The Central Coast AirFest, hosted by Planes of Fame at Santa Maria Airport in California, took place last weekend over 21st and 22nd September 2024.
The majority of the show’s performers were warbirds of numerous types from many different war theatres, some of which are considered to be very rare indeed. As a result, we decided to come up with a warbirds video featuring all the best clips taken of the warbirds from the Friday practice day and the weekend’s show days.
Highlights of the show have to include the de Havilland Mosquito formation - the first to take place in nearly 40 years; 2x P-51A Mustangs; a P-63 Kingcobra and two P-47 Thunderbolts - one of which being ‘Snafu’, a former resident at Duxford with The Fighter Collection.
Aircraft skip:
0:00 - Various warbirds start-ups and taxi
2:08 - TF-51D Mustang
4:50 - P-40, XP-51 & P-63
5:16 - TF-51D Mustang
6:12 - SBD-5 Dauntless
6:30 - Grumman TBM Avenger
6:52 - P-40 Warhawk
7:15 - P-51A Mustang
7:38 - Hawker Sea Fury
8:01 - P-38 Lightning
8:16 - P-51D Mustang
8:44 - Various warbirds power ups and take-offs
11:24 - Various warbirds’ flypasts
17:29 - XP-51
17:56 - P-51D Mustang ‘Sparky’
18:08 - Yak-3U
18:39 - P-51D Mustang ‘Wee Willy II’
19:12 - P-40 Warhawk
19:28 - P-63 Kingcobra
20:09 - B-17F Flying Fortress ‘Ye Olde Pub’
27:28 - De Havilland Mosquitoes
33:24 - P-51A Mustang ‘Miss Virginia’
35:19 - P-47 Thunderbolts
36:16 - P-47D Thunderbolt ‘Dottie Mae’
36:43 - P-47G Thunderbolt ‘Snafu’
38:13 - B-25 Mitchells
41:54 - Hawker Sea Fury T.20
45:11 - Grumman F8F Bearcat
46:00 - Canadair CT-133 Silver Star
46:13 - Grumman F8F Bearcat
46:26 - Canadair CT-133 Silver Star
46:48 - Grumman F8F Bearcat
47:05 - Canadair CT-133 Silver Star
49:07 - USN Legacy Flight - F8F & F/A-18F
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