The Midwest Antique Airplane Club’s private, members-only Grassroots Fly-in is held annually at Brodhead Airport (C37) in Wisconsin the weekend after Labor Day. At this scintillating field of dreams, life’s concerns and complexities are literally transcended.
Airshows & Fly-Ins
Pictures of the Day: Scenes from the 2023 Reno Air Races
General Aviation News photographer Bradley Orr captured these photos during the 2023 Reno Air Races, held Sept. 13-17.
Final flag at Reno air races is bittersweet
The 2023 Reno National Championship Air Races saw thousands of air racing fans come together at Reno Stead Airport (KRTS) in the high desert of Nevada, for a nostalgic farewell to the air racing site that is older than many of today’s racing pilots.
The 32nd annual Fly/In Cruise/In sets records
2023 was a record-setting year for the 32nd annual Fly/In Cruise/In. Held on Saturday of Labor Day weekend every year, the weather was perfect this year. The sky was brilliant blue, and the traffic pattern was humming with all sorts of aircraft, while the well-orchestrated mass arrival of vintage and antique cars, trucks, motorcycles, tractors, and more poured through the gates and onto the grounds of Marion Municipal Airport-McKinney Field in Indiana.
Picture of the Day: Christen Eagle soars during air show
Galen Huber submitted this photo and note: “A Christen Eagle performs during the 2023 South Plains Air Show in Slaton, Texas. The June show was put on by the TexasAirMuseum.org.”
A down-to-earth, relaxing fly-in
The annual fly-in at the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (WAAAM) at Hood River, Oregon, gets a returning crowd of happy pilots and pals each year.
Pilots flock to KMYJ for Zenith Homecoming
Organizers proclaimed the 2023 event as the “best one yet,” estimating that more than 500 visitors were on hand over the two days and about 50 planes flew in to Mexico Memorial Airport in Missouri for the Homecoming.
Videos from the last Reno Air Races
In the days before the tragic accident that ended racing at Reno, General Aviation News’ Fred Johnsen captured some exciting video of the action.
Keep the antiques flying!
Welcome to Antique Airfield in Blakesburg, Iowa, home of the Antique Aircraft Association (AAA). The organization, whose motto is “Keep the Antiques Flying,” hosted its 70th national fly-in Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2023, and I was here to take it all in.