Fox Field Air Fair 2008 is scheduled to run from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, so drive there, ride there, walk there, fly there. If you like flying and aircraft, you'll like the opportunity to see numerous aircraft up close.
It's not an air show, mind you. The last air show at Gen. William J. Fox Airfield was in 1995.
"We want people to know that Fox Field is here in the Antelope Valley and want people to see aircraft up close and personal," said pilot and aviation instructor Bob "Stambo" Stambovsky, spokesman for the event sponsored by the Fox Airport Association.
"We're looking at having about 20 aircraft on static display, from home-built aircraft to jet fighters. We'll also have a Marine helicopter, a CH-46D Sea Knight, used by HMM 764, Marine Air Group 46 from Edwards Air Force Base.
"It's going to be especially great for aviation buffs. As a kid I loved everything about aviation. I ate it up," Stambovsky continued.
The field, at Avenue G and 50th Street West, is named after Brig. Gen. William J. Fox, who died in 1993 at age 95. Fox is credited with bringing commercial aviation to the Valley
It's not an air show, mind you. The last air show at Gen. William J. Fox Airfield was in 1995.
"We want people to know that Fox Field is here in the Antelope Valley and want people to see aircraft up close and personal," said pilot and aviation instructor Bob "Stambo" Stambovsky, spokesman for the event sponsored by the Fox Airport Association.
"We're looking at having about 20 aircraft on static display, from home-built aircraft to jet fighters. We'll also have a Marine helicopter, a CH-46D Sea Knight, used by HMM 764, Marine Air Group 46 from Edwards Air Force Base.
"It's going to be especially great for aviation buffs. As a kid I loved everything about aviation. I ate it up," Stambovsky continued.
The field, at Avenue G and 50th Street West, is named after Brig. Gen. William J. Fox, who died in 1993 at age 95. Fox is credited with bringing commercial aviation to the Valley