Wings Over Gillespie Air Show
Flying Displays
June 15 - 16, 2007

The Wings Over Gillespie Air Show was held over the weekend of June 16 - 17. Arrivals, airshow practice, and a media flight were conducted on Friday.

North American AT-6D Texan, N7300C and AT-6G Texan N49939.

Curtiss C-46F Commando, N53594 China Doll served the Army Air Force as 44-78663. Its Curtiss construction number is 22486. Riddle Airlines operated it from August 1960 to July 1963. Zantop Air Transport operated it from July 1963 to September 1966. After flying for Ortiner Air Services it was acquired by the Confederate Air Force of Midland, Texas in 1991. It is registered to the American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum and based with the Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force at Camarillo.

Douglas C-53D Skytrooper, N45366 carries construction number is 11757. It was delivered to the Army Air Corps as C-53D, 42-68830. It is in the collection of the Inland Empire Wing of the Commemorative Air Force at the Riverside, California Airport.

Beechcraft T-34 Mentors N12281, N45TB, and N4WL.

North American AT-6D Texan, N7300C was ordered by the Army Air Corps as 41-34524, but it was diverted to the U. S. Navy as BuNo 43763. Its construction number is 88-15754. Edward H. Swan of Pleasant Point, California gave it its current registration in 1963. Claude E. Morey of San Rafael, California bought it in 1966 and sold it to Lee R. Donham of Santa Rosa, California in 1970. Robert Mora of Grand Forks, North Dakota bought it in 1976 and sold it to Vincent Murphy of San Diego, California in 1984. The former Confederate Air Force of Harlingen, Texas acquired it in 1991.

North American AT-6G Texan, N49939.

A pyrotechnic demonstration ignited the dry grass between the runway and the taxiway.

The orange flames licked the edge of the runway.

El Cajon Firemen hosed down the fire.

Several trucks responded to the alarm.

Curtiss C-46F Commando, N53594 China Doll

Douglas C-53D Skytrooper, N45366

Douglas AD-4N Skyraider, NX959AD Naked Fanny and A-1H Skyraider, NX39606.

Douglas C-53D Skytrooper, N45366

Curtiss C-46F Commando, N53594 China Doll

Beech T-34B Mentor, N45TB is restored as U.S. Navy BuNo 140901.

Beech T-34B Mentor, N12281 is restored in U.S. Navy markings.

Beech T-34B Mentor, N4WL is restored with its original Air Force serial, 53-3366.

Douglas AD-4N Skyraider, NX959AD Naked Fanny and A-1H Skyraider, NX39606.

Douglas AD-4N Skyraider, NX959AD Naked Fanny has been registered to California Warbirds LLC. of Carson City, Nevada since August 23, 2006. Its nose art was inspired by the little girl in the old Coppertone Tan, Don't Burn ad. Its construction number is 7759. It served the U.S. Navy as BuNo 126959. It was delivered to l'Armee de l'Air as No. 50 on December 7, 1960. It was delivered to F. A. Chad on April 7, 1976. It was registered in France as F-AZFP in 1989. Don Hanna and Chancellor Air of Costa Mesa, California acquired it in September 1989 and registered it as N2088V. Warbird Associates of Wilmington, Delaware bought it on June 6, 1995 and registered it as NX959AD.

Douglas AD-4N Skyraider, NX959AD Naked Fanny

Douglas A-1H Skyraider, NX39606 is registered to Warbird Aircraft of San Diego. Its Navy Buno was 139606 and it was delivered to the South Vietnamese Air Force. It was recovered through Thailand by Yesterday's Air Force in 1980. It was registered as N3915B by Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation at Chino in 1983. The Donald Douglas Museum at Santa Monica registered it as NX39606 in July 1988 and passed it on to the Santa Monica Museum of Flying in 1990.