With events like this, it’s hard to know in advance what you’ll see, but any airplane is better than no airplane.
Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show returns
Northern California aviation fans kept their fingers crossed for the 31st annual Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show, a popular event that has been canceled four times over the last five years.
San Francisco Fleet Week draws millions
Drawing up to 1 million people every year, Fleet Week is the largest annual spectator event in San Francisco and one of the largest Fleet Weeks in the nation.
Weather doesn’t dampen the Salinas Airshow
This year the international aspect of the show was absent the usual strong showing from our Canadian neighbors. Weather was certainly a toss up as the Saturday flight schedule coped with an aggressive marine layer that ultimately scrubbed the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, while Sunday brought clear skies.
Thunderbolts & Lightning: A Warbird rhapsody
The 2024 Central Coast AirFest had something for everyone: Civilian performers, warbirds, modern jets, vintage jets, and even more warbirds. No less than 26 warbirds took to the air during the day.
Air show Italian Style
The California Capital Airshow is usually held in the fall, but organizers shifted the date in 2024 to bring the Italian Air Force’s flight demonstration team, the Frecce Tricolori, to Northern California air show fans.
The Honeymoon Airplane
After 26 years on display at the Hiller Aviation Museum in California, the Fairchild 24 C8C known as “The Honeymoon Airplane” has a new owner and a new home at an airpark in North Carolina.
A Hero’s Tribute at the 2024 Tahoe Truckee Air Show
The theme for the 2024 show was a memorial to Brig. Gen. Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson, who lived in nearby Auburn and was an enduring presence at the show for many years.
The Biggest Little Air Show 2024
Sunny skies and a sellout crowd were on hand for the 11th Biggest Little Air Show put on June 15, 2024, by the Hiller Aviation Museum in Northern California.