On April 30 ~ May 02, 2004, the Wings Over Gillespie 2004 Air Show was held at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, California. The following is a short description of the air show by Robert Anderson, the contributor of these photos:

"It was a great little air show in its own right. The city of El Cajon has some fairly strict noise regulations, so most aircraft that flew could only do low fly by's without breaking the noise regulations. Total attendance on Saturday (day two of the air show) was about 15,000. Not too bad really. Although this is definitely not on the scale of a Miramar Air Show where you have 250,000 every day, the Wings Over Gillespie Air Show was well presented and very well received. The Vertol H-21 Shawnee or "Banana" helicopter at the air show is the only flyable example still in existence. It can also be seen online at www.classicrotors.com or in person at the Rotorcraft Restoration Facility at the Ramona Airport, straight up Highway 67 from El Cajon. The SDACM (San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum) booth was well received and I would say nine out of every ten passersby took brochures and stopped to briefly chat about the USS Midway. ADM Mac McLaughlin delivered a short speech to start the stage show and he was stopped two or three times by applause. I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed my day there."

Thanks Robert!