Planes of Fame Airshow at Chino |
The 2016 Planes of Fame Airshow featured a simulated attack on Pearl Harbor, a demo by the Jelly Belly Interstate S-1A, Army airplane flybys, aerobatics by Rob Harrison in Tumbing Bear and the Granleys flying a Yak 18T and Yak-55M, Korean War airplane and jet warbird flybys, the airplanes of the Texas Flying Legends, demos by a Hawker Sea Fury and a Grumman F7F Tigercat, Naval aircraft flybys, a General Dynamics F-16 "Viper" demo, an Air Force Heritage Flight, and aerobatics by John Collver in North American SNJ Texan War Dog.
The Saturday show opened with a reenactment of the attack on Pearl Harbor by two Mitsubishi "Zeros" and five Curtiss P-40 Warhawks
Commemorative Air Force Mitsubishi A6M-3 "Zero" NX712Z
The Planes of Fame Mitsubishi A6M-5 "Zero" NX46770
Mitsubishi A6M-3 "Zero" NX712Z
Curtiss P-40E NX94466 Warhawk
Curtiss P-40N NL1195N Warhawk
Curtiss P-40E NX940AK Warhawk
Mitsubishi A6M-3 "Zero" NX712Z
Mitsubishi A6M-5 "Zero" NX46770
Curtiss P-40N NL85104 Warhawk
Curtisss P-40K Warhawk N401WH
Mitsubishi A6M-3 "Zero" NX712Z
Mitsubishi A6M-5 "Zero" NX46770 and
Mitsubishi A6M-5 "Zero" NX46770
Curtiss P-40E NX94466 Warhawk
Curtiss P-40N NL85104 Warhawk
Curtiss P-40N NL1195N Warhawk
The Jelly Belly Interstate S-1A NC37248 performed aerobatics.
Interstate S-1A NC37248
Interstate S-1A NC37248
Many combat airplanes from the European Theater of operations made mutiple passes by the audience.
North American P-51D Mustang NL7715C Wee Willy II
North American P-51D Mustang NL7715C Wee Willy II
North American P-51D Mustang N5460V StrawBoss 2/Little Sandra
North American P-51D Mustang N151MW Lady Alice was delivered to the Army Air Force as 45-11633. Its construction number is 124-48386. William G. Lacy and Lacy Steel Incorporated of Honolulu, Hawaii registered it as N5413V in 1963. It was damaged in a ground accident at Honolulu in 1972. Lady Alice Corporation of Wilmington, Delaware registered it as N151MW on August 26, 1999. It has been registered to Wagner P-51 Corporation since September 12, 2006.
North American P-51D Mustang N251BP Buzzin Cuzzin
North American P-51D Mustang NL5441V Dolly/Spam Can
North American P-51D Mustang N51ZM Diamond Back
Bell P-63A King Cobra NX163BP Pretty Polly
Bell P-63A King Cobra NX163BP Pretty Polly
Pilatus PC-2-06 N5241M
North American P-51D Mustang NL5441V Dolly/Spam Can and North American P-51A-10NA Mustang NX4235Y Mrs Virginia
North American P-51D Mustang NL5441V Dolly/Spam Can and North American P-51A-10NA Mustang NX4235Y Mrs Virginia
North American P-51D Mustang N251BP Buzzin Cuzzin
North American P-51D Mustang N151MW Lady Alice
North American P-51A-10NA Mustang NX4235Y Mrs Virginia
North American P-51D Mustang NL7715C Wee Willy II
Republic P-47G Thunderbolt NX3395G Spirit of Atlantic City NJ
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX replica N1940K
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX replica N1940K
North American P-51D Mustang N5460V StrawBoss 2/Little Sandra
Republic P-47G Thunderbolt NX3395G Spirit of Atlantic City NJ
North American P-51D Mustang N251BP Buzzin Cuzzin
Lockheed P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo
Douglas C-47B Dakota N47SJ Betsy's Biscuit Bomber
Douglas C-47B Dakota N791HH Willa Dean
North American P-51D Mustang N51ZM Diamond Back
Bell P-63A King Cobra NX163BP Pretty Polly
North American P-51D Mustang N64824 Speedball Alice
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XIV NX749DP
Lockheed P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo and North American P-51D Mustang N64824 Speedball Alice
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX replica N1940K
Lockheed P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo
Republic P-47G Thunderbolt NX3395G Spirit of Atlantic City NJ and Focke Wulf Flugzeugbau FW 190A-9 N190RF
Republic P-47G Thunderbolt NX3395G Spirit of Atlantic City NJ and Focke Wulf Flugzeugbau FW 190A-9 N190RF at Chino, California on April 30, 2016, 2016.. You can purchase prints of this photo as large as 16 inches by 24 inches.
Focke Wulf Flugzeugbau FW 190A-9 N190RF
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XIV NX749DP
North American P-51D Mustang NL151D Blondie/Sparky
North American P-51D Mustang NL451TB Kimberly Kaye
Douglas C-47B Dakota N791HH Willa Dean
Douglas C-47B Dakota N791HH Willa Dean and Focke Wulf Flugzeugbau FW 190A-9 N190RF
Lockheed P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo
North American P-51D Mustang NL151D Blondie/Sparky
North American P-51D Mustang N64824 Speedball Alice and North American P-51D Mustang NL151D Blondie/Sparky
North American B-25J Mitchell N3675G Photo Fanny
North American B-25J Mitchell N3675G Photo Fanny
North American B-25J Mitchell N3675G Photo Fanny at Chino, California on April 30, 2016, 2016.. You can purchase prints of this photo as large as 16 inches by 24 inches.
North American P-51D Mustang NL451TB Kimberly Kaye
Douglas C-47B Dakota N47SJ Betsy's Biscuit Bomber
Douglas C-47B Dakota N47SJ Betsy's Biscuit Bomber at Chino, California on April 30, 2016, 2016.. You can purchase prints of this photo as large as 16 inches by 24 inches.
Douglas C-47B Dakota N791HH Willa Dean
Douglas C-47B Dakota N791HH Willa Dean at Chino, California on April 30, 2016, 2016.. You can purchase prints of this photo as large as 16 inches by 24 inches.
North American B-25J Mitchell N3675G Photo Fanny
Douglas C-47B Dakota N47SJ Betsy's Biscuit Bomber
Rob Harrison performed his Tumbling Bear routine in a Zlin 142C. Bud and Ross Granley performed aerobatics in two different Yakovlev airplanes, a Yak-18T four-place cabin monoplane and a Yak-55M aerobatic airplane.
Tumbling Bear: Rob Harrison piloting Zlin 142C N684CM
Yak-18T N416RG and Yak-55M N30DA
Yak-18T N416RG and Yak-55M N30DA
Yak-18T N416RG and Yak-55M N30DA
Yak-18T N416RG and Yak-55M N30DA
Yak-18T N416RG and Yak-55M N30DA
Yak-18T N416RG and Yak-55M N30DA
Yak-18T N416RG and Yak-55M N30DA
Combat airplanes of the types that fought in the the Korean War made multiple passes by the audience.
Vought F4U-1A Corsair NX83782
Vought F4U-1A Corsair NX83782
North American P-51D Mustang NL5441V Dolly/Spam Can
North American P-51D Mustang NL5441V Dolly/Spam Can
Douglas A-26B Invader NL99420 Silver Dragon
Vought F4U-1A Corsair NX83782
North American P-51D Mustang NL5441V Dolly/Spam Can
North American P-51D Mustang NL5441V Dolly/Spam Can at Chino, California on April 30, 2016, 2016.. You can purchase prints of this photo as large as 16 inches by 24 inches.
North American SNJ-5 Texan N2550
Douglas A-1D (AD-4NA) Skyraider NX409Z
Douglas A-1D (AD-4NA) Skyraider NX409Z at Chino, California on April 30, 2016, 2016.. You can purchase prints of this photo as large as 16 inches by 24 inches.
North American SNJ-5 Texan N2550
Canadair CT-133 Silver Star NX377JP Pacemaker
Douglas A-26B Invader NL99420 Silver Dragon
Douglas A-26B Invader NL99420 Silver Dragon at Chino, California on April 30, 2016.. You can purchase prints of this photo as large as 16 inches by 24 inches.
Canadair CT-133 Silver Star NX377JP Pacemaker
Canadair CT-133 Silver Star NX377JP Pacemaker at Chino, California on April 30, 2016, 2016.. You can purchase prints of this photo as large as 16 inches by 24 inches.
Douglas A-1D (AD-4NA) Skyraider NX409Z
Vought F4U-1A Corsair NX83782
Douglas A-1D (AD-4NA) Skyraider NX409Z
North American F-86F Sabre NX186AM
North American SNJ-5 Texan N2550
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 NX87CN
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 NX87CN at Chino, California on April 30, 2016, 2016.. You can purchase prints of this photo as large as 16 inches by 24 inches.
Canadair CT-133 Silver Star NX377JP Pacemaker, North American F-86F Sabre NX186AM, and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 NX87CN
Canadair CT-133 Silver Star NX377JP Pacemaker
North American F-86F Sabre NX186AM
North American P-51D Mustang NL5441V Dolly/Spam Can
Canadair CT-133 Silver Star NX377JP Pacemaker, North American F-86F Sabre NX186AM, and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 NX87CN
Canadair CT-133 Silver Star NX377JP Pacemaker, North American F-86F Sabre NX186AM, and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 NX87CN
Canadair CT-133 Silver Star NX377JP Pacemaker, North American F-86F Sabre NX186AM, and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 NX87CN
Canadair CT-133 Silver Star NX377JP Pacemaker, North American F-86F Sabre NX186AM, and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 NX87CN
Canadair CT-133 Silver Star NX377JP Pacemaker, North American F-86F Sabre NX186AM, and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 NX87CN
Canadair CT-133 Silver Star NX377JP Pacemaker, North American F-86F Sabre NX186AM, and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 NX87CN
Canadair CT-133 Silver Star NX377JP Pacemaker, North American F-86F Sabre NX186AM, and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 NX87CN
North American F-86F Sabre NX186AM and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 NX87CN
North American F-86F Sabre NX186AM and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 NX87CN
North American F-86F Sabre NX186AM and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 NX87CN
Texas Flying Legends: Supermarine Spitfire LF9C N959RT, North American P-51D Mustang NL151HR, North American B-25J Mitchell N5672V, General Motors TBM-3E Avenger N7726C, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat N5HP, and Curtisss P-40K Warhawk N401WH flew passes by the audience.
Texas Flying Legends: Supermarine Spitfire LF9C N959RT, North American P-51D Mustang NL151HR Dakota Kid II/Long Island Kid, North American B-25J Mitchell N5672V Betty's Dream, General Motors TBM-3E Avenger N7226C, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat N5HP Kimberly Brooke, and Curtisss P-40K Warhawk N401WH.
Texas Flying Legends: Supermarine Spitfire LF9C N959RT, North American P-51D Mustang NL151HR Dakota Kid II/Long Island Kid, North American B-25J Mitchell N5672V Betty's Dream, General Motors TBM-3E Avenger N7226C, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat N5HP Kimberly Brooke, and Curtisss P-40K Warhawk N401WH.
Supermarine Spitfire LF9C N959RT
North American P-51D Mustang NL151HR Dakota Kid II/Long Island Kid, North American B-25J Mitchell N5672V Betty's Dream, General Motors TBM-3E Avenger N7226C, General Motors FM-2 Wildcat N5HP Kimberly Brooke, and Curtisss P-40K Warhawk N401WH.
North American B-25J Mitchell N5672V Betty's Dream
North American P-51D Mustang NL151HR Dakota Kid II/Long Island Kid and Curtisss P-40K Warhawk N401WH
Curtisss P-40K Warhawk N401WH
General Motors FM-2 Wildcat N5HP Kimberly Brooke and Supermarine Spitfire LF9C N959RT
General Motors TBM-3E Avenger N7226C
General Motors TBM-3E Avenger N7226C
General Motors TBM-3E Avenger N7226C
North American P-51D Mustang NL151HR Dakota Kid II/Long Island Kid and Curtisss P-40K Warhawk N401WH
General Motors FM-2 Wildcat N5HP Kimberly Brooke
General Motors TBM-3E Avenger N7226C
North American P-51D Mustang NL151HR Dakota Kid II/Long Island Kid
North American P-51D Mustang NL151HR Dakota Kid II/Long Island Kid
Curtisss P-40K Warhawk N401WH
North American B-25J Mitchell N5672V Betty's Dream
General Motors FM-2 Wildcat N5HP Kimberly Brooke
General Motors TBM-3E Avenger N7226C
Supermarine Spitfire LF9C N959RT
Supermarine Spitfire LF9C N959RT
General Motors FM-2 Wildcat N5HP Kimberly Brooke
General Motors FM-2 Wildcat N5HP Kimberly Brooke
General Motors TBM-3E Avenger N7226C
North American P-51D Mustang NL151HR Dakota Kid II/Long Island Kid
Curtisss P-40K Warhawk N401WH
Vought F4U-1A Corsair NX83782
Dennis Sanders flew a demo in Hawker Sea Fury T20 N924G with smoke generators on its wings to illustrate how vortices form at the wing tips in flight. Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat NX700F Here Kitty Kitty performed a demo.
Hawker Sea Fury T20 N924G
Hawker Sea Fury T20 N924G at Chino, California on April 30, 2016, 2016.. You can purchase prints of this photo as large as 16 inches by 24 inches.
Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat NX700F Here Kitty Kitty
Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat NX700F Here Kitty Kitty
Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat NX700F Here Kitty Kitty at Chino, California on April 30, 2016, 2016.. You can purchase prints of this photo as large as 16 inches by 24 inches.
Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat NX700F Here Kitty Kitty
Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat NX700F Here Kitty Kitty
Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat NX700F Here Kitty Kitty
Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat NX700F Here Kitty Kitty
Naval airplanes from World War II and the post-war period flew multiple passes by the audience.,
Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless NX670AM
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat N1078Z Minsi III. Its Grumman construction number is A-5634. John Sandberg recovered it from the Fergus Falls Airport in Minnesota in 1962. It was subsequently owned by Lloyd Nolan and Ed Messick. It has been registered to the American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum since September 6, 1991. It is powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-2800 double cyclone eighteen-cylinder radial engine.
General Motors TBM-3E Avenger NX7835C
Goodyear FG-1D Corsair N11Y served the US Navy as BuNo 67087. It spent some time in the service of the El Salvadoran Air Force. Chuck Wentworth and C. C. Air Corporation of Rialto, California recovered it in 1988. It made its first flight after restoration at Rialto in 1995. It has been registered to C. C. Air Corporation of Port Hueneme since July 25, 1995.
Vought F4U-1A Corsair NX83782
Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat N7825C
Hawker Sea Fury FB10 N97SF
North American B-25J Mitchell N9856C Pacific Princess
Goodyear FG-1D Corsair N11Y
Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat N7825C
Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat NX700F Here Kitty Kitty
Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless NX670AM
North American B-25J Mitchell N9856C Pacific Princess
North American B-25J Mitchell N9856C Pacific Princess at Chino, California on April 30, 2016, 2016.. You can purchase prints of this photo as large as 16 inches by 24 inches.
Vought F4U-1A Corsair NX83782
Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat N7825C
Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless NX670AM
Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat N7825C
General Motors TBM-3E Avenger NX7835C
General Motors TBM-3E Avenger NX7835C and
Vought F4U-1A Corsair NX83782
Hawker Sea Fury FB10 N97SF
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat N1078Z Minsi III
Vought F4U-1A Corsair NX83782 and Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat N7825C
Goodyear FG-1D Corsair N11Y
General Motors TBM-3E Avenger NX7835C
Hawker Sea Fury FB10 N97SF
North American B-25J Mitchell N9856C Pacific Princess
Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless NX670AM
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat N1078Z Minsi III
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat N1078Z Minsi III
General Motors TBM-3E Avenger NX7835C
General Motors TBM-3E Avenger NX7835C at Chino, California on April 30, 2016, 2016.. You can purchase prints of this photo as large as 16 inches by 24 inches.
General Motors TBM-3E Avenger NX7835C
Hawker Sea Fury FB10 N97SF
North American B-25J Mitchell N9856C Pacific Princess
Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless NX670AM
Vought F4U-1A Corsair NX83782
A General Dynamics F-16C "Viper" and three Curtiss P-40 Warhawks performed an Air Force Heritage Flight.
Curtiss P-40E NX94466 Warhawk
General Dynamics F-16C Block 50 "Viper" 94-042 of the 20th Fighter Wing based at Shaw Air Force Base
General Dynamics F-16C Block 50 "Viper" 94-042 of the 20th Fighter Wing
General Dynamics F-16C Block 50 "Viper" 94-042 of the 20th Fighter Wing
Air Force Haritage Flight: General Dynamics F-16C Block 50 94-042, Curtiss P-40E Warhawk NX94466, P-40N Warhawk NL1195N, and P-40N Warhawk NL85104
Air Force Haritage Flight: General Dynamics F-16C Block 50 94-042, Curtiss P-40E Warhawk NX94466, P-40N Warhawk NL1195N, and P-40N Warhawk NL85104
Air Force Haritage Flight: General Dynamics F-16C Block 50 94-042, Curtiss P-40E Warhawk NX94466, P-40N Warhawk NL1195N, and P-40N Warhawk NL85104
Air Force Haritage Flight: General Dynamics F-16C Block 50 94-042, Curtiss P-40E Warhawk NX94466, P-40N Warhawk NL1195N, and P-40N Warhawk NL85104
Air Force Haritage Flight: General Dynamics F-16C Block 50 94-042, Curtiss P-40E Warhawk NX94466, P-40N Warhawk NL1195N, and P-40N Warhawk NL85104
The Saturday show concluded with a performance by John Collver in North American SNJ-5 Texan War Dog.
North American SNJ-5 Texan N1038A War Dog
North American SNJ-5 Texan N1038A War Dog
North American SNJ-5 Texan N1038A War Dog
North American SNJ-5 Texan N1038A War Dog
North American SNJ-5 Texan N1038A War Dog
North American SNJ-5 Texan N1038A War Dog
North American SNJ-5 Texan N1038A War Dog
North American SNJ-5 Texan N1038A War Dog
I photographed over 70 parked airplanes before and during the Planes ofFame Airshow at Chino on April 29 and 30.
The 2016 Planes of Fame Airshow began on Friday, April 29, 2016 with a twilight show. The flying started shortly after 3:00 in the afternoon and lasted until after sunset.
Previous
events at Chino.
You can buy a 2020 calendar featuring my photographs of Vintage Airplanes at Chino, California.
A dozen photos of vintage airplanes flying at the Planes of Fame Airshow at Chino on April 29, 2016. Aircraft pictured include:
Waco UPF-7 NC30140
Stearman VN2S-3 N66290
Ryan PT-22 (ST3KR) N48777 146 and N48742 269
Cessna 190 N9848A
Stearman 4E Junior Speedmail NC663K and Boeing P-26 Pea Shooter N3378G
Howard DGA-15P N5604V
Lockheed 12A N18906 Electra Junior
Boeing P-26 Pea Shooter N3378G
Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 N44848
Fairchild PT-19A N11CM
Travel Air D-4-D NC472N
Beech G18S N351WP
Put a copy of the Vintage Airplanes at Chino: 2020 Calendar in your Lulu.com shopping cart for $14.95.
You can buy a 2020 calendar featuring my photographs of airworthy Lockheed P-38 Lightnings.
P-38L N25Y White Lightnin, Nellis Air Force Base, April 26, 1997
P-38J NX138AM Joltin Josie, Chino, October 6, 2001
P-38J NX138AM Porky II, Chino, May 22, 2005
P-38J NX138AM 23 Skidoo, Chino, May 19-20, 2007
P-38F NX17630 Glacier Girl, Chino, May 19-20, 2007
P-38L NL7723C, Chino, May 19-20, 2007
P-38L NL7723C, Edwards AFB, October 17, 2009
P-38J NX138AM 23 Skidoo, Chino, May 15, 2010
P-38L NL7723C, Chino, May 15, 2010
P-38J NX138AM 23 Skidoo, Valle, Arizona, June 25, 2011
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