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Dan Newcomb
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Come out tomorrow and see Chino’s P-40 and our Zero fly to commemorate the CBI and celebrate Thomas Van Stein’s artwork. CAF hangars 10-4. The restoration hangar also will be open.

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The P-40 arrived just moments ago. Both aircraft will fly tomorrow at 1300hrs. See you there.

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Glad to hear the P-40 arrived...Between the unveiling of Thomas' painting at 1230 and the fly-over at 1300, it will be a GREAT afternoon!

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And having the Collings birds there is an added bonus. I am looking forward to getting some great pictures tomorrow.
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Noted artist, fellow wing member, PBJ crewmember and great friend Thomas Van Stein unveiled his latest aviation painting yesterday at CMA. It sounded like a good reason to celebrate so we brought out some of our toys and played with them for a while over Ventura County. David Price just happened to be flying by in his Mustang and joined up. What a blast!

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That is one sweet looking event. Looks like the weather was great as well.

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Great pics! This looks like one of those "wish I was there" events! :) Do you have any more of the Zero and P-40?

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Dan Newcomb wrote:
...It sounded like a good reason to celebrate so we brought out some of our toys and played with them for a while over Ventura County...


Fantastic photos Dan. It was a GREAT Day!

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Great pictures Dan! Thanks for sharing.

I love the formation shot. 62 years ago that Zero pilot would be having a very bad day :lol:

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Nice work Dan! I will have some to post shortly, been going through about 900 shots from Saturday.
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I posted a new section on my website from the event. It is at:
http://www.vg-photo.com/airshow/may05-2007/050507.html

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Great pics guys...thanks for sharing them!

On a side note...what is the history behind the CAF zero?

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Well, this isn't "the" CAF Zero. That aircraft is now at Pearl Harbor on static display. This aircraft is the ex-Planes of Fame aircraft.

edit- the post below is more correct. I forgot that the plane was technically the Museum of Flying's and was on loan to the Planes of Fame in the late '90s.


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The history of this airplane is well covered on the Pacific Wrecks site:

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/a6m3/3869.html
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Thanks guys! 8)

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