Planes of Fame Airshow 2008 website up!

[bdk]

http://www.planesoffame.org/airshows/20 ... owinfo.php

Theme: Wings of the Silver Screen

Dates: May 17th & 18th

[warbird1]

Theme: Wings of the Silver Screen

I wonder what that means? I believe just about every airplane in the collection has been used in film or t.v. at one time or another. That seems like a pretty broad theme. What airplanes could they possibly be thinking of?

[k5083]

I think that's the idea, warbird1. The theme gives them the flexibility to do most anything they want, mainly with the aeroplanes we are used to seeing.

It might be cute if they staged flights that sort of reenacted great warbird movies, e.g. the Spitfires, Hurricane and a Buchon for Battle of Britain, and a bunch of P-40s and the Zeros/Tora replicas for Tora/PH. I have no idea whether that is their actual plan.

For the real news, keep your eyes open for what special types might be appearing. So far, the marquee plane would be the P-59 if it is ready in time. I'm not hearing anything yet about repairs to the flying wing, which I take to be bad news.

August

[bdk]

I'm not hearing anything yet about repairs to the flying wing, which I take to be bad news.

They are working on one of the engines still. Parts are very hard to come by for that model.