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Old 08-23-2007, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Nate Stanley View Post
Out here on the Central Coast we have a rich variety of airshows and small airfields in Watsonville, Hollister, San Martin. Monterey, Half Moon Bay and Salinas.
Around April-May, the Collings Foundation sends over a B-17 and sometimes a B-24 to the local airfields. In addition we have the Watsonville Fly-in over Memorial Day weekend. It's quite a sight to see and hear them around here, better yet to hear the stories from the guys that flew them in the war.
AFIK, the only flying B-24s are the CAF's "Diamond Lil" and Collings' "Witchcraft". Lone Star Flight Museum is in the process of returning a PB4Y to flight status but, with LSFM's money problems, who knows when it will ever make the airshow circuit.
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