Fun Flying

Our weekly foray into SocialFlight.com revealed that aviation activities are emerging from the winter doldrums with a combination of airshows, type club events and fly-in gatherings. The Take to the Skies Air Fest will take place on Eaker Field, Durant, Okla., on Saturday March 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Organizers promise an exciting […]

Whether your goal is to learn something new, give something back or just have a good time, SocialFlight can help you and your airplane find somewhere to go this weekend. In Brunswick, Ga., the Golden Isles Airport is hosting a Wings, Wheels, and Run event on Saturday, with a 5K run, a classic auto show, […]

Our weekly review of aviation activities noted on SocialFlightfound not just fly-in breakfasts, but a dinner, with seminar, and rides being given by EAA’s Ford Trimotor. The Sixth Annual Shamrock Fly-Inwill be held on Saturday, March 15 at Cannon Creek Airpark, Lake City, Fla. Running from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., food offerings include a […]

Our thanks to SocialFlight for its guide to what is happening in aviation around the country this weekend. To help celebrate Women of Aviation Worldwide Week, the Michigan Flyers flying club is holding an Open House on the Ann Arbor, Michigan, Airport on Saturday, March 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is […]

In 1929, Amelia Earhart and 18 other female pilots set off from California to race to a finish line in Ohio — and this Friday, historian Bill Meixner will be telling that story, full of adventure, courage, and tragedy, at the International Women’s Air & Space Museum at the Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. […]

It might be winter for much of the U.S., but at Eagle Roost Airpark in Aguila, Ariz., it’s predicted to be 77 degrees and sunny this weekend — nice weather for browsing at a fly-in flea market. The Saturday event, one of the many that pilots can find via the free SocialFlightwebsite or app, will […]

Winter may be doing its best to deal a one-two punch, but pilots are fighting back with fly ins this weekend. Our weekly survey of SocialFlight found events throughout the country, from the very cold climes to delightfully temperate. Our eyes were first drawn to an interesting one on our northern border: the 67th annual […]

SocialFlight has again presented us with a wide array of breakfast, lunch and recurrent training fly ins this weekend. Pilots can’t beat the deal at the Breakfast Fly In at Logan-Cache Airport, Logan, Utah. The sponsors are hosting a free pancake, egg, sausage and fruit breakfast from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. […]

It’s the dead of winter, so it’s time to fight cabin fever by getting out of the house and getting yourself to a fly in whether it involves aircraft on wheels or skis-and both are happening this weekend according toSocialFlight’s trackingof the latest events. Up on the northern tip of the Door Peninsula of Wisconsin […]

The Fly In for food season has already begun. As we kick off our Friday Weekender spot, we’re highlighting breakfast fly ins in Florida and Texas, a coffee and doughnuts gathering in Arizona and airport open houses in Florida, Oklahoma and California-all taking place this Saturday or Sunday. Thank you to Social Flight for collecting […]