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Big B -> RE: Chino Airshow (6/13/2008 4:35:51 AM)
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Nice pic's pompack.[;)]
Chino is only a few miles from my home - but I haven't gone to one of their airshows since the '80's (been out to the air museum and Flo's Dinner though).
Back in the 70's and real early 80's - the aricraft did more than 'fly-by's' for the camera...they stunted and staged dogfights and bombings. But now that Chino has been so developed, I'm afraid fly-by's are all they can get away with these days (one reason why I stopped going I guess).
Still and all, Chino is still the Mecca for warbird restoration, I believe they do more of that there than anywhere else on the planet, and their air-museum is top notch.
The reenacting group in those photos - the CHG - are the guys I spent about a decade reenacting with (it's been about 10 years ago now). They have a lot of fun, and are a good group of guys. It's kind of funny, but as much as this forum community knows about 'all things PTO' - they are as dedicated to all things Med & ETO (West Front and East Front), and they have a lexicon of their own for 'things not accurate'. One thing the forum members here would particularly enjoy - about every other year a dedicated group of reenactor's from Japan would come out for a PTO Battle. They loved coming out to California where they could rent real Japanese MG's and all. Barely two in twenty could speak English - but everyone got along well, we all loved it when the Jap's came over to play. One thing about reenacting - it's a bigger history lesson when you're actually exhausted, hungry, and sweating - than reading any book.
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