Before air show season kicked off here in Northern California, I was searching online for local aviation events when I saw a blurb for Vintage Aircraft Display Days at Livermore Municipal Airport (KLVK).
These display days occur every weekend so I decided to take a drive on a recent weekend and check it out.
While the Livermore airport has a very nice terminal building, the sight that caught my eye was a tall, covered observation platform perfectly situated for planespotting.
From that perch, I spotted a rare Bellanca T-250 Aries and a nice-looking Stinson.
Eventually they were joined by a Piper wearing French military livery and an immaculate Piper Pacer.
The light turnout of vintage aircraft was offset by the steady GA traffic at the airport. I appreciated the sight of an Icon A5 taxiing by, my first opportunity to photograph one under power.
Having a classic Bell 47 approach low and slow was also pretty sweet.
With events like this, it’s hard to know in advance what you’ll see, but any airplane is better than no airplane.
For more information: LivermoreCA.gov
I had a few flights out of KLVK quite a number of years ago. There is a golf course nearby, along with a club house and a pretty decent sports bar and grill: Beebs. It has a better view of the golf course than the airport, but you can see planes taking off and on final from it.
Our son worked and learned to fly at LVK, and we hangared our A150M there.He is now an Airbus captain at Hawaiian Airlines.
Quite awhile ago, I soloed at Livermore : )
Very cool, Hayman! Thanks for sharing.