{"id":113331,"date":"2023-05-19T09:12:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T16:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=113331"},"modified":"2023-05-19T09:12:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T16:12:38","slug":"aircraft-available-for-palmdales-adopt-a-plane-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2023\/05\/19\/aircraft-available-for-palmdales-adopt-a-plane-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Aircraft available for Palmdale&#8217;s Adopt-a-Plane program"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_53501\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53501\" style=\"width: 672px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Adopt-a-Plane-Palmdale.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53501\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Adopt-a-Plane-Palmdale.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Adopt-a-Plane-Palmdale.jpg 672w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Adopt-a-Plane-Palmdale-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Among the \u201cadoption\u201d duties are picking up trash and debris, pulling weeds and keeping dirt and dust off the planes by pressure washing them.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>PALMDALE \u2013 The city of Palmdale\u2019s Joe Davies Heritage Airpark currently has aircraft available for \u201cadoption\u201d as part of its <em>Adopt-a-Plane<\/em> program.<\/p>\n<p>Several planes, including the F-14 Tomcat, F-104 Starfighter, and the T-38 Talon, can be adopted by a group, organization, business, or family interested primarily in maintaining the landscaping around the display and keeping dirt and dust off the planes by pressure washing them as needed. This includes picking up trash and debris and pulling weeds.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-2036912106\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5907184250\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf you are looking for a way to get involved in the community, this program provides an excellent opportunity with a minimal time commitment,\u201d said Palmdale Mayor <strong>Laura Bettencourt.<\/strong> \u201cIf you love Palmdale\u2019s Aerospace history, this is a great way to demonstrate your civic pride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Adopt-a-Plane program takes place the second Saturday of each month, March through October, from 7 to 10 a.m. Groups are scheduled to participate every other month and the schedule is flexible.<\/p>\n<p>Groups adopting a plane will have a sign displayed next to the aircraft. Currently groups that have adopted planes at the park include Air Force Association AV Chapter, AV Riders, Antelope Valley Community Queens, Cochran Family, Highland High School Air Force Junior ROTC, Lancaster High School Robotics team, Northrup Gruman AV Retirement Club, Knight High School Air Force Junior ROTC, and LASD V.I.T.A. Program-Palmdale.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the Adopt-a-Plane program, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofpalmdaleca.gov\/214\/Adopt-a-Plane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.cityofpalmdale.org\/Adopt-a-Plane<\/a>, or contact <strong>Randy Autry<\/strong> at 661-267-5639 or RAutry@cityofpalmdale.org.<\/p>\n<h6><em>[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE \u2013 The city of Palmdale\u2019s Joe Davies Heritage Airpark currently has aircraft available for \u201cadoption\u201d as part of its Adopt-a-Plane program. Several planes, including the F-14 Tomcat, F-104 Starfighter, and the T-38 Talon, can be adopted by a group, organization, business, or family interested primarily in maintaining the landscaping around the display and keeping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1499,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113332,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113331\/revisions\/113332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}