Julie Clark in her T-34 Mentor at the Palm Springs Air Museum T-34 Fly-In this past weekend. Now 74 years old, consistently named air show “Performer Of The Year”. Rated in over 66 types of aircraft, Julie was one of the first women pilots to ever fly for a major airline.
The Palm Springs Air Museum T-33 Shooting Star going into afterburner. Ok maybe not afterburner. But going on out on one of two ride flights this past Saturday.
A C-130 Hercules from Little Rock Air Force Base arriving in Palm Springs. Little Rock is the primary C-130 training base for the Department of Defense.
Out of town visitors to Palm Springs last Friday. F/A-18F Super Hornets from VFA-154, the Black Knights from Naval Air Station Lemoore. Attached to Carrier Air Wing Eleven and deployed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.
A Grumann Albatross landing in Palm Springs today This aircraft entered service in the USAF in 1953 and served during combat in search and rescue in Korea and Vietnam.
It left Palm Springs after fueling and went on to Catalina Island. I really wanted to marshal in to the Palm Springs Air Museum ramp but it would have made a real mess for flight operations.
We had some unusual weather here in Palm Springs over the weekend. The Control Tower at the airport framed by sunlight reflecting on the wet hillside to the west.
Taking off and flying past the control tower at Palm Springs International Airport. The C-47 Skytrain “What’s Up Doc?” from the Palm Springs Air Museum flying ride passengers for a Living History Flight Experience.
Some of the flying yesterday at the Palm Springs Air Museum. The P-51D Mustang “Man O’ War”, the C-47 Skytrain “What’s Up Doc?” and a PT-17 Stearman that was owned by Barron Hilton.
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