Planes of Fame Airshow at Chino
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Over seventy vintage airplanes were displayed at the Planes of Fame Airshow at Chino over the weekend of May 17 - 18. The sky was uncommonly clear blue and the heat was record setting.
Slideshow of the flying displays at the Planes Of Fame Airshow.
North American F-86F Sabre NX186AM
North American SNJ-5 Texan N3375G
Vought F4U-4 Corsair NX10DF was recently imported from France and hasn't been seen at the Chino airshow in many years.
Sabre NX186AM
Vought Corsairs F4U-1A NX83782 and F4U-4 NX10DF from the Hollywood Goes to the Pacific display.
Texan N3375G
North American P-51D Mustang NL7722C
North American P-51D Mustang N64824 Speedball Alice
Cessna L-19
Cessna O-1E N62534
Texan N3375G
North American SNJ-5 Texan N2550
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 NX87CN
Sabre N186AM
MiG-15 NX87CN and Sabre N186AM.
North American P-51D Mustang NL7715C Wee Willy II and P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can
Mustang NL7715C Wee Willy II and Mustang NL5441V Spam Can
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress N9563Z Fuddy Duddy
Flying Fortress N9563Z Fuddy Duddy
Mitchell N3675G Photo Fanny
Unfortunately, I was incapacitateed by the heat during the Air War Over Europe and Unlimited Racers displays. I had to retreat from the flightline to my car where I had plenty of cold water, shade, and air conditioning. I watched therest of the show from the parking area.
Missing Man Formation: Four Corsairs, Vought F4U-4 NX10DF, F4U-1A NX83782, Goodyear FG-1D NX29VF, and FG-1D N11Y.
F4U-4 NX10DF
F4U-1A NX83782, FG-1D NX29VF, and FG-1D N11Y.
F4U-4 NX10DF
F4U-1A NX83782
Brian Sanders performed aerobatics and beat up the field in Hawker Sea Fury Mk. 11, N19SF Argonought.
Sea Fury Mk. 11, N19SF Argonought
Sea Fury Mk. 11, N19SF Argonought
Sea Fury Mk. 11, N19SF Argonought
Sea Fury Mk. 11, N19SF Argonought trailed a pair of smoke vortices that quickly twisted into spiralling smoke rings.
Flying displays page 1.
Flying displays page 3.
Stattic displays
Previous events at Chino.
You can buy a 2009 calendar featuring my photographs of Vintage Airplanes at Chino.
A dozen photos of vintage airplanes flying at the Planes of Fame Air Show at Chino on May 17, 2008.
Margaret Stivers on Silver Wings Stearman B75N1, N450SR
Grumman F3F Flying Barrel N20FG
Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless NX670AM
General Motors FM-2 Wildcat N86572
Lockheed P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo
Curtiss Warhawk Mk. 1, N940AK
Vought F4U-4 Corsair NX10DF
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat N1078Z Minsi III
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress N9563Z Fuddy Duddy
North American P-51D Mustang NL7722C
Hawker Sea Fury Mk. 11, N19SF Argonought
North American F-86F Sabre NX186AM
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 NX87CN
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