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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA AIRSHOWS - 1997 DATE(S) PLACE/EVENT LOCATION FEATURES ------- ----------- -------- -------- 01/04 Grumman Cats special event Chino F3F,FM2,F6F,F7F,F8F 01/11-12 Pomona Valley Air Fair Upland Cable A/P 02/01 F-86 & MiG-15 spec event Chino Planes of Fame museum 02/22-23 Fla-Bob Fly-In/Open House Riverside Static; Frank Borman 02/28-02 Cactus Fly-In Casa Grande, AZ Antique aircraft 03/01 P-38 special event Chino Planes of Fame museum 03/15 NAF El Centro 95 mi E San Diego Blue Angels 03/15 Chino Museum 40th anniv Chino (N9M) Fly 40 vntg/warbirds 03/21-23 Phoenix 500 Air Races Mesa, AZ Races 03/22-23 Riverside A/P Open House Riverside Aerobatics, A-10 demo 03/22-23 George Air Show Victorville ??? George AFB closed 04/05 Ryan Fireball spec event Chino Planes of Fame museum 04/12 MCAS Yuma airshow Yuma AZ T-Birds 04/12-13 Falcon Field Airshow Mesa AZ ? 04/13 Fresno ANG Open House Fresno T-Birds 04/17-20 Borrego Acrobatic Contest Borrego Springs ? 04/18-20 Annual Stearman Fly-In Casa Grande AZ Stearmans 04/19-20 NAS Fallon Fallon, NV Blue Angels 04/25-26 Golden Air Tattoo Airshow Nellis AFB NV 5 demo teams, BIGSHOW 04/25-27 MCAS El Toro 10 mi S Santa Ana last show! BAngels 04/26-27 15 ann Warbirds/Minter Fld Shafter Warbirds in action 04/28-30 B-17G/HE-111 display Riverside Airport CAF 04/29 Central Valley Airshow LeMoore Snowbirds 04/29 Spring Affaire (mini AS) Page AZ Snowbirds 05/02-04 CAF Grp 1 OpenHs-Gillespie El Cajon Static; 50+ A/C 05/05-12 B-29/A26/F8F/C-46 display Riverside airport CAF 05/03 P-51/Tuskeegee spec event Chino Planes of Fame museum 05/04 Antique Airplane Display Fallbrook 06/~15 Santa Ynez Wings & Wheels Santa Ynez Antique 06/01 Paso Robles airshow Paso Robles ? 06/06-07 40th Merced Fly-In Merced Antique + 06/07 Ramona Open House/Air Fair Ramona 06/07 Mitsubishi Zero spec event Chino Planes of Fame museum 06/08 NAS LeMoore 31 mi S Fresno Blue Angels 06/08 Celebration of Heroes A/S Hansen Dam CA ? 06/14-15 Fly-In and airshow Camarillo EAA, warbird, antique 06/14-15 Bucker Jungm* Fly-In Santa Paula A/P 07/05 TBM Avenger special event Chino Planes of Fame museum 07/11-13 13th annl Piper Cub Fly-In Lompoc A/P 07/13-14 Flying Legends airshow Duxford, UK THE Warbird show 07/14-20 Dayton US Air & Trade Show Wright Pat AFB, OH 07/19-20 Aviation Expo Van Nuys Fly-bys 07/19-20 Int'l Air Tatoo RAF Fairford, UK Biggest Military show 07/25-27 Torrance Air Fair Torrance/Zamp fld Warbird/Civil 07/26 Montgomery Fld Career Day San Diego area static 07/31-06 EAA Fly-In (outastate) Oshkosh, WI THE BIG ONE 08/01-03 California Int'l Airshow Salinas Blue Angels/Warbird 08/02 Observation A/C spec event Chino L-5,L-13,L-17,L-19 08/15-17 NAS Miramar 10 mi N San Diego last NAS show; Angels 08/15-17 Warbird Roundup Santa Maria Warbirds 08/23 Wings, Wheels, Power AS Madera 08/23-24 Hawthorne Air Fair Northrop Field Military/Warbird 09/06 Northrop N9M special event Chino Planes of Fame museum 09/11-14 Reno Air Races Reno, NV 09/13-14 Wings & Wheels Airshow Corona 09/20 Beale AFB Air Fest Marysville USAF 50th; SR-71+ 09/19-21 Fresno Air Expo & Airshow Fresno Warbirds 09/21 Channel Islands ANG opnhs adjecent Mugu C-130 airdrop 09/27-28 Apple Valley AirFair Apple Valley POSTPONED as of 09/15 09/27 Bishop Fly-In and Airshow Bishop ? 09/27 Compton Air Fair Compton 10/04 Supersonic flight spec evt Chino Planes of Fame museum 10/04-05 Kingman Wings & Wheels Kingman AZ 10/04 Santa Barbara Air Fair Santa Barbara 10/04-05 Page-Powell Airshow Page, AZ Snowbirds 10/10-11 Borrego Akrofest Borrego Springs Aerobatic contest 10/10-12 Fleet Week airshow SFO munic pier Blue Angels, USN 10/11 Hemet-Ryan Field airshow Hemet Air tankers + 10/11-12 NAS Pt. Mugu Oxnard POSTPONED to 04/98 10/11-12 Open House SDI AS Museum Gillespie/El Cajon 10/14 El Monte Air Fair El Monte 10/18-19 Edwards Open House Rosamond USAF 50th annv;TBirds 10/25-26 March AFB Open House Riverside CANCELLED as of 08/13 10/31-01 Fox Field Formula1 AirRace Lancaster 11/01 Korean War special event Chino B-26,F4U,AD,Sea Fury 11/01-02 Wings over Long Beach Long Beach McD; military/airline 11/?? Blackbird AirPark OpenHs Palmdale A-12/SR-71 museum 12/06 Bell P-59 special event Chino Planes of Fame museum
Final - December 1997