SocialFlight’s Event of the Week is the Annual Ojibwa All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast Fly-In, slated for Saturday, June 4, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Ojibwa Airpark (D11) in Weidman, Michigan. D11 is a 3,600 -oot X 125-foot grass strip located approximately 13 nm northwest (302 radial) of Mount Pleasant (KMOP). The attendance at this annual event has […]
Airshows & Fly-Ins
Pristine Waco 10 stuns SUN ‘n FUN crowds
In the beginning, Waco 10 owners Dave and Jeanne Allen had a 1930 Waco 10 data plate, some paperwork and a mountain of dreams. Now, 28 years later, they fly NC662Y, a pristine, vintage flyer that draws a crowd at nearly every airport they land. Dave, a retired U.S. Air Force pilot who later flew […]
Video: Warbirds over Addison
Our friends at FunPlacesToFly.com attended the “Warbirds Over Addison” event at Cavanaugh Flight Museum, in Addison, Texas. Cavanaugh Flight Museum is home to the largest collection of flying historic and military aircraft in the Southwest.
National Warplane Museum Airshow slated for July 8-10
The National Warplane Museum’s 36th annual airshow, “The Greatest Show on Turf,” will be held July 8-10 at the museum in Geneseo, N.Y. Performing acts include: Focke Wulf FW-190; MIG 17 jet; Class of ’45, featuring the P-51 Mustang Quicksilver and the F4U Corsair; B-25 Panchito. The airshow will once again feature a World War […]
Old Glory Honor Flight returns to Oshkosh, vets can apply for flight
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — EAA AirVenture has a strong tradition of honoring America’s veterans, and this year is no exception. Old Glory Honor Flight, partnered with EAA and American Airlines, is bringing Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight IV to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016. This flight will take place on Friday, July 29. The veterans […]
Georgia airpark plans airshow and concert with Flying Musicians Association
The Flying Musicians Association‘s newest corporate member, Heaven’s Landing Mountain Estate Airpark in Georgia, will host its second annual airshow and concert June 25. “Heaven’s Landing supports the Flying Musicians Association because the FMA promotes both higher education and general aviation,” said Mike Ciochetti, Heaven’s Landing developer. “Funding for continued education in both fields of […]
Evening With Eagles Dinner unheralded heroine of Flight 1549
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — AirExpo 2016’s Evening With Eagles Dinner and Symposium on Saturday, July 16, will feature Doreen Welsh as the main speaker. When US Airways Flight 1549 crash-landed into New York’s Hudson River in 2009, Welsh was one of three flight attendants on board. Welsh will take everyone on the emotional journey of that fateful […]
A 1949 Piper Clipper in the spotlight
There are a couple of good reasons Gilbert and Barbara Pierce’s bright red 1949 Piper PA-16 Clipper occupied Space 1 on Row 1 of the vintage aircraft parking at this year’s SUN ’n FUN. First, they were early arrivals and, more importantly, their aircraft is a past champion and always receives a prime display spot. […]
Going fast on less gas
Would anyone be interested in a 250-horsepower aircraft capable of crossing the continent in just over eight hours at an average speed of 252 miles per hour while using only 61 gallons of aviation fuel, about 40 miles per gallon in cruise? That’s what California aviator Klaus Savier did the day before SUN ‘n FUN […]