Our friends at FunPlacesToFly.com put together a video for the Commemorative Air Force Dallas Wing in Lancaster, Texas, called Warbirds on Parade. Check it out below. [Read more…]
Photo workshop planned at Atlanta Warbird Weekend
Photographers are invited to participate in aviation workshops in conjunction with Atlanta Warbirds Weekend (AWW), Sept. 24 and 25 at Dekalb Peachtree Airport in Chamblee, Ga.
3G Aviation Media photo workshops are scheduled Saturday with an additional editing workshop and a sunrise photo shoot on Sunday.
New this year is an air-to-air photo experience on Saturday. [Read more…]
AVG Flying Tigers headline Atlanta Warbird Weekend dinner
PEACHTREE CITY, Georgia — Three World War II veterans of the legendary American Volunteer Group “Flying Tigers” will share their experiences at the Atlanta Warbird Weekend (AWW) “Dinner with the Tigers,” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 at the 57th Fighter Group restaurant at Dekalb-Peachtree Airport.
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to hear first-hand about from some of the dwindling number of heroes who operated aircraft during the early days of World War II, according to organizers. [Read more…]
Warbirds flock to Front Range Airport
By Jonathan Apfelbaum
Spring time in Colorado — when thoughts turn to shaking off the winter’s snow and getting back into flying after the chilly winter. Years ago there had been a Classic Car and Aircraft Fly-in at Front Range Airport (KFTG), although it had gradually languished and faded away.
As the airport has been on the growth upswing over the last few years, the airport manager and regional members felt it was time to bring this event back.
With the large warbird community along the front range, it was decided to make the new event a Warbird and Classic Car Fly- in. Last year was the inaugural year, with this year being a strong follow up. [Read more…]
Chino warbirds saturate the senses
By Frederick A. Johnsen
Wave after wave of warbirds roared over the Chino Airport in California April 29 through May 1 in three days of commemorative flights that saturated the air with the sounds of radial and inline engines and the silhouettes of classic warplanes from another era.
Put on annually by the Planes of Fame Air Museum, a pioneering flying air museum, the event at Chino is logistically logical – Chino is home to numerous warbird restoration shops and museums, including the patriarch Planes of Fame. [Read more…]
Video: Warbirds over Addison
Our friends at FunPlacesToFly.com attended the “Warbirds Over Addison” event at Cavanaugh Flight Museum, in Addison, Texas. Cavanaugh Flight Museum is home to the largest collection of flying historic and military aircraft in the Southwest. [Read more…]
CAF Living History Program launches monthly seminars
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — History will come to life through a new monthly series presented by the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing at the wing’s headquarters near Atlanta. [Read more…]
SocialFlight.com Event of the Week: Falcon Warbirds
On Saturday, Feb. 20, from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., check out the Falcon Warbirds Breakfast, Warbird and Classic Car Show at Falcon Field (KFFZ) in Mesa, Arizona. [Read more…]
Atlanta Warbird Weekend to host Flying Tigers 75th anniversary
PEACHTREE CITY, Georgia – Dekalb-Peachtree Airport (KPDK) will be transformed into a World War II airfield Sept. 24-25, 2016, when a squadron of vintage military aircraft from across the United States descend on the former Navy training base to celebrate the third annual Atlanta Warbird Weekend. [Read more…]
Video: Warbirds on parade
The guys at FunPlacesToFly.com sent us this video from last weekend’s Commemorative Air Force Parade of Warbirds at the Lancaster Airport in Lancaster, Texas.