Well, it took my wife and I about 2 and a half hours to get to Chino, in the rain. Once we got there, we discovered that we would be dining in part of the museum right next to a Wright Flier model and a P47 Thunderbolt, to name a few of the planes in the room. We had a dinner of BBQ Chicken, tri tip and all the fixin's. My wife and I then proceeded to self tour the museum. We were able to get up close and personal with a lot of WWII aircraft. Mustangs, Corsairs, Hellcat, P40, A real, working Mitsubishi Zero, WWI German triplane and Sopwith American planes.

To be able to view the aircraft up close as we did was well worth the trip. I was disappointed that I didn't get to see the P38 Lightning. However, I did get to sit in the cockpit of a P51 mustang! Not too shabby! All in all a fine evening spent with my wife and some other ladies (of the air). I highly recommend making a trip down to see the museum if you appreciate WWII aircraft.

Some pics.

Wow, cool. Bet it was great to hang out with those old birds. Earlier this year, I went to a Red Cross volunteer banquet at the Camarillo museum and they had all the planes on display. It was excellent.

How was the party otherwise? The band and such? I wasn't able to make this one, but I wouldn't mind coming out next year.

No band, but period music for sure. Very little dancing happening. I think more people were interested in checking out the planes and just hanging out. Still very awkward to see German officer dress uniforms, especially for the "Super Special" unit.

Well as long as everyone had fun. Thats the important thing. haha.

SS dress uniforms...wow merry Christmas Everybody!

glad you went and glad you had a good time.

Merry Christmas indeed!