Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Last week 5 of the 7 still flying P-38s flew from Chino to the Sacramento Capital airshow at Mather for the weekend show. John Maloney flew chase in a P-51!
The fighters joined up over Lake Mathews for a photo shoot and then climbed up and headed north to Mather. Along the way Hinton decided they would buzz Shafter where his son was preparing “Stega” for the Reno Races. The WWII fighters went screaming by the hangar all in a row at about 300 MPH! The Air Museums P-38 23 Skidoo cracked a head so they followed her to descent at FAT and then pressed on. At one point in the flight Maloney came from behind in the Mustang and dove down the right of the formation and pulled up into a giant exaggerated barrel roll around the rather loose goose formation so the camera man could snap a photo thru the canopy of the Mustang as he was inverted over the P-38 flight. Sounds like fun!
Other P-38′s that made it to Mather included Ruff Stuff, Thoughts of Midnight, and Tangerine.
Also filed in Lockheed, Museum, P-38 Lightning, Planes
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Tagged 23 skidoo, Chino, glacier girl, Hinton, honey bunny, john maloney, lake mathews, Mustang, P-38, P-38 Lightning, P-38s, P-51, P-51 Mustang, Planes, Planes of Fame, sacramento capital airshow, Skidoo, stega, tangerine, thoughts of midnight, wwii fighters
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Saturday, November 8, 2008
I recently visited the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino California. What a wonderful place to visit and stroll through dozens of old classic birds. Where else can you find a perfectly restored Corsair and Mustang along side a B-29 fuselage waiting for some loving care?
The Air Museum was founded by Edward Maloney, who recognized the importance of preserving WWII aircraft at a time when most of these planes were being cut up into scrap metal. The Air Museum was the first permanent air museum west of the Rocky Mountains. It officially opened its doors to the public in January 1957, with an initial collection of six aircraft and a great deal of hope for the future. Of the museum’s approximate 150 aircraft, 30 are flyable. On a typical Saturday, you may see two P-51 Mustangs fly by escorting a B-25 Mitchell bomber, or a Grumman F6F Hellcat with a Chance-Vought Corsair making a formation overhead approach to the airport.
Also filed in Museum, Planes
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Tagged chance vought, Chino, chino california, collection, edward maloney, fame air museum, gallery, Grumman, grumman f6f hellcat, Mustang, P-51, P-51 Mustang, Planes, Planes of Fame, planes of fame air museum, vought corsair
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