100 years of naval aviation celebration

[gtirob01]

If you are in or near San Diego in February, this sounds like it is a must see! They will be having the largest military flyover since WW2, with somewhere around 150 aircraft!

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010 ... centennia/

And for the celebration, the Navy is repainting many of its current aircraft as they were in the past, for example, an F-18 with a paint from a Korean War era Corsair...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010 ... back-time/

[C]

If you are in or near San Diego in February, this sounds like it is a must see! They will be having the largest military flyover since WW2, with somewhere around 150 aircraft!

I take it they mean the largest military flyover in the USA since WWII..

...The RAF's flypast over Buckingham Palace on 15th September 1990, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain contained 168 aircraft, from the Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane, to the cutting edge(!) Tornado F3!

Nowadays, 20 is a struggle for the RAF.


I'm sure the Soviets probably have the actual record.

[Hagar]

If you are in or near San Diego in February, this sounds like it is a must see! They will be having the largest military flyover since WW2, with somewhere around 150 aircraft!

I take it they mean the largest military flyover in the USA since WWII..

...The RAF's flypast over Buckingham Palace on 15th September 1990, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain contained 168 aircraft, from the Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane, to the cutting edge(!) Tornado F3!

Nowadays, 20 is a struggle for the RAF.


I'm sure the Soviets probably have the actual record.

The RAF Coronation Review in 1953 would take some beating.  http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/nos10.html

[C]

So it would. 45 Avro Lincolns!

[gtirob01]

For anyone near San Diego, the celebration is this coming Saturday.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011 ... ight-open/

[BrandonF]

Lucky for me I live near San Diego, so I get to go to this event! 

[BrandonF]

Went to the show today. What a story I have to tell! 

I'll try to post some photos one of these days and tell about the event.