[STARMAN 352ND]

Chico AirFest 2007 will be held on Saturday September 1st. from 8-4. with a preview twlight show and dinner dance Friday night August 31st., from 5:30-11.

Saturday, September 1st Saturday, September 1, 2007 Gates Open 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Air Entertainment:

Eddie Andreini, John Collver, John Piggott, Dr. Frank Donnelly U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight , U.S. Navy Legacy Flight ,"Jet Pull" Competition benefiting the United Way!

Boeing 727 Jet provided by FedEx Form a Team and Compete to raise Funds for United Way!

"Warbird" Aircraft Displays! The T-28

Japanese A6M3 ZERO

Built in 1943, the Japanese A6M3 ZERO was delivered to the Imperial Japanese Navy Airgroup #3 as Mitsubishi AGM3 Type 0 Model 22. It was abandoned at Babo Airfield in New Guinea and remained at the airfield until 1991. In 2000, it was featured in the movie "Pearl Harbor" PLUS: P-51, YAK-11, BT-13, Stearman, CJ-6, SNJ-5, T-6


I'm going to be at this airshow on Sat it be cool to meet some of the members of the forum there.
JP

[flyXwire]

Originally Posted by STARMAN 352ND

I'm going to be at this airshow on Sat it be cool to meet some of the members of the forum there. JP

Cool! Take lotsa pics, JP! Thanks.

[PappyB]

I may go up -- not sure if I can get away or not, will let you know!

I haven't been to this show before, do they have many warbirds participate in the flying portion of the show?

ie will the zero fly, or just be static........ wonder if any corsairs will follow that zeke up there...

[STARMAN 352ND]

I have no idea what to expect at this airshow....My sister in-law told me about it Monday and my wife and kids are going to a B-Day party in Chico on Sat ...She told me she pay for my tickets if i came...
I can't pass that offer up...Last year was the first airshow in years at Chico and this year they said it's even better...I want to see that A6M Zero too...I hope it's flying around with a Corsair in a mock dog fight...
Plus i'll get to see Eddie Andreini again he flys that PT-17 Stearman and Yak.
JP

[PappyB]

Alas, I can't make it -- take some pics JP!

Hope that Zero puts on a show!

[STARMAN 352ND]

I'll take pictures for you to see..The Zero i'm being told won't be flying....But that can change in a heartbeat...
JP

[STARMAN 352ND]

The show was so-so i wish they had more fighters on hand and bombers too..The Japanese Zero was great i really like that one as well as the P-51D's that were there.
I got to talk with Eddie Andreini for a while today and i loved the U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight and U.S. Navy Legacy Flight too.
I have got to say it was hot as heck out there today too 103' degrees and the humidity was high as well..... I must of drank 5 gallions of ice water
Anyway here are the pictures and enjoy.
JP

[STARMAN 352ND]

Here are some more of the pictures.
Enjoy.
JP

[STARMAN 352ND]

Here is the rest.
JP

[Captain Eddie]

Thanks for the pics, STARMAN. That Travel Air biplane looks quite a bit like a Fokker D VII, only with a radial engine instead of an inline. Were they actually made that way, or was it possibly modified? I don't remember seeing one looking like that before.