Dates
Saturday, August 16
Sunday, August 17
Hours
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Admission
| Adult: | $8 |
| Couples: | $16 |
| Kids 11-16: | $8.00 |
| Kids 0-10: | Free with an adult admission |
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Excitement In The Air
"Best all around show I've seen!"
-- Prior year exit survey comment
Morning Fly-bys
The morning of the Air Expo gives attendees the chance to see a variety of experimental aircraft in flight. Starting at 9:00 AM both Saturday and Sunday, you will enjoy a range of ultralight and homebuilt aircraft. An announcer will provide you details and exciting commentary on each aircraft.
Air Expo Performers
This year dozens of aircraft take to the skies during the air expo, both Saturday and Sunday. These planes are privately owned and maintained. Many are flown by the owner pilot. This is a rare chance to see so many beautifully maintained aircraft flying.
Here are a few highlights:
A C53, a PT-22, and an L-2 will be provided by the Commerative Air Force at Riverside. Two B-25s will fly past the crowd, one named Heavenly Body will come over from Van Nuys. The other B-25 is based here at Camarillo and in addition to flying by will be available for viewing on the ground. A rare Scottish Bulldog will be flown by its owner Mr. Solutt. Our local air show performer, John Collver, will fly his SNJ which he has previously flown in aerobatic routines here at Camarillo. The Planes of Fame museum will fly their F-4U Corsair and their P-40 Tomahawk. Two of the local leaders of the sponsor EAA Chapter 723, Dan Miller and Norm Hall will fly an RV-6 and an RV-6a. The local Commerative Air Force chapter will fly a PT-19. The Ventura County Sheriff's department will fly a Bell 206 and do a water drop in front of the crowd.
Two, possibly three, sets of formation flights are planned. Formation flying requires both special skill and talent, as well as a significant amount of practice and training, to safely be accomplished. We are lucky to have three sets of formation fliers and flights. Four CJ-6 aircraft will do a formation fly by flown by their owners, Messrs: Richar, Provo, Lee, and Zeissman. There will also be a formation flight of Navions organized by Dave Vanoni of the expo sponsor EAA Chapter 723. The famous Condor Squadron may also do a formation flight in their AT-6 aircraft.
Torrey Ward will demonstrate his remote controlled jet model aircraft. This amazing little plane is always a crowd pleaser.
A new addition this year will be a remote control Helicopter model flown by Tim Jones. It will be exciting to see all the maneuvers that can be accomplished by a remote control helicopter.
There will also be a CJ-6 flown by Tom Watson, a P-51 flown by Torrey Ward, a Legend flown by Dan Grey, a T-28 flown by Mark Matye, and Denis Conkey and Jim Thompson will fly their beautiful Lancair 360 experimental aircraft. The Camarillo Chapter of the Commerative Air Force (CAF) will fly a Japanese Zero (pilot Jason Somes) and two former US Navy aircraft: the F6F Hellcat, and the F8F Bearcat.
Roger Orr will fly the rare Howard antique aircraft; Bob Cable will fly his Russian AN-2 Antonov plane; Clay Lacy will fly his F9F Tigercat, also a former Navy aircraft. Mark Martin will fly his Russian Yak-52 and Yak-55; Gary Entrekin will fly his beautifully restored WACO. Two former Air Force training planes will be flown, one by Mark Russell who will fly his T-34B, and the other by Greg Weitzman who will fly a T-26A. A Ryan STA will be flown by Gary Jackson; Chris Nehus and Angelo Regina will each fly a PT-22, and a P-51 will be flown by Kevin La Rosa.
Both the US Army and the US Coast Guard will be bringing helicopters. The Army will fly a UH-60 Blackhawk and a UH-1 Huey. Both will be on display for people to look at up close and any young men or women who want to learn to fly those helicopters will have a chance to talk to the Army recruiters who will explain the programs available. The Coast Guard will fly their Helo and have it on display for people to look as up close. There will also be Coast Guard personnel who will be please to discuss flying careers in the Coast Guard.
For those people who want to see brand new planes flying, there will be an Eclypse Jet flying by and afterward it will be parked for viewing. Channel Islands Aviation, CIA, pilots will fly the new Cessna Mustang for the crowd to view. It will also be on display for close up viewing. Representatives of both these new aircraft will be available to explain the aircraft and their features.
Airplane Rides
Your Air Expo program will show the location of the beautiful aircraft that will be available for rides on Saturday and Sunday. Check out their prices and schedules early, so you can fit this into your day.
A favorite from last year is the Beech 18 which will be flown by pilot Taigh Ramey. This is a very popular plane and Taigh gives the passengers a good ride. You get to see the expo from the air as well as view the Camarillo ares.
There will be helicoptor rides available. Details to follow. There also may be one other plane offerring plane rides. Details to follow.
You'll receive an Air Expo program at the gate that indicates the locations for all of these special attractions.