John Collver will throw you for a loop

John Collver has an aviation career spanning more than three decades and over 14,000 hours of flight time in over 50 types of aircraft. His career includes time in the Goodyear Blimp, flying for television, as well as teaching and competing in the aerobatic arena. John currently has over 26 years and over 1,000 performances in the Air Show industry. In addition, John formally flew for the Northrop/Grumman corporation supporting the U.S. Military for over a decade. You can see John John Collver race his SNJ-5 War Dog against the Smoke-N-Thunder JetCar at March Air Reserve Base's AirFest 2012 on May 19 and 20. (U.S. Air Force photo)

John Collver will throw you for a loop

Published May 24, 2012
By 452 AMW
452 AMW

MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, CALIF. -- John Collver has an aviation career spanning more than three decades and over 14,000 hours of flight time in over 50 types of aircraft. His career includes time in the Goodyear Blimp, flying for television, as well as teaching and competing in the aerobatic arena. John currently has over 26 years and over 1,000 performances in the Air Show industry. In addition, John formally flew for the Northrop/Grumman corporation supporting the U.S. Military for over a decade. You can see John John Collver race his SNJ-5 War Dog against the Smoke-N-Thunder JetCar at March Air Reserve Base's AirFest 2012 on May 19 and 20.

AirFest 2012 is open to the public and admission and parking are free. The base is located in Riverside County.

Gates open at 8 a.m. and the first performance is at approximately 10 a.m. The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will be the highlight of the March Air Reserve Base air show. This will be the teams only Southern California appearance.

AirFest 2012 will also feature performances by individual aerial acrobatics performers as well as military aircraft demonstration, historic aircraft performances and static aircraft displays.