Yesterday, two of our pilots, Jason Somes and Mike Hohls received their type rating on the PBJ. CONGRATULATIONS GUYS!
This engine has been feathered, representing an engine failure. This is one of the many different situations required to be handled by the pilots prior to them being type rated.
Hellcat Day at CAF SoCal on June 19th (Father’s day) 2016 was a well attended success.
Rob Hertberg did a great job of organizing and running the event.
Ron Fleishman made a very nice presentation on the history background of our F6F Hellcat.
Tom Cleaver delivered a very informative presentation on the Hellcat in general and it’s involvement in the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
Below are a few images of the event and a playlist of videos of the event on our YouTube channel.
Our museum will be closed Monday July 4th.
Knights of Columbus have reached out to CAFSoCal and the PBJ to help raise funds for Special Olympics.
Join us at the Camarillo Airport o August 20 and 21 2016 for the annual Wings Over Camarillo Air Show.
Come see our B25-PBJ bomber make it’s historical debut air show performance after a 23 year restoration project.
All our available warbirds will also be flying in our home-field airshow. Come be part of the excitement in beautiful Camarillo.
Save up to 25% on Adult General Admission and up to 50% on the Family Fun Pack if you buy online HERE. These discounts will only be available for a limited time through their online ticket sales.
Our Museum will be closing early, 2:30 pm on Saturday June 18th, as we are hosting a private party.
On Thursday we were honored to have Mrs Safran’s A.P. European History Class visit our museum. After their visit, Mrs Safran wrote in part “All of the docents were kind, knowledgeable and passionate. We are fortunate to have an amazing facility so close.”
Mrs Safran, We look forward to another visit from you and your class next year.
Museum will be closed all day June 11th. We are hosing a private party. We will resume normal operations Sunday June 12th
Visitors to CAF SoCal may have noticed a curious addition to our aircraft collection.
On a trailer tucked in the corner of one of the hangars lives a 1942 vintage training glider, in beautiful albeit a little dusty yellow and blue USAF plumage, patiently waiting for a more prominent display and a chance to take to the skies once again.
On May 28th, the TG-2 gilder, a Schweizer SGS2-8, got it’s chance to do just that during the Western Classic Glider Regatta in Tehachapi, CA.
It was a beautiful sight to behold, and left one wondering how many fledgling pilots got their Air Force career started (or perhaps terminated) at its controls.
We hope to see it flying more often. In the meanwhile here is a compilation video of the flight and some photos from the event.
The presentation by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver on his recent book “The Bridgebusters” on Sunday, May 29, 2016 was well attended and very interesting.
Unruffled by A/V problems with the photo slide portion of the presentation, Mr. Cleaver discussed the real story behind Joseph Heller’s “Catch 22” novel, based on the heroic Wing stationed on the island of Corsica and spoke about his new book, The Bridgebusters.
The session was concluded with a book signing and World War II veteran of the Corsica campaign, George Underwood, was present for the discussion and book signing as well.
The following playlist contains two videos, an informal chat with George Underwood about his experiences in the war, and a video of the presentation by Tom Cleaver.
