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Planes of Fame Hosting Whistling Death – Solomon Islands Event August 3rd

Posted on by Shawn E. Bell

The Planes of Fame Air Museum’s living history event for August is Whistling Death – Solomon Islands, featuring the Vought F4U Corsair.

From the Planes of Fame Museum’s website:

Open to the public, Planes of Fame Air Museum (Chino, CA) presents its monthly Living History Event. The topic for the August 3 event is ‘Whistling Death – Solomon Islands’, featuring the Vought F4U Corsair. A speaker panel of distinguished aviation experts, historians and veterans is featured, followed by a question & answer period and flight demonstration when possible. The F4U Corsair will be on display and perform a flight demonstration. At 12:00 noon, the Membership Sponsored raffle flight will occur.

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Warbirds

Planes of Fame Hosting AVG Flying Tigers Event July 6th

Posted on by Shawn E. Bell

The Planes of Fame Air Museum’s living history event for July is the Flying Tigers and the AVG, featuring the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk.

Quick Stats from the Planes of Fame Museum’s website on their P-40N:

History

  • The P-40 is most widely known as the aircraft of the Flying Tigers, aka the American Volunteer Group (AVG), who began fighting the Japanese in China during the early days of the Pacific war.
  • The P-40 was not as maneuverable as the aircraft types flown by the Japanese.
  • The P-40 was built in a number of variants, sold to several foreign air forces, and operated under a plethora of names.
  • It was known as the Warhawk to the USAAF, while the British Commonwealth countries called the early versions Tomahawks and the later versions Kittyhawks. A number served with the SovietAir Force, under the lend-lease program.
  • The aircraft served in all theaters of WW2.
  • Purchased by Edward Maloney in 1960 and restored to flight by Planes of Fame Air Museum in 1980.

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