NAF El Centro: "Festival Of Flight" 2023

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Post by AVIATION GEEK 2000 » Wed Feb 08, 2023 4:39 pm

I’m hoping the F-35B demo team comes to the Airshow! They are down there practicing so I wonder if they’ll stay!
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Post by Nick » Wed Feb 08, 2023 7:39 pm

AVIATION GEEK 2000 wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 4:39 pm I’m hoping the F-35B demo team comes to the Airshow! They are down there practicing so I wonder if they’ll stay!
No, quite not the case, their scheduled to be at Yuma that weekend, El Centro plays as a "field of practice" role for Naval/Marine Demo Teams, the Marines concurrently are trying to bring their F-35B program to be certified as a full demo team.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Feb 24, 2023 3:25 am

The warbird that’ll be flying alongside the F-16 for the Heritage Flight will be the P-51.

https://www.acc.af.mil/Home/Aerial-Even ... -schedule/
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Mar 06, 2023 5:58 pm

Here's what the weather looks like for this Saturday.
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Post by cerflo95 » Tue Mar 07, 2023 3:55 am

Latest addition from Palm Spring Museum :

- T33 Shooting Star "Calif Air Guard"
- P-51 "Bunny"
- P-51 "Man'O'War"
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Post by AVIATION GEEK 2000 » Tue Mar 07, 2023 7:58 pm

On the updated schedule it just says “USAF Heritage flight” and F-16 and P-51 taxi out which worries me that there won’t be a full demo anymore
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Post by cerflo95 » Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:29 am

25 min for only HF? I don't think,
For me it's :
- F16 solo
- HF
- Mustang (solo or duo)

We wiil see tomorrow ;)
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