Warbird, Airshow and Related Links

Be sure to visit my Delco-Remy History, Grumman Tracker S2F Tracker Survivors, and The American Auto Industry in World War Two websites!

• Delco-Remy History 1896-1994

• The US / American Automobile Industry in World War Two

• Grumman S2F Tracker Survivors

Cool Warbird Videos - There are a considerable number of warbird videos available but these are a few of my favorites.

• Spitfire 944 - Excellent video of US WWII Spitfire Recon Sgt. Pilot flying over Berlin unarmed. Yes, USAAF flew Spitfires!
• Chino Airshow P-38 Fly-By - This shows five P-38s information together on Sunday May 5, 2013
• Mosquito KA114 Video - First take-off at Virginia Beach on May 7, 2013
• Mosquito KA114 Video - Superb aerial video of the world's only flying deHavilland Mosquito by Scott Slocum
• Waukegan 2011 Airshow - Check out the four ship Legacy Flight
• St. Barths Arrival from the Cockpits 2011 - Wow!
• St. Barths Air Show 2011 - More Wow!
• St. Barths Arrival from the Ground 2011
• St. Barths Arrival from the Ground 2015
• Mustangs and Legends 2007 - Features the great sound of the RR Merlin
• Duxford Trailer 2010  Great footage!!!
• Duxford Trailer 2012  Great footage!!!
• Duxford Trailer 2013  Still great footage!!
• Duxford DVD Trailer 2013  More great footage!!
• Duxford Trailer 2014
• Duxford Trailer 2016
• Duxford Trailer 2017
• Duxford Trailer 2018
• Duxford Trailer 2019
• Duxford Trailer 2020
• Cameron, MO 2014 Airshow - Not a warbird show but great video
• RAF Waddington Airfield Landings - A great spot to watch the aircraft land!

Airshow Information

• Live Airshow TV
• Flight Line Internet Radio
• Warbird Radio
• Aviation Trivia of the Day
• Warbird News
• Airshow News
• Warbird Digest

Airshows of Interest - 2024

• TBM Avenger Salute to Veterans, Peru, IL - May 17-18, 2024
• Good Neighbor Airshow , Chamblee, GA - TBD 2024
• Geneseo Air Show - TBD 2024
• Cavalcade of Planes Bolingbrook Clow Airport, IL - June 1-2, 2024
• Spirit of St. Louis Airshow  - June 8-9, 2024
• WWII Weekend at Mid Atlantic Museum - June 7-9, 2024
• Pikes Peak Regional Airshow, Coloraldo Springs, CO - August 17-18, 2024
• Northern Illinois Airshow, Waukegan, IL - September 2025
• Wings By the Wabash, Robinson, IL - September 28-29, 2024
• Tri-State Warbird Museum, Warbird Flying Showcase - TBD 2024
• Bowman Fest - TBD 2024

Military Airshows of Interest - 2024

• New Orleans Air Show - March 23-24, 2024
• MCAS Cherry Point, NC Airshow - May 11-12, 2024

• Purdue Aviation Day, Purdue University - April 13, 2024
• Terre Haute, IN Airshow - June 1-2, 2024
• Salute to Veterans, Elkhart, IN - Returns in 2025
• Anderson Airshow - July 3, 2024
• Goshen Freedom Fest - July 13, 2024
• American Huey 369 8th Annual Reunion / Grissom Aero Plex, Peru - August xx 2024
• Marion Fly/In Cruise/In - August 31, 2024
• Rotors over Mentone -  September xx, 2024
• Madison Air Show - September 28, 2024
• Crossroads Airshow - October 26-27 2024

Outside Aircraft Displays

• Aviation Museums - A very complete worldwide listing of aviation museums
• Aerial Visuals
• Bill Maloney Museum and Outside Display Photos
• Canadian Planes on Pedestals
• Preserved US Military Aircraft
• Skytamer
• Scott Field Heritage Air Park
• Static Aircraft Displays
• Planes of the Past
• Memories of England AFB
• Warbird Park - Myrtle Beach, SC

• 2023-2024 Airshow Schedule from AirshowStuff.com
• 2024 Airshow Schedule from Milavia
• Air Show Center
• ICAS - International Council of Airshows (See Calendar for show dates)
• Dave Dacy Airshows

Indiana Warbirds, Aviation and Aviation/Military/Fire Museums

• American Military Heritage Foundation (PV-2 Harpoon "Island Doll") Webpage
• American Military Heritage Foundation (PV-2 Harpoon "Island Doll") Facebook Page
• American Huey 369
• Hoosier Air Museum
• Grissom Air Museum
• Lee Bottom Flying Field
• Atterbury Bakalar Air Museum
• The USS LST Ship Memorial
• Lawrence D Bell Aircraft Museum
• Fort Wayne Air Museum
• Freeman Field Museum
• Wilbur Wright Museum
• NVHA - National Veteran's Historical Archive, Inc.
• Indiana Military Museum
• Warbird Training Center - The Checkertail Clan
• Indiana Wing of The Commemorative Air Force
• Museum of 20th Century Warfare 
• Weir Cook Memorial Project
• Museum of the Soldier
• Five Points Fire Museum
• Ernie Pyle WWII Museum
• Early Ford V-8 Foundation Museum
• Vintage Fire Museum
• A-26 "Silver Dragon"
• Camp Atterbury Museum

• Richard Seaman Air Shows and Museums
• YouTube Indy Air Show 2006-Collection
• Air Show Stuff
• FotoDJ
• Airshow Action Photo Gallery
• Plane Imaging by Rob Moser
• Sky Gypsy Hot Air Ballooning

• WWII US Aircraft Manufacturers
• Vought Aircraft Heritage Information
• Mosquito Aircraft Production at Downview
• Aircraft Engine Historical Society
• Martin Aircraft
• Mosquito Manufacture in Australia
• Niagara Aerospace Museum @ Niagara Falls, NY P-39  Video
• Nash-Kelvinator Production in WWII
• Douglas Plant at Orchard Place, IL
• Heritage Research WWII Sites Data Base
• A Merlin is Made - Imperial War Museum photos of 1942 British Merlin manufacture
• US War Assets Report 1946 - A fascinating look at the plants that the US financed during WWII
• Birth of a B-29 - WWII footage building the B-29 at the Bell Marietta, GA Plant
• Manufactured Victory - Great WWII aircraft production information on the Vintage Wings of Canada Website
• Consolidated-Vultee Downey, CA Plant History - This an the only information that is available on this plant that built BT-13/15s during WWII.  Unfortunately the website is not organized very well so I have included several sub links below:
  • Photos of the Downey Plant and Products
  • Downey Plant Time Line and Written History
• Information on the Glenn Martin Plant 2, Middle River, MD
• Curtiss-Wright Buffalo, NY Aircraft Production - Great color photos

• USS Arizona Memorial Museum
• National WWII Museum - Formerly the D-Day Museum
• U.S. Cavalry Museum
• Army Museums
• The Airborne and Special Operations Museum
• Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
• War Dogs
• The National Infantry Museum
• Fort Meade, SD Museum
• US Border Patrol Museum
• Museum of the Kansas National Guard
• Historic Wendover Airfield
• MVPA
• Fort MacArthur
• Niagara Aerospace Museum @ Niagara Falls, NY
• K.I. Sawyer Heritage Museum
• NAS Grosse Ile, MI Virtual Museum