangars. The first house aircraft from the “Golden Age” of flying set before the second World War. They only had five or so war birds. Mostly pre war aircraft including this Bi-plane. ... Read More

New look coming on strong. This is our new look that we chose to go with. Looks like a big improvement over the last theme. Only good things to come!!! Stay tuned!! ... Read More