December 27th, 2023

No: 2316

Estrella Warbirds Museum is seeking your support through financial donations. Your contributions will go directly towards the fulfillment of our mission as we are dedicated to the restoration and preservation of military aircraft, military vehicles and memorabilia to those who flew and worked on military aircraft. Our approach, however, is not to glorify conflict but rather to make a future generation aware of the fact our way of life does not come without sacrifice.  Every donation is tax deductible and a receipt will be furnished to you. Help us continue to inspire and educate visitors from around the world with our collection of historic aircraft and exhibits. We need your assistance to continue our mission and continue to grow. You can make a difference to our community home grown, ever expanding museum! Help us make 2024 our best year ever!

Note: We've listened to your comments and made some changes. We now have more choices in how people can donate. We have added Venmo, use your favorite credit card, or PayPal, and,... you no longer have to go through PayPal to pay with credit card when donating online.

Thanks to Ari Braslavsky for the awesome video!

Wishing You And Yours A Safe And Happy New Year!

Images above show the seeding of grass on our west parcel before the rains. We hope to have a nice grass field there by the time of our next Warbirds, Wings and Wheels.

Thanks to EWM President John Couch and COO Scott Stelzle, for making this happen and of course getting the seed donation funds secured from our Treasurer, Cindy Bergin.

From the President of Estrella Warbirds Museum, Inc.

Estrella Warbirds Museum was well represented by individuals and vehicles at the annual San Miguel Christmas parade. Special thanks goes out to all the crew that helped out in any way. We really appreciate all the volunteers that help represent the museum at numerous public events.

Even More Updates!

If you have not visited our website lately, you may want to head on over there and check out what is new! Header pictures will change each month to give visitors a "Best of Show" selection and stay updated with new and ever changing displays. Changes were also made to the Woodland Auto Display section also.

New this month at the Woodland Auto Display facility is the white number 3 Super Modified race car which was driven by Howard Kaeding, commonly known as The Campbell Comet. Howard was a dominate force in the NASCAR West Coast Super Modified Circuit from 1970 thru 1976.

The vehicle was a very unique design for the time, although well within the NASCAR rules. During the 7 year period that it was raced, the duo accounted for at least 125 Main Events on 11 different tracks in 3 states and claimed several NASCAR Championships. In 1973, they scored 17 consecutive wins. During the last year the car was campaigned, it won 18 Main Events.

The #3 Super Modified was retired as the San Jose paved home track was closed and racing was moved to the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds dirt track. The Fairgrounds track required a different type of car. Howard transitioned to Sprint Cars and continued his winning ways. This little white number 3 car is remembered to this day by the many fans of that era.

Howard, at 92, is the patriarch of the Kaeding racing dynasty in Northern California. He was inducted into the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame. Howard's son, Brent, is a multi-time Champion Sprint Car Driver with approximately 400 wins nationally to his credit. Brent was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame as well as the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame.

Howard's two grandsons, Brent's sons, Bud and Tim, are multi time winners and champions at the National level in Sprint Cars and Silver Crown Cars.

Richard Woodland and Howard Kaeding, the "Campbell Comet" and his #3 NASCAR Super-Modified race car, now on display at the Woodland Auto Display.