WWII Air Show, Chino California

[Buick59]

Ok so I am down here in California this weekend and this Saturday they are having their annual May air show. I know that there are more than a few of you into vintage aircraft. Where Esle are you gonna see a score of WWII Bombers, fighters, and early jet fighters???!!! So heads up to all the So Cal folks. This Saturday at the Chino Planes of Fame air museum! I'll be there snappin pics!

Mike

[wingnutz]

This year the P38 Lightning is the feature Airplane...!

Let me know if Lefty Gartner's P38 is there...! I know he's been rebuilding it for some time after the crash and I think it's close!!

Mark

[RotHod]

Maybe I can get em for some seats!

[warbird]

Enjoy!

That's quite a collection they've got down there. Not just at Maloney's outfit, but all over the airport. More neat, expensive toys than you can shake a stick at.

[Uncle Pancakes]

Man wish I could go! Coming home from work today a B-17 and the only flying B-24 flew right over me!!! Talk about bitchen! They were on a tour up here in Nor-Cal

[hillbilly]

kool beans! man, if you can get a good pic of a F4U Corsair, I'd like to see that....

I have an aquaintence back in Ozark AR that was part of a group that had possession of Pappy Boyington's corsair...I am not sure of what all happened to it, but there are a few of them that have been looking for it, I cant seem to find anything about it online....probably made into Diet Dew cans by now....

[hillbilly]

well, I went and looked it up one more time just to see, found out some stuff that will make the old fella a lil upset http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

some stuff (http://www.acepilots.com/usmc_boyington3.html) I found on the boyington corsair...guess I answered my own request.

I still wanna see some pics if anyone gets them of the stuff that is there...

[wingnutz]

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Enjoy!

That's quite a collection they've got down there. Not just at Maloney's outfit, but all over the airport. More neat, expensive toys than you can shake a stick at.

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Hey Warbird..., Speeking of sticks..., Know where I can find a P51 Joystick...? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Been to Chino's show and the Planes of Fame in Arizona..., but not much compares to Oshkosh...! Warbird..., are you going to make it to Oshkosh??? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Mark

[Django]

I've always wanted to go to Oshkosh.

I hear there is a really good Michigan air show in the summer too.

[axle]

mike, i've been planning this for a while.
marky and i will be there around noon so please call us on my cell (909)-437-2068.
hope you get this message!?!?

[warbird]

Yeah, I've got one out a P51-B. But as it's one of my prize possessions it's not for sale, sorry.

Never made it to Oshkosh yet. Been to Reno a bunch of years; Madera back when they had the Gathering of Warbirds, and a bunch of other shows up here. Used to work ground ops. at the Boeing Field airshows back when I was involved with the Corsair restoration. But Oshkosh, thats on my list for one of these years.

Chino's got some neat stuff, a friend of a friend used to volunteer for the Planes of Fame and gave us a personal tour of the airfield years ago. Somewhere I've got a picture of a much younger warbird sitting in the bf-262. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Neat airplane!

[Cadillacin Marcus]

Isn't that the P38 they dug out of the Arctic and restored? that plane is amazing and the story is even more amazing...I'm partial to the B-17"s myself..That was the first model plane I ever built "Memphis Belle" I love WWII anything...

[Uncle Pancakes]

You like warbirds you MUST go to RAF Duxford and Hendon in the UK. I went to Duxford last year and arrived one day prior to one of their big airshows. Pulled up with my wifes uncle, get out of the car and promptly get buzzed by a Sptifire that was on the deck, man this thing came right over us!! It flew over the field doing all kinds of crazy moves for over 45 minutes. Next thing you know we get buzzed by a P-48 flying jug what a FAST big awesome plane. I'm telling you you MUST go see this place, oh yeah the massive tank and armour museum is damn cool too, they even have a rotary tank engine which is 5 flathead mopar engines arranged around a big old common gear case setup. My dad flew Lancaster bombers in the war and Duxford has the only flying example so it was a kind of religious experiance for me. Chino is an awesome place to, one of my dads buddies has a jet fighter restoration business out there and as a kid we used to go there all the time even saw them building up and restoring that ME 262...Have fun guys wish I was going

[TheDooWopKid13]

i plan on going either on saturday or sunday.