Paine Field Aviation Day 2016

Paine Field, Washington – May 21st, 2016: This year the annual Paine Field Aviation Day started out on a grey and rainy day but fortunately the cloud and rain lifted enough to get some flying in! Aircraft participating in the flight displays on the day included those from the Flying Heritage Collection (Curtiss P-40C Tomahawk and Republic P-47D Thunderbolt), Historic Flight Foundation (Grumman F7F Tigercat & Grumman F8F Bearcat), the Cascade Warbirds (IAR-823’s, Nanchang CJ-6, North American SNJ, North American T-28’s, Ryan Navion’s) and the Olympic Flight Museum (Goodyear FG1D Corsair). Despite the inclement weather it was a great day!

Paine Field Aviation Day 2016 – Goodyear FG1D Corsair, Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXe and Goodyear F2G Corsair

Plenty of static displays

Military vehicles and classic cars were also on show

Flying Heritage Collection P-47D Thunderbolt and P-40C Tomahawk

Flying Heritage Collection P-47D Thunderbolt and P-40C Tomahawk

Cascade Warbirds T-28 Trojans

Cascade Warbirds – Navion’s, Nanchang CJ-6, IAR-823’s and SNJ

Big brother, little brother – Boeing 787 Dreamliner and IAR-823 “Winter Tiger”

A brand new USAF Boeing KC-46 Pegasus air refuelling tanker on a test flight from the Boeing Factory at Paine Field (note it does not yet have the refuelling boom fitted)

Olympic Flight Museum FG1D Corsair (it seemed to have a problem bringing up the tailwheel)

Goodyear FG1D Corsair

Dirty Pass

There was a variety of aircraft on display at the 2016 Paine Field Aviation Day

Historic Flight Foundation Grumman F7F Tigercat

Historic Flight Foundation Grumman F7F Tigercat

Historic Flight Foundation Grumman F7F Tigercat & Grumman F8F Bearcat

Historic Flight Foundation Grumman F7F Tigercat & Grumman F8F Bearcat

Historic Flight Foundation Grumman F7F Tigercat & Grumman F8F Bearcat

Historic Flight Foundation Grumman F7F Tigercat & Grumman F8F Bearcat

A bright looking Ryan (North American) Navion

Warbirds

Cascade Warbirds, DC-3, Boeing 787 Dreamliner undercarriage and Spitfire Mk.IXe