No, it's not a Staggerwing, it's a Lionheart, an all-new composite design mounting a 450-h.p. Pratt & Whitney Wasp Jr. radial engine and capable of 200-knot speeds.
Ultralights stacked up at Paradise City.
Some aerobatic birds take a break from the action.
Powered parachute action at Paradise City.
What crosswind?
Doesn't this look like fun?
Each afternoon's ultralight and powered parachute activity drew large, respectful crowds.
The action at the day-long Splash In floatplane event was, well, wet and wild.
Trying to get the envelope filled in a stiff breeze can be challenging.
This Piper Cub, one of the nicest we've seen, was completely rebuilt by its owner, an A&P from Valdosta, Ga., right down to the gold-plated valve covers.
This C-54/DC-4 was on display commemorating the Berlin Airlift.
Just a little bit more...
This aircraft began life as a C-41, not as a C-47, and now belongs to the Wings over the Rockies Air & Space Museum. This is how AVweb columnist Michael Maya Charles got home.
