American Heroes Airshow – Los Angeles
The American Heroes Airshow is a fly-in at seven locations across the country of helicopters flown by what some would consider American heroes, as it happens to be. The helicopters are those that are...
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Planes of Fame Airshow Preview
On May 5th and 6th, the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino California is going to open its hangar doors and roll out some of the finest examples of restored aircraft in...
Riverside Air Show 2012
Riverside Airport is packed into the middle of suburban Riverside, surrounded by houses on all sides. While the main runway is just large enough to accommodate a C-17, the traffic pattern still seems more...
El Centro Airshow 2012 – Far, Hot, Dirty, and Awesome
NAF El Centro is just about in the middle of nowhere, it is always hot, and there are no permanently stationed squadrons. Having said all that, the El Centro drew a huge crowd and...
10 Tanker Air Carrier: I drop in on the company that drops on fires
Article and Photos by Matt Shinavar 10 Tanker operates a pair of DC-10s which have been modified to enable water or retardant to be dropped on forest fires. When fires get out of hand,...
EC-121T Warning Star, The Newest Yank
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...
Cable Airport Air Show 2012
Woo Hoo! Airshow season is back, albeit to a slow start. Cable airshow is the first airshow in the southern California area after the long and cold break since Nellis in November. Cable airport...
