If you looked a little deeper into a couple of the displays at the DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase, held Nov. 3-5, 2016, at the Deland Municipal Airport in Florida, you might have been pleased to notice the number of young people that were there. There were many light sport and ultralight sport aircraft on display. […]
Airshows & Fly-Ins
Pictures of the day: DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase
What’s the best way to open a new sport aviation show? With a sport aviation flyover, say officials with the DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase, which had its inaugural event Nov. 3-5 at DeLand Airport in Florida. During the opening ceremony for the first day of the showcase, two waves of aircraft from the nearby Spruce […]
Hollister Airshow fills the sky with fun
Hollister is a quiet little agricultural town in Northern California that is probably best known for motorcycle rallies — being the inspiration for the 1953 Brando film “The Wild One.” Hollister is also getting known for its fly-in, one of the few in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. This year marked the seventh year for this event. […]
Maybelle Fletcher Memorial Fly-In Saturday
A fly-in memorial for Maybelle Fletcher will be held Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, at the 1940 Air Museum at Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas. The fly-in will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aircraft can start arriving at 9 a.m.
Swift Fuels highlighted at Deland Showcase
As the first DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase takes off at DeLand Municipal Airport in Florida, Swift Fuels reports its is selling its unleaded UL94 avgas with full service refueling onsite for $3.95 a gallon. Officials with the company are also on track to present two forums during the Nov. 3-5 show. Swift Fuels’ unleaded 94 MON avgas […]
Flying Musicians land in DeLand
The Flying Musicians Association will perform during the first DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase in Florida, Nov. 3-5, at KDED, the DeLand Municipal Airport. Music will be provided daily from 11 am until 1 pm by local musicians and Flying Musicians. Members will be on hand daily from 9 am-5 pm to talk about FMA programs and […]
Pictures of the day: EAA 534 goes visiting
On Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, the regular monthly membership meeting of EAA Chapter 534 was held at Bob White Field (X61) in Zellwood, Florida, instead of Leesburg International Airport, where the chapter is based. This gave chapter members a chance to take a look at a homebuild project of EAA Chapter 534 member John Minatelli, who recently […]
A trip back in time at the World War I Dawn Patrol
By BOB JAQUES Hundreds of spectators gathered Oct. 1-2, 2016, on the grassy field along a seldom used runway in Dayton, Ohio, to watch World War I replica airplanes have mock dogfights as they flew overhead. The rat-tat-tat of machine gun fire could be heard over the loudspeakers as the airplanes approached the crowd overhead. The replica […]
Harvest Festival Saturday at KEZF
The SocialFlight event of the week is the Harvest Festival at Shannon Airport (KEZF) in Fredericksburg, Virginia, this Saturday, Oct. 29, beginning at 10 a.m. This is the second annual Harvest Festival Fly-in. Bring the family, wear a costume, eat some delicious food and watch awesome aircraft with other special appearances. The Shannon Airport was opened by Sidney […]