Planes of Fame Demo Day: More Than Eye Candy

If vintage airplanes and classic cars are your thing, you'll want to visit the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Southern California this Saturday for Flying Demo Day.

Meg Godlewski

Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 02:12 PM ET

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D-Day Doll sports the livery of the Allied forces for the Normandy Invasion.[Courtesy: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force/Ken LaRock]

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The Planes of Fame Air Museum's Flying Demo Day this Saturday at Chino Airport will feature the historic Douglas C-53D "D-Day Doll" with a talk, flight demonstration, and paid passenger flights.
The event includes additional aviation history presentations on "Fighter Aces" and Amelia Earhart's last flight, enhanced by historical re-enactors.
Classic American V8 sports cars from the California Association of Sunbeam Tigers will also be on display, celebrating automobile engineering alongside aviation.

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If vintage airplanes and classic cars are your thing, you’ll want to visit the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Southern California this Saturday for Flying Demo Day. The event is being held at Chino Airport (KCNO). During World War II, the airport was home to Cal-Aero, one of the first training facilities used by the Army Air Corps.

Among the guests invited to appear is the Douglas C-53D from the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Inland Empire Wing. The C-53D was a variant of the Douglas C-47 Skytrain (a militarized version of Douglas’ DC-3). The C-53D was used to tow gliders into France during the Allied D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. The CAF aircraft, designated D-Day Doll, sports the livery of the forces on D-Day—note the “invasion stripes” on the wings.