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Planes
of Fame Tour
Chino, Calif.
Saturday, June 7, 2008 |
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This SoCalSACC Tour was
held on Saturday, June 7th. The location is nearby Chino,
Ca. at the site of the Chino Airport which has been in this
location for many years. Although this has been a rural
area and heavy into the dairy cow business, "progress" is
beginning to be seen with less and less dairy farms. The
Cal-Aero Planes of Fame Museum is a dedicated bunch of mostly
volunteers who save, restore and perpetuate aviation history. |
This SoCalSACC Tour
was coordinated by Chapter Vice President Mike Gibbon’s,
who is no stranger to early-warbirds, and it was another
smashing success.
15 C1’s showed up for the event with some arriving
earlier to dine at Flo’s Restaurant located “on the
flight-line” nearby the Planes of Fame Museum.
Flo’s is very “original”, large amount’s of food,
and a legend in the area.
Planes of Fame Museum is an active
organization with many volunteers preserving the history
of early flight through jet aircraft.
The displays are located in several hangers.
After arriving we were directed to park amongst
the aircraft and featured to the visitors who were
paying to enter the museum.
“I guess we’re part of the aviation, being
high-flying Corvette owners”!
This is a
First-Class Museum with a First-Class
Presentation.
SoCalSACC coordinator Mike Gibbon’s (who
actually crewed a Mitchell B-25) is to be
commended for his work.
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Our 15 C1's were lined up in
front of the "bone-yard" full of aircraft awaiting restoration. |
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Standing in front a P-38
fighter aircraft, Bruce Fuhrman (SoCalSACC Chapter President)
left talks to the Chapter Vice President and Tour coordinator,
Mike Gibbons. |
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Undoubtedly a favorite of
most individuals with any interest in WWII aircraft is this fine
example of a P-51 fighter aircraft. |
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Later in the day the above
two fighters joined a Navy Bearcat for a sky-flying show over
the museum. It was very spectacular to have them buzz the
field so closely. |
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SoCalSACC Chapter member
Randy Solle, #94, poses his recently completed 1960 Corvette in
front of a P-40 Warhawk featuring the Shark Teeth paint scheme
used with the Flying Tigers in WWII. |
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SoCalSACC Chapter member
Neil Fraser, #36C, stands beside an AT-6 trainer aircraft
sitting on the fligh-line. |
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SoCalSACC member Tony
Siragusa, #124, is attending his first Chapter event and makes a
pose in front of the P-40. |
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Since our
tour date was the first Saturday in June and being the first
Saturday, the museum had a presentation about a specific facet
of aviation history.
Grumman Iron Works was the presentation and the featured
aircraft was the Grumman Avenger (TBM-3), which was sitting next
to the guest participants.
Featured speakers spoke about Grumman history, the
manufactured aircraft and other guests were pilots who flew this
aircraft in “The Big One”, WWII.
After the presentation we had a walking tour of all the
hangers and display aircraft. |
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