The 70th anniversary of the end of World War II will be celebrated this Saturday with vintage aircraft at Historic Wendover Airfield in Wendover.
The “2015 Warbird Fly-In Open House” will feature World War II aircraft, military vehicles, related displays and a car show around the airfield’s Enola Gay hanger.
Gates open at 9 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. Cost is $10 per person. Children 12 and under are free.
A P-51 Mustang, Boeing Stearman, Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon, Beech 18, T-6 Texan, L-4 Piper, C-54 and F-86 Sabre are scheduled to be at the fly-in. Rides in the T-6 Texan, Beech 18 and Boeing Stearman will be available for purchase. Rides will be approximately 20 minutes each.
Scheduled exhibits include Arizona Ground Crew World War II re-enactors, 109th ACS Mobile Radar, Utah Military Vehicle Club, National Guard climbing wall, flight simulator, Norden Bombsight Building, and C-123 “Con-Air” movie prop.
The fly-in is expected to draw aviators and thousands of visitors to Historic Wendover Airfield to celebrate the end of World War II and man’s advancement in flight. This year’s fly-in does not include aerobatic performances, but there will be fly-by demonstrations.
Tours of the Enola Gay hanger and other related facilities at Historic Wendover Airfield will be available to visitors. Construction on the airfield began in 1940. It was once hailed as the largest bombing and gunnery range in the world.
The flight crew of the Enola Gay trained at the airfield before dropping the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan in August 1945.
For more information, call 435-665-2308 or visit wendoverairbase.com. The Historic Wendover Airbase is located at 345 S. Airport Apron in Wendover, Utah.