Rick Hinojosa is looking to pass on his love of old warplanes to many more children besides his own.

He is the guiding force behind the formation of a Cadet Program for the Dixie Wing of the Confederate Air Force and Airpower Heritage Museum, presenters of this weekend's "Wings over Dixie" Airshow and Festival at Falcon Field in Peachtree City. Kids ages 13-17, and students up to age 23, can get applications at the Dixie Wing trailer at the airshow.

Hinojosa has been with the Dixie Wing for about five years, he says, and is serving this weekend as the crew chief for the C-45 aircraft in the show. The Fayetteville resident, a Delta Air Lines inspector, has worked on several restoration projects of the CAF since moving to Fayetteville from his native California.

HInojosa has been on the crews that restored two P-40s, one of which is flying in Australia and the other is in the Pensacola Naval Museum. Also in the Pensacola museum is a restored Japanese fighter plane that Hinojosa also worked on.

He comes by his love of aviation and "things military" naturally, since his father, Gil Hinojosa, served with the Marines at Guadalcanal and at other Pacific battle sites. Rick says also that his mother was indeed a "Rosie the Riveter" during World War II, working in sheet metal on P-38s at Lockheed in California.

The Hinojosa family's basement is full of his dad's war memorabilia, old uniforms, and other historical items Rick has collected over the years. He says his wife accuses him of being a "magnet" for conversations with old soldiers, but he really enjoys hearing the stories that parallel his father's.