Ramona Airport to stage Open House on Saturday

Special guests at the Ramona Airport Open House on Saturday will be The Tuskegee Airmen, black military airmen who fought as fighter and bomber pilots in World War II.

The open house, presented by San Diego County Airports, will be at the airport, 2926 Montecito Road, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission and parking are free.

Among other features of the day will be Cal Fire and U.S. Forest Service tours, control tower tours, airplane rides, a pancake breakfast, a Mexican fiesta lunch, Classic Rotor Museum tours, Women in Aviation, Pilots N Paws, classic war birds in formation, airplanes on display, face painting, a Kids Zone, and the opportunity to visit with pilots and see vintage planes.

Ramona Airport, which started as a Navy airstrip in 1943 and was taken over by the county in 1956, serves as the Air Attack Base for Cal Fire and the U.S. Forest Service. It is home to several fixed base operators and to the Classic Rotors, the world’s only helicopter museum with operational aircraft.

For more information about the airport or the open house, call 760-788-3366 or see www.sdcountyairports.com.