Planes of Fame Airshow at Chino |
Over seventy vintage airplanes were displayed at the Planes of Fame Airshow at Chino over the weekend of May 14 - 15, 2011.
Focke Wulf Flugzeugbau FW 190A-9 N190RF
Yakovlev Yak-3U NX130AM
Mitsubishi A6M5 "Zero" NX46770
Focke Wulf Flugzeugbau FW 190A-9 N190RF
Republic P-47G "razorback" Thunderbolt NX3395G Spirit of Atlantic City NJ
Lockheed P-38L Lightning NL7723C Honey Bunny
Yakovlev Yak-3U NX130AM
Lockheed P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo
Focke Wulf Flugzeugbau FW 190A-9 N190RF
Republic P-47G "razorback" Thunderbolt NX3395G Spirit of Atlantic City NJ
Yakovlev Yak-3U NX130AM
Mitsubishi A6M5 "Zero" NX46770
Focke Wulf Flugzeugbau FW 190A-9 N190RF and Republic P-47G "razorback" Thunderbolt NX3395G Spirit of Atlantic City NJ
Focke Wulf Flugzeugbau FW 190A-9 N190RF
Mitsubishi A6M5 "Zero" NX46770 and Lockheed P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo
Fairey Firefly AS-6 N518WB
Republic P-47G "razorback" Thunderbolt NX3395G Spirit of Atlantic City NJ
Lockheed P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo
Republic P-47G "razorback" Thunderbolt NX3395G Spirit of Atlantic City NJ
Focke Wulf Flugzeugbau FW 190A-9 N190RF
Yakovlev Yak-3U NX130AM
Lockheed P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo
Fairey Firefly AS-6 N518WB
A 3D Video camera boom was used to capture images of the airplanes and the sudience at the airshow.
Northrop N9MB Flying Wing N9MB taxied out for a flight display, but gusty winds kept it grounded.
Special Ops Lear 24 N3137
Vought F4U-1A Corsair NX83782
North American P-51D Mustang NL451TB Kimberly Kaye
North American P-51D Mustang NL451TB Kimberly Kaye
North American P-51D Mustang N7551T Hell-er Bust
Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat NX700F Here Kitty Kitty
Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat NL14HP
General Motors TBM-3U Avenger N3967A
Grumman TBM-3E Avenger NX7835C
Douglas A-1E Skyraider N39147
North American P-51D Mustang NL7715C Wee Willy II is owned by Steve Hinton and registered NL7715C. This Mustang was reconstructed in part from the wreckage of the Red Baron RB-51 racer, once the fastest piston powered aircraft in the world. Its original serial was 44-84961, but it carries 413334 on its tail. The Air Force disposed of it at McClellan Air Force Base, California in 1958. It was purchased by Capitol Airways of Nashville, Tennessee and registered as N7715C. In July 1964 it was acquired by Charles Willis Jr., Frank Lynitt, and Charles Hall of Seattle, Washington. They raced it as #5, first named Red Baron, then Miss RJ". Gunther Balz of Kalamazoo, Michigan bought it in July 1971 and changed its name to Roto-Finish, keeping race number 5. John Sliker of Wadley, Georgia picked it up in October 1973, but sold it to Ed Browning of Brownings Incorporated in Idaho Falls the following February. Brownings Inc. installed a Rolls Royce Griffon engine with contra-rotating propellers and called it the "Red Baron" RB-51. It first flew with the Griffon engine on March 6, 1975. It set the world's piston engined speed record of 499.018 miles per hour on August 14, 1979. It crashed with Steve Hinton at the controls at the Reno Air Races that September. Hinton survived the crash. Richard Ransofer of Grapevine, Texas acquired the wreckage in 1980. Steve Hinton and
Fighter Rebuilders at Chino used portions of the "Red Baron" wreck and P-51D, 44-73053 to reconstruct "Wee Willy II". It first flew after reconstruction in September 1985. Some of the hulk of the RB-51 was acquired by Terry and Bill Rogers of Sherman, Texas in 1989 to be used in another Griffon powered race conversion, but Rogers' efforts were diverted into the rebuilding of Vendetta into Miss Ashley II
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.
North American P-51D Mustang NL327DB Lady Jo
North American B-25J Mitchell N9856C Pacific Princess
Bell P-63A King Cobra NX163BP Pretty Polly
Twenty-two warbirds run up their engines in preparation for the Firepower Flight.
Douglas A-1E Skyraider N39147
North American P-51D Mustang NL451TB Kimberly Kaye
North American B-25J Mitchell N9856C Pacific Princess
Eighteen of the twenty-eight warbirds in the Airpower Flight: three Corsairs, a Tigercat, two Hellcats, two Bearcats, two Avengers, a Skyraider, two LIghtnings, a Firefly, two Warhawks, a Thnderbolt, and a Mustang.
Three Corsairs, a Tigercat, and two Hellcats lead the Airpower Flight
North American B-25J Mitchell N9856C Pacific Princess
Focke Wulf Flugzeugbau FW 190A-9 N190RF
Yakovlev Yak-3U NX130AM
Mitsubishi A6M5 "Zero" NX46770
McDonnell-Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 90-0232
McDonnell-Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 90-0232
McDonnell-Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 90-0232
McDonnell-Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 90-0232
McDonnell-Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 90-0232, Lockheed P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo, and Lockheed P-38L Lightning NL7723C Honey Bunny
McDonnell-Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 90-0232, Lockheed P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo, and Lockheed P-38L Lightning NL7723C Honey Bunny
McDonnell-Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 90-0232, Lockheed P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo, and Lockheed P-38L Lightning NL7723C Honey Bunny
McDonnell-Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 90-0232, Lockheed P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo, and Lockheed P-38L Lightning NL7723C Honey Bunny
Lockheed P-38L Lightning NL7723C Honey Bunny
McDonnell-Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 90-0232
Lockheed P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo
Static displays
Flying displays, page 1: Airshow Opens, Silver Wings Wingwalking, Rob Harrison - Tumbling Bear, Navy Flight, Howard Pardue - Bearcat aerobatics, Korea Air War, and Army Air Corps.
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A dozen photos of vintage airplanes flying at the Planes of Fame Airshow at Chino on May 14, 2011. Aircraft pictured include:
Grumman J2F-6 Duck NL5SF
Vought F4U-1A Corsair NX83782
Goodyear FG-1D Corsair N11Y
Goodyear FG-1D Corsair NX29VF
Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat NX700F Here Kitty Kitty
General Motors TBM-3U Avenger N3967A
Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk N518TA
Douglas A-1E Skyraider N39147
Canadair CT-133 Silver Star NX377JP Pacemaker
North American F-86F Sabre NX186AM
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 NX87CN
North American B-25J Mitchell N9856C Pacific Princess
Curtiss P-40N Warhawk NL85104
Lockheed P-38L Lightning NL7723C Honey Bunny
Focke Wulf Flugzeugbau FW 190A-9 N190RF
Mitsubishi A6M5 "Zero" NX46770
McDonnell-Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 90-0232
Lockheed P-38J Lightning NX138AM 23 Skidoo
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