DE144 is pictured rotating off rw05R bound for Pristina (PRN).

DE3755 is pictured touching down on rw05R after the overnight flight from Bridgetown (BGI).

LH1393 is pictured starting its take-off roll for the return flight to Frankfurt (FRA).

W46136 is pictured taxiing out to rw24 for departure back to Rome (FCO).

QU4348 is pictured on very short final for rw24 after the flight from Marsa Alam (RMF). This 753 was originally delivered to Condor as D-ABOF in March 1999 and started flying with SkyLine in June 2023.

UA2683 climbs out from rw25r at the start of its flight across to New York (EWR).

A view across on to Terminal B (previously the Tom Bradley International Terminal) where this 789 had arrived a hour or so before from Sydney (SYD) and would depart later in the day to Shanghai (PVG)

UA1158 is pictured taking a somwhat circuitious route to get to rw25R before its flight to Honolulu (HNL).

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.

SN201 lifts off rw25R at the start of its flight to Dakar (DSS). This 333 was originally delivered to Lufthansa as D-AIKG in January 2005.

DL141 climbs out from rw26R at the start of the flight across to New York (JFK).

3O852 is pictured climbing out from rw25R at the start of its flight to Oujda (OUD).

This rather sleek, 2004-built A-109 was parked on the Freedom Aviation ramp during my visit.

This 2006-built Twin Star is pictured taxiing out to rw08 for departure.

This 1972-built Robin was nicely parked on the grass in front of the super AV8 cafe during my visit.

The Hare flew with the Bulgarian AF from 1957 until 1971. This example served at the Krumovo military airfield adjacent to LBPD and came to the museum in 1991.

The Fishbed D interceptor fighter was in service with the Bulgarian AF from 1964 until finally retired in 1990 at Uzundzhovo. The type served at the Gabrovnica until 1984/85 and this example came to the museum in February 1993.

The Morava was in service with the Bulgarian AF from 1963 to 1988 as a signals and liason plane. This example first flew in June 1964 and made its last flight in August 1983 before being transferred to the museum in February 1993 from the Bulgarian AF Academy at Dolna Mitropolia (LBPL).