Saturday is typically the busiest day for the Arlington Fly-In and this year the weather cooperated for the big day. Opening day on Wednesday was warm and sunny, but Thursday decided to show what an IFR day might look like for a fly-in with 400 foot ceilings and off and on rain. The good news was the foul weather sent many visitors to the vintage barn to see our displays and stay dry.
Friday was cloudy and cool, but sunshine and 70s made Saturday the best day of the week. With the good weather and the weekend, a lot more airplanes showed up, including more vintage aircraft. Early in the week we enjoyed the Fairchild 24, Stinson HW75, Boeing Stermans, Stinson Model O, a pair of Fleets and a Travel Air. To fill things out on Saturday some airplanes from the small end showed up including an Aeronca C3, Paul Cullman’s Curtis Junior, and a Culver Dart. And with the better weather, Addison Pemberton was able to fly over the mountains from Spokane in his spectacular Boeing Model 40C.
Addison Pemberton's Boeing Model 40C.
This year the vintage planes added some fly-bys to the show on both Friday and Saturday. The museum’s PT-19 and Call Air each flew both days, along with the Stinson Model O. On Friday the Fairchild 24 and Fleet 7 joined in and on Saturday the Boeing Model 40C impressed the crowds with some laps around the pattern. At the end of the fly-in both our PT-19 and Call Air each received Champion awards in Antique and Classic categories respectively.
Paul Cullman's Salmson powered Curtiss Junior
Overall the antique and vintage turn out was a good one once again and the displays in the barn proved to be a hit with visitors even when it wasn’t raining.
Now less than two weeks for the our home field fly-in, the Concrete North Cascades Vintage Fly-In 2011. We’re looking forward to another great turnout and look forward to seeing everybody there.
Culver Dart and Aeronca C3.
