Aviation & Marine USA
California Capital Air Show
Sacramento held its First Annual California Capital Air Show at the former Mather AFB; Large crowds overwhelmed the many vendors on site and guaranteed a bright future for this, the newest of events on the Air Show circuit.
by ILIPS Group Freelance Correspondent
Rick W. Pisio
Pages -- 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
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Designed
in 1935 by the Grumman Aircraft Corp. the F4F was the
first all-metal, carrier launched, monoplane fighter
purchased by the U.S. Navy. The Wildcat was America's
primary naval fighter entering World War II but by 1943
most Wildcat squadrons were re-equipped with either the
larger Grumman F6F Hellcat or the Chance-Vought F4U
Corsair.
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| Tony Banta's Grumman F8F
Bearcat follows the Wildcat during the warbird flybys.
The Bearcat was the last of Grumman's piston engined
carrier based fighters. Powered by an 18 cylinder R-2800
radial engine the Bearcat was capable of a maximum speed
of 421 mph. |
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| Tony Banta's P-40
Warhawk. The P-40 is powered by a 1360hp Allison V-1710
inline piston engine. The maximum speed of the P-40 was
378 mph. |
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| Tony Banta's P-40 makes
another pass during the warbird flybys. |
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| Tony Banta, whose
airplanes are hangered in nearby Livermore, California,
fly his brightly polished P-51D Mustang "Kimberly
Kaye" during the warbird flybys. |
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| Chuck Wahl keeps it low
after take off. Chuck is the son of a naval aviator and
the airplane that Chuck restored and flies was in the
squadron that his father served in at the time of his
father's carrier qualifications. The aircraft was painted
to look like the ones Chuck's father flew in 1966. |
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| Chuck Wahl's airplane, a
T-28C, was flown by many Navy and Marine aviation
trainees between 1956 and 1975. This particular aircraft
logged 425 arrested carrier landings on several ships. |
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| An Air Force pilot
shares a laugh over a T-38 pitot tube with a couple of
bikers attending the show. |
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| An EA-6B Prowler from
VAQ-129 sits on static display. The EA-6B is derived from
the two-seater A-6 Intruder. The basic airframe was
stretched and strengthened to accommodate a four-seat
cockpit and the AN/ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System. |
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| Depending on the mission
the Prowler can carry up to five pods in a mix of jamming
transmitters, fuel tanks and/or HARM anti-radiation
missiles. |
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