Commemorative Air Force Open House (2008)

icejammer · Post by **icejammer** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:27 am

If you're in the Bluffs Saturday, you might want to check this out, if you're an aviation buff.

Hangar, museum to hold open house Saturday

GUNFIGHTER

Gunfighter buzzed over our house a couple times earlier this summer, awesome sight to behold. Noisy, but awesome.

icejammer · Post by **icejammer** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:49 am

WW II airplanes draw crowd to airport open house

There was a very nice turnout for this event Saturday. Saw a few people I know with their planes there. I'll post some photos from the event, some really beautifully restored planes there.

icejammer · Post by **icejammer** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 1:41 pm

This year's open house is Saturday, July 15, from 10 am to 4 pm. Link below should open up a PDF of the flyer for this year's open house:

CAF Great Plains Wing Open House

Unfortunately, it's going to be a hot one, so be prepared.

[edit - some pics from last year: http://www.eomaha.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2565

eomaha · Post by **eomaha** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:08 pm

I don't know if I'll make it or not... but I'm definitely a big Mustang fan!

and of course Gun Fighter...

I took these at the Kansas City Air Races which took place in the early 90's... as far as I know they only had one such event in KC.

icejammer · Post by **icejammer** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:32 am

Thanks for posting the flyer Jeff. I was hoping to go, but some other things have been thrust upon my plate, so to speak, for this weekend, so it's iffy if I'll get over there. If I do, I'll be taking some pictures, for sure. And a 50% increase in the number of Mustangs there!

icejammer · Post by **icejammer** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:59 am

It's too bad we don't have somebody like a Paul Allen with this collection of airworthy old planes to complement this show around here:

Vintage warplanes going airborne again

I didn't quite make it to the open house, got lucky enough to be close enough to snap a few shots (I'll post later) of some of the aircraft they had this year.

icejammer · Post by **icejammer** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:33 am

Here's one photo I managed to snap while in the vicinity:

I have some others, but first need to crop out a little more sky.

icejammer · Post by **icejammer** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 2:47 pm

A couple other shots I grabbed and cropped down:

P-51D "Gunfighter"

An AT-6

(click on to view larger size at Flickr)

eomaha · Post by **eomaha** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:00 pm

Nice pictures jammer! I wish I could have made it... I did hear a Rolls Royce Merlin flying overhead while I was in my garage that day.

icejammer · Post by **icejammer** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:07 pm

The Commerative Air Force Great Plains Wing will be hosting their annual open house at the Council Bluffs airport this weekend starting on Friday, complete with their collection of vintage aircraft, not sure how many from around the area will be flying in, but they usually have 4 or 5 others. This will also overlap with the Barnstormers tour this week, so a great opportunity to see some really vintage aircraft this weekend.