High Country Warbirds Fly-in, Valle Airport, Arizona
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The Grand Canyon Planes of Fame Museum at Valle Airport, Arizona hosted the High Country Warbirds Fly-in on Saturday, June 26, 2010. The rural setting allowed the airplanes to make lower and closer passes than they do at most airshows. Several familiar airplanes from the Planes of Fame Museum at Chinio were flown over the course of the day. Many of the attendees bought rides aboard the P-51D Mustang, P-40N Warhawk, P-38J Lightning, and Ford Trimotor.
Curtiss P-40N Warhawk NL85104 and North American P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
Aichi D3A Val replica NX67629 is a modified Consolidated-Vultee BT-15 that was sold to the civilian market in the 40's. It was modified to represent a Japanese Val for the 1969 movie TORA TORA TORA. The modification consisted of an extra 3 feet of fuselage added between the rear cockpit and the tail, a large fiberglass dorsal fin, raised sides of the fuselage and lower canopies. The modifications also incorporated large fiberglass wheel pants. Its Wright R-975 engine was replaced with a Pratt and Whitney R-1340. After the movie was completed the Val was sold to the San Diego Aerospace Museum. The Planes of Fame Museum acquired the Val back in 1973. It was returned to airworthy condition for the Disney Pearl Harbor film.
Sinson L-5G Sentinal N6055C Intensive Care was delivered to the Army Air Force as 45-34950, and it is restored with that tail number. It has been registered to the Air Museum at Chino since April 1, 1997.
Curtiss P-40N Warhawk NL85104 flew for the Army Air Corps as 42-105192.
It was delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force as 858. Fred Dyson
bought it and 42-106396 at Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington on October
23, 1947. It was owned by W. Bridges in Jackson, Mississippi from 1952
to 1954. Louis Rice of Marysville, California bought it in 1954 and
very quickly sold it to Richard Rowlette of Riverside, California.
Walter Brockin, also of Riverside, acquired it in 1955 nd then sold it
to W. Keith Larkin of Weather Modification Company in San Jose,
California. It was damaged in a wheels up landing near Denver, Colorado
in 1958. The Air Museum in Ontario restored it to static display
condition in 1959. Restoration of the airframe was begun in 1977. It
made its first flight after restoration in 1981, when it acquired its
current registration. It is powered by an Allison V-1710
twelve-cylinder engine.
North American P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can
has belonged to the Planes of Fame Air Museum since June 1957. It flew
for the Army Air Force as 45-11582 and it still wears that number on
its tail. It is powered by a V-1650 Merlin twelve-cylinder engine.
Lockheed P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo
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.
Pilot Steve Hinton on P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
P-40N Warhawk NL85104.
Grand Canyon Airlines Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor N414H was built in 1929. Its serial number is 74 and it is the 155th of 199 Trimotors. It is powered by three Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior nine-cylinder radial engines.
North American B-25J Mitchell, N3675G Photo Fanny has been registered to James Maloney of Corona Del Mar, California since January 10, 1978. Its Army Air Corps tail number was 44-30423. It joined the Air Museum in Ontario, California in 1965. It is often used for air-to-air photography sessions of the warbirds flying out of Chino. It is powered by a pair of Wright R-2600 radial engines.
North American T-6G Texan N8204H is powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp nine-cylinder radial engine.
Ryan ST3KR N56017 was built in 1942. It is powered by a Kinner R-5 series 5-cylinder, 540-cubic inch radial engine. It is restored as a US Army Air Corps PT-22.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
Val replica NX67629.
North American T-28B Trojan NX393W was deliverved to the US Navy as BuNo 138310 in 1954. It is powered by a Wright R-1820 Cyclone nine-cylinder radial engine.
T-28B Trojan NX393W.
T-28B Trojan NX393W.
P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
Robinson R-44-II helicopter N7528R was built in 2004. Its serial number is 10273. It is powered by a Lycoming IO-540 series six-cylinder horizontally opposed engine.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
T-28B Trojan NX393W.
Nanchang CJ-6 trainer.
Nanchang CJ-6 trainer.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
Ryan ST3KR N56017.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
Ryan ST3KR N56017.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
You can buy prints up to 10.63 inches by 16 inches or 5-inch by 7-inch greeting cards of this photograph.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
You can buy prints up to 10.63 inches by 16 inches or 5-inch by 7-inch greeting cards of this photograph.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
Ryan ST3KR N56017.
You can buy prints up to 10.63 inches by 16 inches or 5-inch by 7-inch greeting cards of this photograph.
Val replica NX67629.
Val replica NX67629.
Val replica NX67629.
You can buy prints up to 10.63 inches by 16 inches or 5-inch by 7-inch greeting cards of this photograph.
Val replica NX67629.
P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
Val replica NX67629.
Val replica NX67629.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
You can buy prints up to 10.63 inches by 16 inches or 5-inch by 7-inch greeting cards of this photograph.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
You can buy prints up to 10.63 inches by 16 inches or 5-inch by 7-inch greeting cards of this photograph.
P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
P-40N Warhawk NL85104.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
P-40N Warhawk NL85104.
Ryan ST3KR N56017.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
Pitts S-1 Special N591P aerobatic biplane was built in 1967. Its serial number is CP-1.
P-40N Warhawk NL85104.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
Ryan ST3KR N56017.
Ryan ST3KR N56017.
P-40N Warhawk NL85104, P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo, and P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
P-40N Warhawk NL85104, P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo, and P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
P-40N Warhawk NL85104, P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo, and P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
P-40N Warhawk NL85104, P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo, and P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
P-40N Warhawk NL85104, P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo, and P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
P-40N Warhawk NL85104.
P-40N Warhawk NL85104.
You can buy prints up to 10.63 inches by 16 inches or 5-inch by 7-inch greeting cards of this photograph.
P-40N Warhawk NL85104.
Ryan ST3KR N56017.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
Ryan ST3KR N56017.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can.
T-28B Trojan NX393W.
P-40N Warhawk NL85104.
P-40N Warhawk NL85104.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo.
Air West Bell 206L-1 Long Ranger N85AW.
T-28B Trojan NX393W.
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Ford Trimotor N414H.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
Ford Trimotor N414H.
The Grand Canyon Planes of Fame Museum at Valle Airport, Arizona hosts the annual High Country Warbirds Fly-in in June.
Link to the Grand Canyon Airlines page about their Ford Trimotor.
You can buy a 2020 calendar featuring my photographs of Vintage Airplanes at Valle, Arizona.
A dozen photos of vintage airplanes flying at the Planes of Fame East Fly-in at Valle, Arizona on June 23, 2012. Aircraft pictured include:
Grand Canyon Airlines Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor N414H
Ryan ST3KR (PT-22) N56017
Aichi D3A Val replica NX67629
North American P-51D Mustang NL5441V Spam Can
Curtiss P-40N Warhawk NL85104
North American T-28B Trojan NX393W
North American P-51D Mustang NL7715C Wee Willy II
Lockheed P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo
North American SNJ-4 N75964 #44
North American P-51D Mustang NL5441V Dolly
Vultee BT-13A Valiant N2808
Cessna 190 N9848A
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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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You can buy a 2020 calendar featuring my photographs of North American T-28 Trojans.
A dozen photos of North American T-28 Trojans:
T-28A NX85228, Chino, October 6, 2001
T-28C N328AK, Santa Barbara, April 30, 2005
T-28A N81643, Santa Barbara, April 30, 2005
T-28C N75947, Minter Field, May 14, 2005
T-28C N928C, Minter Field, May 14, 2005
T-28C N243DM, Minter Field, May 14, 2005
Fennec (T-28A) N632NA, Hawthorne, August 12, 2005
T-28C N528TC, Camarillo, August 18, 2007
T-28A N81643, Camarillo, August 18, 2007
T-28C N548NA, Camarillo, August 18, 2007
T-28A N51705, Santa Maria, August 25, 2007
T-28B NX393W, Valle, Arizona, June 26, 2011
Trojans come in a variety of stimulating colors.
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