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YANKS AIR MUSEUM TO FLY AMERICA’S ICONIC P-40E WARBIRD ON FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND

Fathers Get Free Admission on Father’s Day

CHINO, CA – Yanks Air Museum, a local museum dedicated to exhibiting, preserving and restoring American aircraft, will fly its P-40E Warbird on Saturday, June 16th around 12PM. The museum has restored the aircraft back to its original condition and is thrilled to share its first post-restoration flight with the public. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early and explore the museum’s impressive collection of American aircraft, including the P-51 Mustang which will have its cockpit open for attendees to climb aboard, as the exact takeoff time may vary.

The Curtiss P-40E Warbird is a single-engine, single-seat fighter aircraft. The popular shark mouth, well suited to the contours of the P-40, was made famous by the 1941 American Volunteer Group (AVG), also known as the “Flying Tigers.”

In addition to seeing the P-40 take flight, attendees will get to see a standalone Allison V-1710 aircraft engine operate to see the inner workings of the same robust engine that gives power to Yanks Air Museum’s P-40E Warbird and other famous aircraft like the Lockheed P-38 Lightning and the North American P-51 Mustang.

On Saturday, June 16th visitors can also tour the Super Constellation, a “top secret” aircraft known as the EC-121T Warning Star. Before satellites, this was America’s “big eye” in the sky keeping us safe from hostile intruders over her illustrious twenty plus year career.

The air museum is located at 7000 Merrill Ave #35-A270, Chino, CA 91710. General admission is $16 for adults and $5 for children which includes access to the full museum with over 200 aircraft on display. All fathers will receive free admission on Sunday, June 17th.

Yanks Air Museum offers events every 3rd Saturday of the month to feature a new aircraft. For more information, please visit www.YanksAir.org or call Yanks Air Museum at (909) 597-1735.

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(Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Source: Redland Daily Facts

The aircraft that helped make air warfare possible for the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War is on display and available for flights to the public at the Chino Airport.

For the second year, the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation has its AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter, named the Black Pearl, stationed outside the Yanks Air Museum, 7000 Merrill Ave. #35-A270, through the summer.

“The purpose of displaying the aircraft and having people fly in it is to convey the history of Army aviation, primarily,” said Steve Lund, officer in charge of the Southern California detachment of the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation.

Built in 1967, the Cobra was developed from the Huey transport helicopter. It was the first purpose built helicopter gunship to enter military service, according to the foundation’s website.

It was the backbone of the Army’s attack aviation from its debut in South Vietnam until the 1980s and ’90s, when it was replaced by the AH-64 Apache, according to the foundation.

“The initial gunships we had were the short bodied Hueys with gun kits on them with maybe a third of the fire power. And they were slower, so the whole formation had to fly slower,” said Lund, who like other members of the detachment flew helicopters for the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.

“Once we had a dedicated gunship, the tactics were able to be changed forever more.”

The 2018 Planes of Fame Air Show is Scheduled for May 5th and 6th

CHINO, CA – Aviation enthusiasts will be pleased to learn that the lawsuit between Yanks Air Museum, Flying Tigers Aviation FBO, and Planes of Fame Air Museum has been settled and the air show will go on this year.

The settlement was reached with all parties interested in reuniting the aviation community. All parties have pledged to work together for the success of future air shows.

“We are happy to have reached an agreement so Planes of Fame Air Museum can bring to the aviation community one of the premier aviation events in the United States and the world,” stated Steve Hinton, President of Planes of Fame. “We are pleased that the tradition will continue as many in the aviation community from all over the world look forward to their annual trip to Chino for the air show,” he added.

“Yanks Air Museum has the world’s largest collection of historic all-American aircraft. Yanks was created to share aviation history with everyone and we look forward to displaying and flying the museum’s aircraft at our home in Chino,” said Charles Nichols, Founder of Yanks Air Museum.

“I’m glad we have settled the lawsuit and are looking forward to better serving the aviation community. I know with the additional support of Flying Tigers FBO and Yanks Air Museum, it will be the best air show ever and create a win-win for us all,” Michael Thayer, President of Flying Tigers, stated.

Each year the air show attracts thousands of visitors. With the lawsuit now settled, the county has approved May 5th and May 6th as the 2018 Planes of Fame Air Show dates.

CHINO, CA — A San Bernardino Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of allowing the lawsuit by a group of Chino Airport tenants against the Planes of Fame to go forward.  In a hearing held on May 17, Judge David Cohn found that the Chino Airport tenants had a probability of winning at trial on their claims for nuisance, trespass, and interference with the tenants’ businesses during the Air Show.

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Source: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

SAN BERNARDINO >> The judge assigned to a lawsuit seeking to shut down the Planes of Fame Air Show disclosed Thursday that he had a potential conflict in the case, so the case will instead be heard by a different judge starting April 28.

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