PS Air Museums’ Flower Drop

Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Release and Return Home of American Vietnam War Prisoners of War (POWs)

By Desert Star Staff

The renowned Palm Springs Air Museum Memorial Day Flower Drop & Air Fair returns Monday, 29, 2023. Air Fair starts at 10 am, and Flower Drop Ceremony begins at 1 pm. As in years past, the day includes music, food vendors, kids’ activities, and airplanes taking off and landing on the tarmac.

Returning this year is FREE offsite parking with a shuttle service from the PS Unified School District parking lot!

The emotional highlight of the day is the dropping of

3,000 red and white carnations from a vintage aircraft. The B-25 Mitchell Bomber will lead the processional from inside the hangar. First, there will be the missing man flight formation, where four vintage planes fly in formation over the museum twice, and then during the 3rd pass, one