Well, not quite a full squadron, but will 4 do you?
I took a day off work today and thought I'd put it to good use with a trip to Chino.
Firstly, I popped into the Yanks Air Museum as it has always been closed when I'd previously tried to visit on weekends. A great collection of almost exclusively US-built aircraft, here is their F-5 recce-configured Lightning. Best described as 'theoretically airworthy, but not flown'
Next, over at Planes of Fame, Glacier Girl receiving a thorough going-over before her planned trip across the pond in late-June. Although I'd seen her a couple of times before, seeing her close up in this state made me realise just how stunning a rebuild job was done by Bob Cardin and his team.
Also present was Jack Croul's P-38, just flown again after work by Klaers Brothers at nearby Rialto. That makes 3 airworthy P-38s in the world now.........
......and this is the third, the Planes of Fame example here flown by John Maloney for the media day for the airshow at Chino on 19-20 May, when all 3 P-38s are planned to fly together. A real surprise was the camera ship, none other than TFC's old Baron, formerly G-AWAH and now owned by Steve Hinton. Having had many flights in it from Duxford, I certainly never expected to fly in it again after it was sold on.
So that makes 4 P-38s today. Anyway, it's been a long day, so I'm off to get some sleep now while you enjoy the photos.
Anyone care to wager how long it will be before Mudge arrives on this thread?
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It really makes me look forward to the show. Just 9 days to go.
