This Navion was built in 1946 and is now part of the Commemorative AF SoCal Wing. There was no public access to this restoration area and, unfortunately, the port side of the plane was even more blocked.

This example was built in 1947 and it is unclear to me if it actually flew with the Civil Air Patrol. In any event it now wears Coastal Base 11 markings from Pascagoula, Mississippi and is now part of the Commemorative AF SoCal Wing

This 2005-built Skylane is pictured parked on the ramp having arrived from San Luis Obispo (SBP) a hour or so earlier.

This 2009-built Skyhawk is pictured taxiing in after landing on rw26 and the short hop from Oxnard (OXR).

This Citation Latitude was built in 2023 and is pictured on very short final for rw26 after arriving from Thermal (TRM).

This PT-19 was built at Hagerstown, MD and taken on by the USAAF as 42-34531. In October 1955 a CoA was issued for the plane as N50426 and it flew privately for many years until becoming part of the American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Dallas, TX in November 2019. It is now part of the very friendly Commemorative Air Force SoCal wing at CMA.

This SNJ-4 was delivered to the US Navy in September, 1942 as 10148 and it flew from Waldron Field, Corpus Christi, TX. In March 1946, after 3,011.7 h with 705 Training Squadron, it was decommissioned. Not too much is known but it went to the Royal Saudi AF as L-212 in October 1952. In March 1959 a CoA was issued for N6411D and sold to an unknown owner before finally being acquired by the CAF for restoration in 1982. The SoCal wing received the plane in many pieces on a truck from CAF in Midland, Texas and a six year careful restoration returned this beautiful aircraft to flying condition.

This 1998-built Cessna is pictured taxiing out to rw26 for departure.

This 2006-built Stationar is pictured taxiing in after landing on rw26 and the flight from San Jose (SJC).

This 1996-built Berkut is pictured taxiing in after landing on rw26.

In 1945 this FR15 was transported by ship to Karachi where it served with the RAF Far East Air Force as NH749 and then with the Indian AF as 54 before finishing its service as an instructional airframe. In 1977 the frame was recovered from Patna Air Base, India and transported by ship back to England and restored back into NH749 markings. The plane made its first post-restoration flight in 1983 as G-MXIV. In 1985 it moved to the US and was registered N749DP. From the end of 2012 it has been operated by the Commemorative AF SoCal Wing at CMA.

This B-25 was intended for the USAAF as 44-30988 but entered service in March 1945 with the USN as 35857. Its service life was short being retired in March 1947 but by July was flying for the Saint Louis Flying Service as N5865V. Then followed a long list of owners and operators before arriving at the Commemorative AF SoCal Wing to begin a decades-long, deep restoration. In May 2016 the first post-restoration flight took place with the plane painted to represent VMB-611 B-25 35243/MB 11, which was lost along with its seven man crew during a strike on the Kibawe Trail near Davao in May 1945.

There was some sort of an event taking place at the CAF SoCal wing the following day and so Minsi III was towed out of the hangar for an engine run-up and test. I wasn't allowed onto the ramp whilst the engine was running and so the pictures are quite back-lit. However, here she is being towed back into the main hangar after the tests were fininshed. This airframe fell into disrepair after WWII and was discovered as a derelict hulk in Minnesota with the data plate missing. As a result the true identity of the plane may never be known.

This PA-28 is pictured taxiing in after landing on rw26 and the flight from San Luis Obispo (SBP).

The Avtek 400A was developed in the early 1980s with extensive use of advanced composite materials throughout and employing the unusual and distinctive configuration of a low-wing monoplane with two turboprop pusher engines mounted above the wings, as well as a large canard mounted atop the forward fuselage. In 1998, Avtek declared bankruptcy without the 400A having completed the testing required for FAA certification. This single prototype appears to have been sitting on the CMA ramp for quite some time.

This Tomahawk is pictured on the Tower ramp at CMA.

This Challenger was built in 2020 and is pictured taxiing out to rw26 for departure.

Possibly this is just a repositioning taxy around the ramp as this plane doesn't appear to have flown that day, nor indeed since the end of September.

This TBM-700 was built in 2017 and is pictured taxiing out to rw26 for departure back to Afton (AFO).

This Yak-50 was built in 1975 but had only 156 hours since new when it was sent back to the factory for complete overhaul in Russia. It emerged in December 1999 to be declared a 'zero time' overhaul. In 2015 the aircraft was further refitted/upgraded with new avionics and, after recertification in France, was exported to California. It is pictured in the Commemorative Air Force, SoCal Wing hangar but, despite being outfitted a a high technical standard, has problems that mean it is no-longer airworthy.