AirShow San Diego

AirShow San Diego
GenreAir show
VenueGillespie Field
LocationEl Cajon, California
CountryUnited States
Organized byCommemorative Air Force

AirShow San Diego (formerly Wings over Gillespie) was an air show usually held during the first weekend of June at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, California. It was conducted by the San Diego wing (Air Group One) of the Commemorative Air Force.[1][2] It is a regular stop for many "warbirds" that make the airshow circuit each year, including the CAF's B-17 Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey. In recent years the air show has shown a larger number of flying demonstrations at what was at one time a mostly static air show.

The annual airshow had been cancelled since 2016 due to rising costs of putting on such an event. [3] There are still many "warbirds" that fly in and out of Gillespie every week, however there is no permanent schedule for these flights.

Propeller fighter on tarmac with pilot standing up in open cockpit. Red star
Soviet Yakovlev Yak-9UM at eighth annual Wings over Gillespie
Closeup of bomber on tarmac with two older men, one in a wheelchair looking on
B-25 Mitchell
View of left instrument panel and unusual stick and throttle controls
Cockpit of a V-22 Osprey at the 2012 airshow
Grumman TBF Avenger on the tarmac at the 2012 airshow

Gillespie Field is also the home of the San Diego Air & Space Museum Gillespie Field Annex. Housing their restoration department and auxiliary display of their extended collection of military aircraft and Atlas ICBM missile.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Air Group 1 - San Diego Air Show". Air Group 1. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "AirShow San Diego Returns to Gillespie Field". San Diego County News Center. June 10, 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "GILLESPIE FIELD AIR SHOW A NO SHOW AGAIN". East County Magazine. 2017-05-23. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
  4. ↑ "Gillespie Field Annex". Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Dawid Hampel Photography - Gillespie Field Annex - Aircraft photographs". Retrieved 1 May 2016.


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