Ramona, California Airport Holding Open House On September 24, (Saturday) 2011.

Ramona, California Airport Holding Open House on September 24, 2011(Saturday).

The Ramona Airport's free annual open house will take place on Saturday --September 24, 2011, once again offering a close up look at vintage World War II fighter planes, experimental airplanes, firefighting air tankers and helicopters.

A special treat will be a dedication ceremony at 9:30 A.M., for "Big Jimmy" a 1939 GMC firetruck originally built for the La Mesa Fire Department. It was recently discovered in a vineyard in Northern California, where it was used as a water pump for grapes.

The open house runs form 7 A.M., to 3 P.M.,  Visitors can tour the traffic control tower, the Classic Rotors Helicopter Museum, the U.S. Forest Service's Helitac Base and Cal Fire Air Attack Base. A free shuttle service is available from the main parking area to those stops. Parking is free. A pancake breakfast will start at 7 A.M.
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