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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA AIRSHOWS - 2008 DATE(S) PLACE/EVENT LOCATION SRC FEATURES/URL ------- ----------- -------- --- ------------ - Palm Springs Air Museum Palm Springs CA WWW every Sat PM, museum aircraft flown regularly Palm Spring Air Museum - Frazier Lake Airpark Hollister CA FIC 1st Sat/Mo, Antique Aircraft Display - Chino AP Mthly OpenHs Chino CA PIL 1st Sat/Mo, 3rd Sun Mo, 9-4, west side of Cal Aero Dr Planes Of Fame - Agua Dulce Airpark Agua Dulce CA EM 1st Sat/Mo, 3rd Sun/mo 9-4 - Santa Paula Mthly OpenHs Santa Paula CA WWW 1st Sun/Mo, antique/classic static Aviation Museum of Santa Paula - Apple Valley Mthly OpenHs Apple Valley CA PF 2nd Sun/Mo, antique/classic static - Brown Field Monthly FlyIn San Diego CA WWW 2nd Sun/mo San Diego Flight Museum - Whiteman AP Mthly OpenHs San Fernando CA PF 2nd Sun/mo Whiteman Airport Association - Corona Airport Corona CA FIC 2nd Sun/mo Antique Aircraft Display/Fly-In - Fullerton Airport FlyIn Fullerton CA FIC 2nd Sun/mo - Brackett AP Mthly OpenHs Laverne CA PF 3rd Sun/Mo - Zamperini AP Mthly OpenHs Torrance CA PF 4th Sun/Mo 12-3 - El Monte AP Classics Dsp El Monte CA PIL last Sunday/Mo 01/12 Big Port Visit:USS RReagan Santa Barbara CA USN/WWW visiting 01/11-14; 1-3 Chase Palm Park, concert, Red Fish, www.sbnl.org, flyover 01/12-13 Cable Airshow Upland CA WWW http://www.cableairport.com/airfair/index.html 02/23 * MCAS Yuma Open House Yuma AZ USM 03/08 * NAF El Centro Airshow El Centro CA USN Blue Angels opener. Can you say "80 degrees in February"? NAF El Centro 03/15-16 California Capital Airshow Sacramento CA WWW Mather Airport; BA californiacapitalairshow.com 03/29 Riverside Airport's AS '08 Riverside CA USN C-17 demo (KH EM) Riverside Airshow Riverside CAF website 04/01-02 EAA B-17 visit Lancaster CA EAB Fox Field 04/04-06 EAA B-17 visit El Cajon CA EAB Gillespie Field 04/08-09 EAA B-17 visit Chino CA EAB Chino Airport 04/11-13 EAA B-17 visit Long Beach CA EAB Daugherty Field 04/18-20 Alextremo Air Show 2008 Acapulco BC Mex EM 04/18-20 EAA B-17 visit Van Nuys CA EAB VNY 04/19 Warbirds In Action Shafter CA EM/WWW Minter Field Air Museum 04/21 F-117A retirement Palmdale CA EM Plant 42 - arrival 04/22 F-117A retirement Palmdale CA EM Plant 42 - departure 04/21-24 Collings Bombers visit El Cajon CA CFB Gillespie Field 04/24-28 Collings Bombers visit Carlsbad CA CFB McClellan-Palomar Airport 04/27 Pac Coast Dream Machines Half Moon Bay CA WWW Pacific Coast Dream Machines 04/28-01 Collings Bombers visit Murrieta CA CFB French Valley Airport 05/-2-01 Collings Bombers visit Murrieta CA CFB French Valley Airport 05/01-06 Collings Bombers visit Long Beach CA CFB Long Beach Airport 05/03 Sea and Air Parade San Diego CA FIC 1030AM precedes Red Bull Air Race 1PM, six warships and about fourteen aircraft 05/03-04 * March ARB Airfest Moreno Valley CA USN/TB TB F22 AirFest 2006 site cpurcell1 at cox.net AirFest poster March ARB 05/03-04 Red Bull Air Races San Diego Bay CA WWW www.redbullairrace.com/ 05/06-08 Collings Bombers visit LaVerne CA CFB Brackett Field 05/08-12 Collings Bombers visit Burbank CA CFB Bob Hope Airport 05/10 Modesto Airshow Modesto CA ICA 05/10 Redlands Air Show & FlyIn Redlands CA EM wondolleck_jason at johnson-power.com 05/12-14 Collings Bombers visit Camarillo CA CFB CMA 05/17-18 Planes Of Fame AS 2008 Chino CA WWW Planes Of Fame 05/23 Watsonville FlyIn & AS Watsonville CA USN http://www.watsonvilleflyin.org/ 05/31-01 Ramona Airshow Ramona CA PF [06/xx-xx Wings Over Gillespie El Cajon CA] WWM Cancelled per PF (think AD...) CAF Air Group 1 Wings over Gillespie 06/-1-01 Ramona Airshow Ramona CA PF 06/06-08 Golden West EAA Flyin/AS Marysville CA USN Golden West EAA Flyin/AS 06/13-14 FlyIn and Airshow Fresno CA PF Chandler Field 06/14-15 Olympic Air Museum Airshow Olympia WA PF http://www.olympicflightmuseum.com/coming_events/airshow2008/airshow2008.htm 06/20 Vertical Challenge Heli AS San Carlos CA ICA 06/21 Eagle Mountain Airshow Porterville CA EM upintheairpics at comcast.net 06/28 Lake In The Sky Airshow S Lake Tahoe USN Lake Tahoe Airfest 07-09-13 Arlington FlyIn Arlington WA PF 07/12 American Heroes Airshow Pacoima CA FIC Hansen Dam flyer at http://www.heroes-airshow.com/losangeles/ [07/19 Hemet Ryan Air Show Hemet CA] ICA 05/04 cancelled per website http://www.hemet-ryanairshow.org/ 07/28-03 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Oshkosh WI PF 08/-4-03 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Oshkosh WI PF 08/01-02 Thunder In The Sky 2008 Auburn CA PF 08/01-03 Seafair Airshow Lake Washington WA USN BA 08/15-17 Wings over the Wine Ctry Sonoma CA USN/ICA Wings Over The Wine Country 08/16-17 Camarillo Air Show Camarillo CA ICA/PF http://www.camarilloairshow.com/ Airshow coupon 08/23-24 Thunder Over The Valley Santa Maria CA USN/ACC A-10 West, HF P-51 08/23 Oregon International AS Hillsboro OR USN 08/23 Thunder Over The Coconino Valle AZ PF http://www.valleairport.com 08/30-31 * Travis AFB airshow Fairfield CA TB TB Travis AFB airshow Last C-133 arrival http://www.travis.af.mil/ 08/30-01 Cleveland Natl Airshow Cleveland OH PF http://www.clevelandairshow.com/ 09/-1-01 Cleveland Natl Airshow Cleveland OH PF http://www.clevelandairshow.com/ [09/06-07 * NAS Lemoore Airshow Lemoore CA] USN 01/30 NO per PAO www.lemoore.navy.mil 09/10-14 Reno Air Races Reno NV USN/ACC TB F-22 East, HF P-38 & P-51 Reno Air Race Association Section 3 website 09/20 Fox Field Airfest Lancaster CA EM static display? stay tuned... 09/26-27 Chico Airfest Chico CA ICA/PF SB 09/27 Victor Valley Airshow Apple Valley CA EM http://www.vvasa.com/ 09/27-28 California Intl Airshow Salinas CA TB/ACC TB F-15E East, HF P-38 California Int'l Airshow 09/28 HemetRyan PT22/Wbd FlyIn Hemet CA EM http://www.ryanclub.org/pdf/hemet-ryan_fly-in_2008.pdf 10/00 * Edwards AFB airshow There will be no 2008 show per Antelope Valley Press 10/17/2007, look for 2009 show 10/03-05 * MCAS Miramar Air Show San Diego CA USN/ACC BA AV8B MV22 F-16 West, F-22 East, HF P-51 & F-86 Miramar Airshow MCAS Miramar --> San Diego Fleet Week MCCS Miramar [10/04-05 Redding Air Show 2008 Redding CA] USN cancelled due to sponsors pulling out: http://www.reddingairshow.com/ 10/11-12 San Francisco Fleet Week San Francisco CA USN BA SB military.com Fleet Week [10/17-19 Huntington Beach Air/Water Huntington Bch CA]USN/ICA AV8B 07/01 cancelled per City 10-18 Wings Over Houston Airshow Houston TX USN Ellington Field [10/19 Kingman AZ Airshow Kingman AZ] PF Looks to be cancelled for 2008 http://kingmanairshow.com/ 11/01 Jacqueline Cochran Airshow Thermal CA ICA/PF 11/08 Veteran's Day Celebration Riverside CA PF Flabob Intl Aerodrome 11/08-09 * Nellis AFB airshow Las Vegas NV TB/ACC TB F-15E East, F-22 East, HF P-38 & P-51 11/11 Mojave Vet Day Ceremony Mojave CA EM Ceremony at 11AM, fly-overs at Noon 11/15-16 Wings Over Long Beach Long Beach CA EM/WWW wingsoverlongbeach.com ; static display at LGB
Nov 19 2008 - final