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Presentation: ‘Sundown to Eleven’ May 11, 2024

 ‘Sundown to Eleven’ Presentation, May 11, 2024

 

Independent filmmaker, director, and producer George Retelas was close to his grandfather.  After his grandfather’s passing George found his WWII journal and its contents inspired and launched George on a journey to connect with his grandfather’s wartime comrades.  On Saturday May 11th the Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing at the Camarillo Airport will host George as he gives us a behind the scenes look at the making of his reflective documentaries, splicing together pieces of his film “Eleven,” a story about Hellcat-equipped Air Group 11 told by eleven surviving Air Group 11 veterans, and his current project that includes the heartbreaking yet heartwarming story of a daughter and a teddy bear.  Come hear George’s fascinating journey to connect to those involved in a titanic struggle 80 years ago and the closure he helped uncover for the family of a fallen warrior.

11am to 2pm at the museum – $15.00 per person donation requested.

Thank you for your ongoing support to help “Keep ’em flying”

 

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Presentation: Zero First Flight – April 27, 2024 11am

*New Date* First Flight / Zero Presentation, April 27, 2024

April 1st, 1939, Kagamigahara Air Base outside Nagoya, Japan, the first Mitsubishi A6M1 prototype takes to the air with test pilot Katsuzo Shima at the controls. The test flight goes well, with only a slight tendency to vibrate noted, corrected by changing from a two-bladed variable-pitch propeller to a three-bladed constant speed Hamilton-Standard propeller license built under agreement with the US company. Mid-1943, the Solomons, enter the US P-38 Lightning and the Vought F4U Corsair, and things start going south. In between, the Zero rules!

On Saturday April 27th the Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing at the Camarillo Airport will conduct a presentation remembering the 85th anniversary of that first flight of the Zero. Come hear about the legendary start and subsequent painful ending of the iconic Imperial Japanese Navy’s A6M Type 00 fighter.

11AM to 2PM Saturday April 27, 2024 – Suggested donation of $15 per person, your support helps “Keep ’em flying!”

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Upcoming Airshows 2024

We love seeing all of you at the museum, but we realize that not everyone can travel to Camarillo, California. 

 

So, come see us at an airshow near you – here is the tentative list as of December 2023 (changes and cancellations of air shows can happen, check back frequently): 

 

 

Feb 17-18  Buckeye, Arizona  

Mar 7-10  Yuma, California

Mar 7-10    El Centro, California 

Mar 14-17    Travis AFB, California

Jun 1-2    Holloman AFB,  New Mexico

Jun 20-21  Thunder Over Michigan

Jul 22-28  EAA Air Venture, Oshkosh

Aug 17-18   Camarillo, California

Oct 5-6  Minden, Nevada

Oct 14-15  Santa Maria, California

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