by Jim Roberts | Sep 20, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20231005, Airshows & Fly-Ins, Antique Airfield, Aviation News, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
Welcome to Antique Airfield in Blakesburg, Iowa, home of the Antique Aircraft Association (AAA). The organization, whose motto is “Keep the Antiques Flying,” hosted its 70th national fly-in Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2023, and I was here to take it all in. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Sep 20, 2022 | #Aircraft, Airshows & Fly-Ins, Antique Airfield, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Photo of the Day, Pilots
Bob Grimm submitted this photo and note: “This Cabin Waco is patiently waiting for a summer storm to pass to go on its way. Ma Nature is always the boss! Taken Sept. 2, 2022, at the Antique Airplane Association fly-in in Blakesburg, Iowa.” Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Sep 12, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220922, Airshows & Fly-Ins, Antique Airfield, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
For the Blakesburg Bendix, pilots estimated how long it would take them to fly from Hastings Municipal Airport (KHSI) in Nebraska, making stops at Crete Municipal Airport (KCEK) in Nebraska, Red Oak Municipal Airport (KRDK) in Iowa, and Greenfield Municipal Airport...
by General Aviation News Staff | Sep 12, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220922, Airshows & Fly-Ins, Antique Airfield, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
For the Blakesburg Bendix, pilots estimated how long it would take them to fly from Hastings Municipal Airport (KHSI) in Nebraska, making stops at Crete Municipal Airport (KCEK) in Nebraska, Red Oak Municipal Airport (KRDK) in Iowa, and Greenfield Municipal Airport...
by Janice Wood | Sep 11, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220922, Airshows & Fly-Ins, Antique Airfield, Aviation News, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
While this year’s fly-in was not the biggest, “it certainly was one of the best,” says Brent Taylor, president of the Antique Airplane Association, “with good weather, a great crowd with many new faces, as well as familiar ones, lots of flying,...
by General Aviation News Staff | Sep 11, 2022 | #Aircraft, Airshows & Fly-Ins, Antique Airfield, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Photo of the Day, Pilots
General Aviation News photographer Megan Vande Voort captured this photo of a pilot wearing a T-shirt with an airplane on the back taking his own photos of airplanes at the 2022 Antique Airfield Association’s annual fly-in in Blakesburg, Iowa, over Labor Day...
