Louise Hose
Well Known Member
The weather has cooled and the haze has moved out for now. Too beautiful of a day not to spend some time in the air. With friends visiting, I flew over to Warrenton to join Rob Brooks in a little 2-ship flight up the Shenandoah Valley. Doug and Lynn enjoyed their first RV flights and a little stick time on our separated flights back. Following the sightseeing, Rob fired up the grill and the barbeque was on for the various friends and pilots who came drifting in. With a little time left before Doug and Lynn needed to return to Pennsylvania, I asked Rob about a local attraction.....The Flying Circus Airshow. Held on Sunday afternoons through October, Rob strongly recommended it.
It would be hard to find more entertainment for $10 ($3 for kids!). One-and-a-half hours watching Stearmans, Wacos, Cubs, and a Giles and their crews perform impressive aerobatics, beautiful formation flights, wingwalking, skydiving, flour bombing, mailbag pick-up, and very corny ground acts......all in the traditional barnstormer style. Rides in the planes were available after the show, although we didn't stay to watch or participate.
The Flying Circus is a 10-mile drive from the Warrenton airport and Rob recommends against trying to fly an RV into the field. But, if you can find a way to get over there, it's a great show. Photos from today are available at: http://picasaweb.google.com/DrKarst/TheFlyingCircusVirginia.
More information on the show is available at: http://www.flyingcircusairshow.com/
It would be hard to find more entertainment for $10 ($3 for kids!). One-and-a-half hours watching Stearmans, Wacos, Cubs, and a Giles and their crews perform impressive aerobatics, beautiful formation flights, wingwalking, skydiving, flour bombing, mailbag pick-up, and very corny ground acts......all in the traditional barnstormer style. Rides in the planes were available after the show, although we didn't stay to watch or participate.
The Flying Circus is a 10-mile drive from the Warrenton airport and Rob recommends against trying to fly an RV into the field. But, if you can find a way to get over there, it's a great show. Photos from today are available at: http://picasaweb.google.com/DrKarst/TheFlyingCircusVirginia.
More information on the show is available at: http://www.flyingcircusairshow.com/
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