Ready To Take Flight! Bethpage Air Show Returns For Memorial Day Weekend CBS New York 2 hrs ago Syndicated Local – CBS New York FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Military planes return to the air this weekend for the Bethpage Air Show. It was canceled last year because of the pandemic. Now, pilots are ready to take flight. The GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team consists of mostly former military pilots. The flight squadron has six aircraft. “They’re World War II vintage. Most of them were built in 1940, 1941,” pilot Chris Orr said. “They were built as trainers in World War II. Advanced trainer in the Navy to teach students how to land on the aircraft carrier and also how to strafe and bomb and do tactics and formation.”