With good flying weather finally here, air shows and fly-ins are popping up all over the state. Here are the latest shows for June:
June 12, 2010
7th Annual Bluegrass Family Day and Fly-In will be held at Middle Peninsula Regional Airport. A day of fun for the whole family including live bluegrass music, airplane rides, clowns, children's train rides and games, silent auction, raffle prizes, skydivers, Life Evac III Helicopter, antique aircraft, experimental aircraft, and more! Free Admission, donations accepted - in loving memory of Mary Ann Clements and Shirley Norman -- proceeds to benefit the American Cancer Society. Food will be provided by Lower King and Queen Volunteer Fire Department. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy the day. Contact 804-785-6512, 804-785-2852 or 804-785-9725 or bluegrassflyin@yahoo.com.
June 19, 2010
Become A Pilot Family Day will be held from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. at the NASM Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly near Washington Dulles International Airport. The event features educational activities and an outdoor aviation display with dozens of visiting vintage, recreational, military, and homebuilt aircraft. Visitors can talk to pilots and find out what skills are needed to fly. Inside the center, visitors can test their piloting skills in flight simulators, meet model airplane experts,and hear a variety of guest speakers. The event is free and open to the public. Parking is $15. For more information visit www.nasm.si.edu/becomeapilot **DOAV is an exhibitor at this event.
June 19, 2010
Summer Wing Fling at Blackstone Army Airfield. Military aircraft, LSA's, and a wide array of general aviation planes. For more information contact Tim Donnellan at 804-640-0238 or Tim.Donnellan@verizon.net. Please check the website for updates- http://blackstoneflyin.wordpress.com/
June 19, 2010
Roanoke Valley Veterans Center Fly-In will be held at the Halifax-Northampton Regional Airport (IXA). For more information contact Ralph Johnson, airport manager, at 252-583-3492 or ralphjohnson540@msn.com
Have an airshow/event you want to promote? Please contact Betty Wilson at 804-225-3783 or Betty.Wilson@doav.virginia.gov so she can add it to the DOAV calendar at http://www.doav.virginia.gov/calendar.htm.
