FIFI B-29 Superfortress fly-in – Camarillo 2013

[Midnight Mover]

FIFI  B-29 Superfortress fly-in – Camarillo 2013



March 18-20,2013

Camarillo Airport
455 Aviation Drive
Camarillo, CA 93010

Admission Cost: $15 per person - Price includes FREE B-29 Cockpit Tour & Museum admission at CAF SoCal

Dates & Times

Monday, March 18, 2:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 19, 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 20, 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Attending Aircraft

B-29 Superfortress - FIFI
C-45 Expediter - Bucket of Bolts
P-51 Mustang - Man O War
T-6 Texan (Navy SNJ)
PT-19 Cornell

Note: The aircraft will arrive on Monday at approximately noon.

B-29 Ride Flight Times

Wednesday @ 9:00 & 10:30 a.m.

Note: The aircraft will arrive on Monday at approximately 10:00 a.m.

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[phantomphan1974]

Fifi running 2 plus hours late from KPSP to KCMA. 

[phantomphan1974]

Weather is not the best here in the Valley at the Warner Ctr and I hear similar at KCMA so delays maybe weather related.

[SinCalRyder]

Just got home from there, and yeah she was running late, but we all found way to entertain ourselves! =) 9 hours I wouldnt rather spend anywhere else anyways hehehe. The moment she came into view being escorted by a Mustang, Spitfire, Bearcat, Hellcat, and a Zero all the waiting was forgotten!

[Realbigtaco]

Just got home from there, and yeah she was running late, but we all found way to entertain ourselves! =) 9 hours I wouldnt rather spend anywhere else anyways hehehe. The moment she came into view being escorted by a Mustang, Spitfire, Bearcat, Hellcat, and a Zero all the waiting was forgotten!

9 hours of waiting?!?!  That is commitment!

[phantomphan1974]

WOW!  How does that caculate when she was 2 hrs and change late.....  What an escort!!!

[nmcbride]

FiFi and her escorts arrived just after between 2:30 and 3:00pm.      Original schedule was 11:00am.    With lots of times forcasted between.    All good fun while we waited around, though.

[SinCalRyder]

WOW!  How does that caculate when she was 2 hrs and change late.....  What an escort!!!

I didn't say we had to wait 9 hours, I said 9 hours there lol. ot there about 10, left at almost 7 ;-)    Not counting 5 hours drive time. And all worth it! Will post some of my pics tonight

[Midnight Mover]

FIFI B-29 at Camarillo 3-19-2013

[Midnight Mover]

FIFI B-29 at Camarillo 3-19-2013

[SinCalRyder]

[SinCalRyder]

One more lol

[SeanLAX]

A few photos from Fifi's arrival on Monday


1 by Mr. Airport, on Flickr


3 by Mr. Airport, on Flickr


6 by Mr. Airport, on Flickr


5 by Mr. Airport, on Flickr

[SinCalRyder]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh Jealous!     That last shot was the one I wanted!!!  You guys know me and my love for shooting the planes alone at night!!!!!  Great job.

P.S. Did you shoot this in raw? If so, what I do with a lot of my night shots like this is set my white balance to florescent and adjust from there, it can give the photos a whole different look if you wanted to try that ;-) 

[SeanLAX]

Thanks for that tip!! I will give that a shot tonight while out on the ramp

While I loved the fact I had the opportunity for a night photo, I was completely unhappy with the barrage of yellow that came from the floodlights on the CAF ramp.