The Planes of Fame Air Museum has two branches, one in Arizona, the other and oldest, is in Chino, California. On the weekend of May 4-5th, 2019, their annual air show, chock full of warbirds, will be presented once again. This year, they’ll salute the 75th Anniversary of D-Day – the invasion of Normandy. […]
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Planes of Fame – Chino Airshow Publishes Their Schedule
Posted by Ken Kula on April 20th, 2019
Posted in airshows, Museums, Warbird Fighters, warbirds 
Tags: Planes of Fame Air Museum 
Comments Off on Planes of Fame – Chino Airshow Publishes Their ScheduleU.S. Navy’s Legacy Hornets Retire With A Sundown Celebration
Posted by Mike Colaner on March 30th, 2019
On Friday February 1, 2019 a rare sundown had occurred at 1303 hours at the U.S. Navy’s East Coast Master Jet Base, Naval Air Station Oceana. This sundown had not come early because this was for the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18C ‘Legacy’ Hornet and this event was over 40 years in the making. As of this […]
Posted in Special Event, U.S. Navy, Warbird Fighters Tags: Boeibg - McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet, U.S. Marine Corps Hornets, U.S. Navy Hornets Comments Off on U.S. Navy’s Legacy Hornets Retire With A Sundown CelebrationWarbirds Over Wanaka – 1998
Posted by Ken Kula on March 10th, 2019
Twenty-plus years have flown by since my first and only visit (thus far) to New Zealand. My main purpose of the trip was to see the highly anticipated Polikarpov fighters, the I-153 and I-16 World War II era planes that the Alpine Fighter Collection had rebuilt in Russian factories during the mid-1990s. The show, during […]
Posted in airshows, Museums, Warbird Fighters, warbirds Tags: I-153, Polikarpov I-16, Warbirds, Warbirds Over Wanaka New Zealand 1998 Comments Off on Warbirds Over Wanaka – 1998Mustang Scrapbook
Posted by Ken Kula on March 4th, 2019
North American Aviation’s P-51 Mustang changed the course of World War II, the Korean War, and quite possibly a few more smaller conflicts. The type served in front line use for more than three decades. Over 15,000 airframes were produced, and the type served in about two dozen air forces around the world.
Posted in EAA Warbirds of America, U.S. Army, Warbird Fighters Tags: P-51 Mustang, U.S. Air National Guard, Warbirds Comments Off on Mustang Scrapbook