Monday, June 23, 2003: After the Van Nuys Aviation Expo

Bert Konle admires a beautiful example of a C-46 Commando.  Affiliated with the Commemorative Air Force and operated by the Southern California Wing in Camarillo, CA




Another shot of the big Curtis.

Clay Lacy had this C-47 Dakota (construction number 34370, built in 1943) restored as a classic DC-3 in United Airlines livery - Clay started his avaition career as a co-pilot in a United DC-3.  Current registration number is N814CL.

This Bushmaster 2000, a redesigned Ford Tri-Motor, is operated in Los Angeles, and is available for charter

Two classic aircraft





This actually happened the day the F-117s showed up.  One of the Stealth pilots came over to talk about our airplane

Even though the Air Force asked to have pictures taken with both airplanes, security rules were still in force. 



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