More info I received today via email.

Fourth Annual Airport Day and Open House
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Boulder Municipal Airport will host its fourth annual Airport Day. There will be a hot air balloon launch at 6 a.m. and exhibit area is opened to the public from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Boulder Municipal Airport, 3327 Airport Road. The public is invited to come see different types of aircraft, tour the facilities and participate in a variety of activities for the kids. For more information, call 303-441-3108 or www.boulderColorado.gov/airport
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Tour and fly in a TBM Avenger - a WWII Veteran Torpedo Bomber
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View a T-28 , C-45, C-195, Army Blackhawk helicopter, and many more!
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New aircraft by USAERO including a WACO , Mooney and Diamond Aircraft.
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Young Eagle flights - free airplane rides (1st come, 1st served) for children from 8 to 17, ending at noon
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MiG-17 fly-over at 11:30 a.m.
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Parachuting demonstration at noon
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Boulder Fire Department display
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Boulder Emergency Squad display
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Civil Air Patrol search and rescue plane - cadet information
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Sport aircraft display and training information
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KidSpace activity area to build model rockets, balsa wood airplanes, candy airplanes and paper helicopters. Participants can also fly a computer flight simulator, and more. (Sponsored by Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum)
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Discounted helicopter rides
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Food and refreshments
Seminars:
9:00 AM on the Viet Nam Air Lift with 70 slides; personal recount by Bob Resling
12:30 PM Jamie Martin speaks about new aircraft technology, safety and human factors.
There is a $5.00 fee for the seminars.
Aviation History author and former test pilot, Wayne Harding will be on hand for sales and book signing.
Anne Buhl, Zen-Glo Licensed Aesthetician will be on hand.
Sponsored by C.M.L. Air Limited, Millennium Harvest House, and Enterprise.

More info

June 20, 2009 - 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
"TBF/TBM Avenger"
In Navy nomenclature the TBF was the original Torpedo Bomber built by (F for Grumman).The TBM is the very same aircraft, but cross-license built by General Motors
"Avenger" was the name given to the design by Grumman on December 7, 1941.
The British named them the "Tarpon" and received about a thousand of them.
US Pilots often called them "Turkey" (really) and over 2000 TBFs and 7,000 TBMs were built.
Today there are no TBF's flying, and about a dozen TBM's. Some of these are still used to fight fires in Canada.
The TBF was designed to replace the TBD "Devastator" built by Douglas Aircraft Corp. There are none of these left in any museum.
Many of the mfr codes do not match the first letter of the name - e.g. the Navy PBY Catalina was a Patrol Bomber built by (Y for Consolidated a/c corp.
“CAF" the organization that owns this example, now known as the Commemorative Air Force. The CAF actually owns three.
Tour the TBM. – Take a Ride in it.
Viet Nam Airlift Slide Show at 9:00 AM – Personal Recount by Robert Resling, who is also bringing his T-28
Jamie Martin, Diamond aircraft Sales, discusses new aircraft safety and human factors at 12:30 PM Both discussions in the Terminal Building
Conference Room
Visit with Aviation Author His Edge, Former Test Pilot, Wayne Harding – Book Signing Available
Anne Buhl, Licensed Aesthetician for Zen Glo (fabulous sunscreens) will be on hand in the terminal building.
Much more to see. Delicious refreshments available.
For more information,
Contact: Chris Lucas at 303-449-1736
Brought to you by Boulder Municipal Airport, C.M.L. Air Limited, The Millennium Harvest House, Enterprise

T-28 details.

BOULDER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
OPEN HOUSE ON JUNE 20, 2009
FEATURING GUEST,
ROBERT RESLING AND HIS T-28C, BU NO 140915 ABD N NUMBER N9019N. 0OVERVIEW
A FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF C- 130 TACTICAL AIRLIFT FLYING IN SOUTHEAST ASIA WITH 70 SLIDES AT 0900 IN TERMINAL CONFERENCE ROOM
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE T – 28C.
T-28C - US NAVY VERSION, A T-28B WITH TAILHOOK FOR DECK LANDING TRAINING. THE T-28C WAS BUILT FOR THE NAVY STARTING IN 1955. IT IS EQUIPPED WITH A TAIL HOOK, A SMALLER DIAMETER PROPELLER, AND OTHER MINOR CHANGES TO ALLOW AIRCRAFT CARRIER LANDINGS. 299 "C" MODELS WERE MANUFACTURED WITH PRODUCTION ENDING IN 1957.
ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1949 THE XT-28 (COMPANY DESIGNATION NA-159) WAS FLOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME, DESIGNED TO REPLACE THE T-6 TEXAN. FOUND SATISFACTORY, A CONTRACT WAS ISSUED
AND BETWEEN 1950 AND 1957 A TOTAL OF 1,948 WERE BUILT. THE NORTH AMERICAN T-28 TROJAN WAS A PISTON-ENGINE MILITARY TRAINER AIRCRAFT USED BY THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN THE 1950S AND INTO THE EARLY 1980S. THE U.S. NAVY AT NAS WHITING FIELD IN MILTON, FLORIDA EMPLOYED THE LARGEST SINGLE CONCENTRATION OF THIS AIRCRAFT IN THE TRAINING OF STUDENT NAVAL AVIATORS. THE LAST U.S. NAVY TRAINING SQUADRON TO FLY THE T-28 WAS VT-27, BASED AT NAS CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, FLYING THE LAST T-28 TRAINING FLIGHT IN EARLY 1984. MANY T-28S WERE SUBSEQUENTLY SOLD TO PRIVATE CIVIL OPERATORS, AND DUE TO THEIR REASONABLE OPERATING COSTS ARE OFTEN FOUND FLYING AS WAR BIRDS TODAY
USED PRIMARILY AS A TRAINER FOR THE MAJORITY OF IT'S CAREER, THE TROJAN FOUND NEW LIFE WHEN USED IN THE COUNTER INSURGENCY ROLE. T-28S SAW EXTENSIVE SERVICE DURING THE VIETNAM WAR IN VNAF HANDS, AS WELL AS THE SECRET WAR IN LAOS. THEY WERE ALSO SUPPLIED TO CONGO BY THE CIA TO SUPPORT MOISE TSHOMBE'S REGIME.
THE T-28 TROJAN WAS THE FIRST US ATTACK FIXED WING AIRCRAFT (NON-TRANSPORT TYPE) LOST IN SOUTH VIETNAM, DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
THE T-28'S SERVICE CAREER ENDED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF THE T-34 TURBOPROP TRAINER.
OPERATORS: ARGENTINE NAVY, BOLIVIAN AIR FORCE, BRAZILIAN NAVY; CONGOLESE AIR FORCE, CUBAN AIR FORCE, ECUADORIAN AIR FORCE, ETHIOPIAN AIR FORCE, FRENCH AIR FORCE, HONDURAN AIR FORCE, JAPANESE AIR SELF-DEFENSE FORCE, ROYAL LAO AIR FORCE, MEXICAN AIR FORCE, ROYAL MOROCCAN AIR FORCE, PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE, REPUBLIC OF KOREA AIR FORCE, VIETNAM AIR FORCE , ROYAL THAI AIR FORCE, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, UNITED STATES NAVY, URUGUAYAN NAVY.