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The Miramar MCAS Airshow was held from October 17 to 19, 2003. There were over 160 airplanes and helicopters on static display. All varieties of McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 Hornets were represented. Several squadrons displayed especially colorfully marked Hornets.
Stout Bushmaster 2000, N750RW was built in 1985.
Link to the web site of Tri-Motor Air Tours.
Ryan PT-22.
Wafford submersible DSRVX-1, CF4556GT.
Douglas DC-3C, N34 is registered to the FAA. Its Douglas
construction number is 33359. Sadly, the Smithsonian Institution
will soon ground this beautifully restored airplane.
Douglas DC-3C, N34.
Link to the DC-3/Dakota Historical Society Page about N34.
North American B-25J Mitchell,
N30801 Executive Sweet has been registered to the
American Aeronautical Foundation of Thousand Oaks since 1985. Its
Army Air Force serial number was 44-30801 and its North American
construction number is 108-35126. It was converted to the TB-25N
configuration before its retirement by the Air Force. It was
registered as N3699G by Avery Aviation of Greybull, Wyoming in
1963. Filmways Inc. of Hollywood acquired it in 1968 for use in
the movie Catch-22. Challenge Publications bought it in
1972 and changed its registration to N30801 in 1978.
Nose art on Executive Sweet.
Link to the web site of the American Aeronautical Foundation.
Beech
C-45H, N2833G is registered to Ross Diehl at Chino. It was built
in 1951.
North American T-28A Trojan, NX99395 is named
Cement Mixer. Its North American construction number is 159-52.
It is registered to Ross Diehl of Reno, Nevada. It originally
carried Air Force serial number 49-1540, and it still carries
that number on its tail. It served in the FA Nicaragua as 217. It
was registered in the U.S. as N3708G in 1963 by Byron Susan of
Grand Prairie, Texas. It was registered as NX99395 by Dave
Tallichet in 1977.
Cockpit of Boeing KC-97L
Stratotanker, 53-0200 from the WW-II Flying Museum at Gillespie.
The jet warbird community is dominated by airplanes manufactured in other countries.
English Hawker Hunter Mk58A, N58MX is owned by Robert Guilford of
Wilmington, Delaware. It was built in 1959.
Hawker Hunter Mk58A, N4103Y is owned by the Blossom Company of
Wilmington, Delaware. It was built in 1973.
Link to thunder-and-lightnings page about surviving Hawker Hunters.
Canadair CT-133 (license built Lockheed T-33A),
N99192 served the Royal Canadian Air Force as RCAF21118. It was
operated by Flight Systems Inc. of Mojave, California from 1977
to 1988. T-Bird Aviation acquired it in 1989. Tragically, she and
her pilot, Dan Lavigna, were lost in a crash near Santa Clarita
two weeks after the Miramar Airshow.
Czech Aerovodochody L29 Delfin, N37DG has been registered to
Donald Goodwin for a little over a year.
Aerovodochody L29 Delfin, N50DG has been registered to Corporate
Development Services of Carson City, Nevada since October 2000.
Aerovodochody L29 Delfin.
Czech Aerovodochody L39 Abatross #62.
Russian MiG-15 UTI Midget trainer, N41125 #01 has been owned by
Thomas Smith since 1996. It was built in 1954.
Russian MiG-21U Mongol B trainer, N315RF belongs to San Diego
Flight Museum.
Russian MiG-21U Mongol B trainer, N315RF.
The Marine Corps Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum put several aircraft on the flightline during the airshow.
Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse, 150219 of HMM-163.
Vought F8U Crusader #101.
Grumman F9F-2
Panther, 123653 #10.
Vought F4U-5P Corsair, 122189 #15.
Page 1 of the 2003 Miramar MCAS Airshow Flying
Displays.
Page 2 of the 2003 Miramar MCAS Airshow
features a performance by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.
Static Displays Page 1 - Combat Aircraft.
Static Displays Page 2 -
Transports, Tankers, Helicopters, Trainers, Electronics warfare
aircraft.
Go to the Airshow Page
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