The Weekender: Summer Means Barbecue
No pilot need go hungry this weekend, as our weekly review of the hundreds of events listed on SocialFlight found a barbecue theme at airport fly-ins around the country. The Cortland County Airport, in Cortland, NY, invites pilots to fly in or drive to Saturday’s AirFest, offering breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m., an FAA Wings seminar at 10, and a barbecue lunch from noon to 4 p.m. Unique and vintage aircraft, along with helicopters, will be on display, and rides will be available.
No pilot need go hungry this weekend, as our weekly review of the hundreds of events listed on SocialFlight found a barbecue theme at airport fly-ins around the country. The Cortland County Airport, in Cortland, N.Y., invites pilots to fly in or drive to Saturday's AirFest, offering breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m., an FAA Wings seminar at 10, and a barbecue lunch from noon to 4 p.m. Unique and vintage aircraft, along with helicopters, will be on display, and rides will be available. Also on Saturday, Festus Memorial Airport, in Crystal City, Mo., offers a three-county-wide barbecue championship competition, a beer garden, car show, skydiving, airplane rides and music, from 10 to 3.
The Branson Jet Center, at Taney County Airport in Hollister, Mo., also has listed a barbecue fly-in on Saturday. And on the West Coast, the Fullerton Pilots Association and the AFI Flight Training Center are hosting a barbecue on Saturday along with a spot-landing contest, fuel discounts and airplane displays. SocialFlight's website, recently upgraded to version 4, graphically maps over 15,000 aviation events around the U.S., including fly-ins, airshows, pancake breakfasts, conventions, FAA safety seminars, and more. The new version also maps 100,000 points of interest within walking distance of airports. A free app is available for both Apple and Android devices.
