OK, Back to P-40 stuff,
#21 Pappy "Gregory" Boyington's P-40 proudly displayed last week at this years Pacific Aviation Museum and Warbirds West Airshow along with the Thunderbirds at the "Wings, Wheels and Rotors" event here in Longbeach Ca.
Pacific Aviation Musium Members from Pearl Harbor's Ford Island Museum were on hand to work with the youth on how the future of aviation is being molded by technology advancements while preserving the history & sacrifice our men and woman made and continue to make in active service.
Kenneth "Ken" DeHoff (Director of the Museum) worked tirelessly with the 30k plus crowd as they patrolled through the display area behind the flight lines shared with the Thunderbirds.
What an amazing event only made possible by the tireless efforts of Michael Fetyko of Warbirds West scale flying team. His efforts working with upper echelon military brass ensured the history of aviation and the stories of the people who were there are remembered.
Pictured is the P-40 on display with a scale WWII Chinese ground troop. (Air and ground support for the British & Chinese allies was the focus of the Flying Tigers operation.)
Also Pictured is Ken form Pacific Aviation museum working with the flyers of tomorrow. If you are ever looking up history on Pearl Harbor don't forget to visit the Pacific Aviation museum on Ford Island.
www.pacificaviationmuseum.org
Oh Yah! and the Thunderbirds parked at night next to our tent!!
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Michael will announce the next Warbirds West Event soon -
https://www.facebook.com/warbirdswest
We are working on a new show for 2017
R.I.P. - R.A. Bob Hoover