Santa Maria Thunder Over the Valley
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The Santa Maria Airport and the Santa Maria Museum of Flight hosted the annual Thunder Over the Valley show over the weekend of August 25 - 26. In addition to a variety of warbirds and trainers, there were several military helicopters and McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 Hornets from the U.S. Marine Corps and the Canadian Air Force.
Canadian Armed Forces Lockheed CP-140 Aurora 140101 is equivalent to the U.S. Navy P-3 Orion.
Canadian Armed Forces Lockheed CP-140 Aurora 140101
Beech T-34A Mentor, N44MT was delivered to the U.S. Air Force as 52-7630.
North American AT-6C Texan, N7055H carries construction number 88-12150.
North American SNJ-6 Texan, N349JB is restored as U. S. Air Force T-6G, 49-3319.
North American AT-6D Texan, N3326G was built in 1943.
North American T-28A Trojan N51705 served the U.S. Air Force as 51-3705. The Palo Alto Unified School Dsitrict in Palo Alto, California registered it as N74193 in 1978. Stephen R. Scott of Foster City, California acquired it in August 1978 and registered it as N3705D. It was registered as N83705 in 1983. It received its current registration in October 2002. It appears that it may have had its R-1300 radial anegine replaced with an R-1820.
North American SNJ-5 Texan, N1038A War Dog was built in 1944. Its U.S. Navy Bureau Number was 90917 and it still wears that number on its tail. It has been a familiar sight on the airshow circuit for many years. It is owned and piloted by John Collver.
Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0168 of the 355th Fighter Wing is based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.
A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0168
A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0168
Heritage Flight: A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0168 and Lockheed P-38J Lightning, NX138AM 23 Skidoo. P-38J NX138AM is registered to the Air Museum at Chino. It was built as Army Air Corps 44-23314. It was acquired by the Hanfield School of Aeronautics in Santa Maria, California in 1950. Jack Hardwicke of El Monte, California registered it as N29Q in 1954. He sold it to the Air Museum in Ontario, California in 1960 where it sat on static display for seventeen years. It was restored to flying condition, making its first flight on July 22, 1988. It then went to the Planes of Fame East museum in Minnesota. Bob Pond purchased it in October 1989 and registered it as N38BP.It returned to the Air Museum at Chino in 1998. It is powered by a pair of Allison V-1710 twelve-cylinder engines.
A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0168 and P-38J Lightning, NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0168 and P-38J Lightning, NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0168
A-10A Thunderbolt II 80-0168
McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18C Hornet #375 of VFA-125 Rough Raiders is based at Naval Air Station Lemoore.
F/A-18C Hornet #375 of VFA-125
F/A-18C Hornet #375 of VFA-125
F/A-18C Hornet #375 of VFA-125 and Goodyear FG-1D Corsair N11Y. originally carried Navy BuNo 67087. It has been registered to C. C. Air Corporation of Port Hueneme since 1995.
F/A-18C Hornet #375 of VFA-125 and FG-1D Corsair N11Y
F/A-18C Hornet #375 of VFA-125
FG-1D Corsair N11Y originally carried Navy BuNo 67087. It has been registered to C. C. Air Corporation of Port Hueneme since 1995.
Static displays.
Santa Maria, California displays.
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