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We are commemorating Pearl Harbor Day at our Museum on December 5th.  Mark it on your calendar.  More information to follow

Our friends as the VC99s have asked us to communicate the following Career Day information and Aviation Contest to our members.  Click on this link to go directly to the 99s web site   www.vc99s.org   or visit the contest rules at www.facebook.com/vcaviationcareerday.

2015 Career Day Flyer (6) (pdf version of the flyer)

 Career Day Press Release (pdf file version of above)

Make Garbage Fly Rules (pdf file version of rules)

Use the links below to download a Ms Word of PDF version of the registration form.

Participant Registration Fillable – Aviation Career Day (3) (MS Word format)

Participant Registration Fillable – Aviation Career Day _3_ Make Garbage Fly Rules (pdf format file)

Our CAF hangar and aircraft were used by the Professional Photographers of California for what looked to be a fun and educational event!

Over 50 photographers and instructors spent the day with our gorgeous aircraft and equally attractive models capturing images from all angles and with various lighting.

To be sure the hardest part will be deciding which was their best photo!

Thanks PPC for choosing CAF SoCal!

Here is some of the photos of our own CAF Cadets doing double duty as models in action:

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In case you missed the August 2015 issue of the Dispatch Magazine….

Congratulations to our own Alan Nicholson for his winning entry in the 2015 CAF Photo Contest.

Saturday Morning brought an unexpected surprise  – – A  bunch of trucks to pour concrete for part of the new ramp. Because of other activity scheduled for this day, it made for an interesting and challenging day for our ramp crew.

Pictures by Dan Newcomb

Hangar with the beginning of the preparation for resurfacing of part of the ramp

We are hopeful that the ramp will be finished within a week; meaning by the 18th of this month!

The 2015 Wings Over Camarillo was a great success!
Thrilling displays of beautiful aircraft in the wonderful CAF SoCal location at Camarillo Airport!
Warbirds, muscle cars, good food and sunshine! What could be better?
Here’s a small selection of photos from the airshow shared with us from the attendees
Do you like what you see? Put the 2016 WOC on your calendar today! and be sure to bring your camera, and the fighter pilot within you for a Warbird Ride at the end of the show!

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This is one of the many activities that our wing members participate during the year. Many of the aircraft will be staged at our facility. Our museum will be open during the practice sessions.

Mentors West Fly-in & Veterans Salute
5-8 November, 2015

Following Thursday afternoon arrivals at the CAF SoCal ramp, Friday and Saturday flying will focus on 2/3/4 ship formation training, to include T-34, CJ and T-6 aircraft, culminating in a mass formation fly over of Santa Barbara on Sunday.  Briefings will be held for registered participants each morning at 7:30 a.m. in the annex and flight operations will occur from 8:30 a.m. until dusk on Friday and Saturday.  Sunday’s briefings will take place in the museum hangar as we expect many more aircraft and pilots.  We believe Sunday’s event will be one of the largest fly-overs for a Veterans Day parade anywhere in the United States.  Last year we had 20 aircraft, including a P-51, multiple T-34’s, Nanchang’s, Yaks, a B-25 and a C-47. This year it looks as though we may have up to 40 aircraft.  Please see http://kcma-mentor-gathering.webs.com for more details.

Our yellow SNJ, affectionately called 290 is down; it needs a new engine.  All donations contributing towards the new engine are cheerfully accepted and they are tax deductible.  If you choose to donate click on the donate button.  The next page has various areas for donations.  Pick aircraft, which will then allow you to select a particular aircraft.  Choose SNJ-5 Texan.

Every size donation helps!  Thank you for your support!

Below is a description of a visit by a WWII veteran to our museum written by his son-in-law Dan.

On 5/19/2015, Ken Wolfe, a WWII P-38 mechanic stationed at the Van Nuys Airport in 1943 & 1944, visited the WWII Aviation Museum located at the Camarillo Airport with his daughter and son-in-law.  He had a great time and had a very memorable visit. He was treated to a very special tour.  Ken had asked if the museum had a P-38 by chance. The pilot that gave us the tour had mentioned that they didn’t have any P-38’s at the museum any longer but what they did have was an engine that was dug out of the hills behind the Camarillo airport from when a P-38 had crashed in the early 40’s.  Ken mentioned that he remembered that.  The plane had come from the Van Nuys Airport and was doing training runs.  When the crash happened, they were told to jump in the back of a pick-up truck and to grab some shovels.  Ken was part of the crew that drove out to the crash site and extinguished the fire.  It was pretty interesting that one of the visitors, 70 years later, had been part of the crew that attended the crash site. Below are a few pictures from the visit and also one of Ken in 1943 and today with his P-38 hat that he is very proud of.  Ken just celebrated his 93^rd birthday and is still going strong.

Thank you Ken for stopping by our museum and THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!!