Gala Warbird fly-in at Cable Airport Sat.
The 3rd Pursuit Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force will have a Gala Warbird Fly-in from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Cable Airport, 1749 W. 13th St., Upland.
Admission is free.
Numerous resorted WWII era aircraft will be flown and on display.
The 3rd Pursuit Squadron is named in honor of the unit in which their friend and former charter member, Erik Shilling, served in the American Volunteer Group, The Flying Tigers, during the period of WW II.
These heroic volunteers flew P-40's in the China theater against the Japanese. This unit is dedicated to memorializing and celebrating the feats of these famous aviators.
For more information on the American Volunteer Group visit www.flyingtigersavg.com.
The Commemorative Air Force is a National 501(c)3 Museum dedicated to the
preservation and restoration to flying condition, of historic aircraft, so the sacrifice of the men and women who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America is never forgotten.
Members of the 3rd Pursuit Squadron travel with the aircraft to air shows all over California. Monthly work groups wash, fly and maintain the aircraft.
There are dinner meetings with guest speakers who recant their lives in the cockpits of the flying machines.
The squadron regularly invites local Veterans to share dinner and fellowship.
For more information on the 3rd Pursuit Squadron visit www.3rdpursuit.com.
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