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• Cable Airshow 2014

  In Airshow, friends, warbirds / 28 January 2014 / Comments are Disabled

  

  January in Southern California means airshow season has officially started with the annual Cable Airshow. The 2014 Cable Air Show is celebrating its 39th year at the Cable Airport with its usual lineup of aerobatics, classic aircraft, cars and of course Warbirds from World War II. This year’s positive message to the community was

• Elkhart Warbird Gathering Weekend 2013

  In military, warbirds / 7 November 2013 / 3 comments

  

  Elkhart, Indiana again played host to the The Warbird Gathering Weekend.  Generally this town plays host to much slower, not to mention larger, aircraft as it is the preferred staging area for airships traveling East and West especially for Notre Dame and Chicago Bears football games.  But lately the municipal airport has welcomed vintage aircraft to its airstrip.  This year’s

  

• St. George Jet Blast 2013

  In friends, museums, warbirds / 26 October 2013 / 3 comments

  

  The phone rang Friday morning with details of the Classic Jet Aircraft Association’s Jet Blast fly-in that was happening in St. George, Uath that is just up the road from where I live. They have a yearly gathering in October at the Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum (http://www.westernskywarbirds.org/) and it is hosted by Jack Hunter and Rich Grinell. I was

  

• TF-51D Galveston Gal Lost

  In museums, tribute, warbirds / 25 October 2013 / 2 comments

  

  About noon on October 23, 2013, TF-51D N4151D Serial 44-73458 of the Lone Star Flight Museum crashed into a bay near Houston Texas.  It had been on a pleasure flight taking a British tourist for a ride.   Both the pilot and passenger were lost. This Mustang had been operated by the Canadians as RCAF 9294 until 1959 when it was

  

• CAF “Celebrating America’s Aviation Heritage” 2013

  In fighters, POF, post, warbirds / 27 August 2013 / Comments are Disabled

  

  On August 17th and 18th, the Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force held their annual air show at their Headquarters in Camarillo, California. With the lack of military air shows due to the on going fiscal budget issues, these events, held by our beloved warbird community, have satisfied our hunger for our love of aviation. While I myself

  

• Willow Run Bomber Plant Needs Your Help

  In air force, bombers, military, museums, news, warbirds / 27 August 2013 / 3 comments

  

  There is an effort at the Yankee Air Museum to save part of the Willow Run Bomber Plant.  Their currently trying to raise funds to save a portion of the old Ford plant that produced B-24 bombers during World War II at the rate of one per hour.  This plant employed 40,000 workers during World War II. Willow run produced