Horn Point Fly-In Report

The Potomac Antique Aero Squadron (PAAS) held its annual Fly-In at Maryland’s Horn Point Aerodrome near the historic eastern shore town of Cambridge on the weekend of May 20 – 21. For a change we had outstanding weather with near CAVU conditions on Saturday which was our prime fly-in day. These near ideal conditions brought us an estimated eighty plus airplanes and one helicopter during that day. Many registered to be judged and our judging teams were kept busy covering the full range of judging classifications throughout the day. With so many excellent examples of the various classes of airplanes represented, it was sometimes difficult to sort out the clear winners in some of the categories that were represented. To complicate the Antique category judging, two beautiful early forties Howard DGA-15s in pristine factory fresh condition arrived in the afternoon and wanted to be judged.

To add to the interest of our many attendees including many from the surrounding towns, we had a number of antique automobiles show up to display their wares. We even had a suitably costumed gentleman with a horse and fancy antique passenger buggy who was selling rides to all who wanted them. All in all we had a very successful day which was very professionally handled by the many dedicated volunteers that covered all phases of air traffic control, parking, reception and registration, judging and crowd control.