Soaring spirits! Team which restores vintage aircraft in Ventura County makes toys for kids in need
, 2022-12-06 22:23:00,
In a hangar at Camarillo Airport, a team of workers is sanding, painting, and putting the final touches on some planes they’re building. Some members of this crew have decades of experience in the aerospace industry.
They’re members of an all-volunteer group called the Commemorative Air Force. It’s a non-profit organization which restores, and flies World War Two vintage airplanes. But, the planes they’re working on will fit in your hand, and are intended for kids.
“We build parts for planes, we built parts for maintenance guys…but we’re taking the opportunity to use the shop we’ve developed, and the talent that some of members have developed over their lifetime to do a project to give back..and have some fun doing it.” said Bob Fischer, who worked for decades as an engineer on manufacturing lines.
Now, he helped design a line at in the CAF’s workshop to build wooden jet plane toys, which will be given to kids in need during the holidays.
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