Calendar of Events

Calendar of Events


JULY

 July 5: Gregory Municipal Airport Dedication and Airshow, Gregory Muni-Flynn Field (9D1), Gregory, South Dakota. Info: Ken Adams, phone: 605.835.9978 • e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

July 5-6: Michigan Ultralight Association Cook-Out & Camp-In, Howard Nixon Memorial Airport (50G), Chesaning, Michigan. This all-day event will feature fun-fly competitions, raffles, fly-out to Uncle John's Cider Mill in St. Johns, bonfire, camping and party at night. Info phone: 989.288.3090.

July 11-12: WINGS Weekend, Coles County Airport (MTO), Mattoon, Illinois. Contact: Dale Rust, phone: 217.524.5269 • e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

July 12-19: Yankee Ultralight Fly-In, Sandersons Field, Greenland, New Hampshire. This weeklong fly-in features on-site camping, swimming and food. All types of aircraft welcome. Contact: Jessica Beauvais, phone: 603.479.3788 • e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

July 13: Chesaning Dawn Patrol, Howard Nixon Memorial Airport (50G), Chesaning, Michigan, from 6:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. This fly-in will feature a pancake breakfast, clowns, face painting, radio-control airplane display, and door prizes. Young Eagle rides on Saturday morning, July 12, will kick off the Chesaning Showboat week. Phone: 810.513.4255 • Website: www.eaa597.org .

July 13: Sinful Sunday, Lee Bottom Flying Field (64I), Hanover, Indiana. Enjoy your Sunday afternoon with “sinfully good” ice cream sundaes and milk shakes served up by other flying ice cream lovers. Phone: 812.866.3211 • e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it • Website: www.NordoNews.com .

July 18-20: Two Rivers Light Sport and Ultralight Fly-In, Vermillion, South Dakota. Contact: Lowell Rahn, phone: 605.670.0256.

July 19-20: Fly-In, Drive-In, William Tuck Airport (W78), South Boston, Virginia. You’ll find ultralights, powered parachutes, homebuilts, radio-controlled aircraft, antique and classic aircraft, cars, and motorcycles. Free admission. Info: Al Hoppe, phone: 434.585.2728 • Larry Collie, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

July 23-27: Gulliver’s Wilderness Airport 10th Annual Fly-In, 1222 Red Schoolhouse Rd., Palermo, New York. All planes are welcome, including ultralights, light sport aircraft, gyros, powered paragliders, powered parachutes, general aviation and more. Free admission, no pilot registration fees, free primitive camping, food and drinks available all day. Contact: Gary or Jean Gulliver, phone: 315.593.1403 • e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it • Website: www.ulflyers.com .

July 25-27: 4th Annual Trikefest, Cushing Field (0C8) on Illinois Rt. 71, 1.5 miles southwest of Newark, Illinois. Friday is arrival and orientation day, Saturday morning starts with a fly-out breakfast to Prairie Lakes, a BBQ cookout for lunch, afternoon competition, and an evening party with an outdoor trike movie, show and beverages. Sunday begins with another fly-out breakfast to Prairie Lakes and then a Trike Rally to Oshkosh AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Camping on field with nearby hotels and motels, 93-octane auto-grade fuel available at Cushing, some hangar space, plenty of tie-down anchors. Info: Mike Hudetz, phone: 630.879.6568 • e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it • Website: www.airsportster.com .

July 25-27: 22nd Annual Concrete Fly-In, Concrete Municipal Airport (3W5), Concrete, Washington. Catering mainly to homebuilts, antiques, classics and warbirds, this event also attracts general aviation aircraft and is sponsored by the airport and the town of Concrete. No registration fee, pilots encouraged to camp by their planes, pilot’s lounge on site. Contact Jim Jenkins, phone: 360.770.4848 • e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or Jack Mears, phone: 360.853.7114 • e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

July 28-August 3: AirVenture ’08, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Phone: (920) 426-4800 • Website: www.eaa.org .

AUGUST

August 2-3: 12th Annual “Everything That Flies” Fly-In, Central Maine Airport of Norridgewock (OWK), Norridgewock, Maine. Sponsored by EAA Chapter 736 the fly-in will include pancake breakfast, airplane rides, Young Eagle flights on Saturday, model airplane demos, food concessions, free admission, primitive camping. Contact: Mike Watson, phone: 207.968.2587 • e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it • Website: www.eaa736.org .

August 9: Brighton Fly/Cruise-In, Brighton Airport (45G), Brighton, Michigan. From 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. the Brighton Airport Association is sponsoring a plane and classic car show with special demonstrations every hour. Contact: Carol Warren, phone: 810.229.5036.

August 10: Sinful Sunday, Lee Bottom Flying Field (64I), Hanover, Indiana. Enjoy your Sunday afternoon with “sinfully good” ice cream sundaes and milk shakes served up by other flying ice cream lovers. Phone: 812.866.3211 • e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it • Website: www.NordoNews.com .

August 15-17: Wings and Wheels 2008, B&B Sport Aviation, Cambridge Dorchester Airport (CGE), 5223 Bucktown Rd., Cambridge, MD 21613. Come check out the aircraft, cars, motorcycles and boats. Food and drinks will be available each day and a live band plays on Saturday. Check event Website for updates. Phone: 410.221.8009 • Website: www.wings-n-wheels.com .

August 16: Michigan Ultralight Association (MULA) Fly-In, Purdy Field (GPS coordinates: N42° 55.604, W083° 54.577), Michigan. Fun flying, competition, raffles, food – breakfast, lunch and dinner. Absolutely the best party of the year. Information, phone: 989.288.3090.

August 22-24: Summer's End Ultralight Fly-in, Gulliver's Wilderness Airpark, 1222 Red Schoolhouse Rd., Palermo, New York. Contact Gary or Jean Gulliver, phone: 315.593.1403 • e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it • Website: www.ulflyers.com .

August 23-24: Howell Dawn Patrol, Livingston County Spencer J. Hardy Airport (OZW), Howell, Michigan, 7 a.m.-11 a.m. Fly-In breakfast in conjunction with the Melon Festival. Contact: Jim Smith, phone: 517.223.8735.

August 29-31: Giant Scale Radio-Controlled Model Aircraft Airshow, National Museum of the United States Air Force, 1100 Spaatz St., Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. For three days, giant-scale radio-controlled model jets, helicopters and warbirds will perform aerobatics and other flying demonstrations on the runway behind the museum. No admission charge. Contact: Sarah Swan, phone: 937.255.3286 • e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it • Website: www.nationalmuseum.af.mil .

August 30 – September 1: Cleveland National Airshow, Burke Lakefront Airport (BKL), 1501 N. Marginal Rd., Cleveland, Ohio. The airshow will feature more than 15 acts, including the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, Sean D. Tucker Power Aerobatics, Silent Wings Airshows, Shockwave Jet Truck, U.S. Army Golden Knights, military demos and fly-bys and more than 50 static displays of aircraft, educational exhibits, simulators, tanks, aviation souvenirs and more. Info: Cleveland National Airshow phone: 216.781.0747 • Fax: 216.781.7810 • Website: www.clevelandairshow.com • e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .