LANDSIDE    
OTHER FACTS &
INFORMATION    
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1st
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Fly-in and show-off
your aircraft or drive-in and join the fun. Activities will begin
at 8 am and will continue throughout the day with something for everyone.
Be sure to register your
plane on arrival for fuel discounts and to be eligible to win one of
many great attendance prizes including a flight in a warbird.
Join us for a pancake
breakfast and stay for a lunch of hamburgers and bratwurst. The Greater
St. Louis Air and Space Museum will be open with free admission all
day and a static display ramp will be open for you to view a classic
Convair 440, an Oshkosh award-winning T-28 Trojan warbird, a 1941 Meyers
O.T.W. biplane, a TV News Helicopter, and a wide variety of other static
display aircraft. Midcoast Aviation will be conducting guided tours
of their Bombardier Challenger and Global Express “green”
aircraft completion line and back-shop areas. EAA Chapter 64 will be
offering free “Young Eagle” flights for youth age 8-17 and
several aviation supply companies will be on hand to demonstrate their
latest products.
Dirty planes are welcome,
but fly them home clean. Parks College aviation students will be washing
planes to raise funds for this year’s aviation activities.
| TENTATIVE
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS |
| 0800-1400 |
Fly-in Registration |
Be sure to
register to receive fuel discounts and a chance to win a flight
in a warbird or one of many other great door prizes (Door prize
drawings will be held at 1400 at the registration desk. Must be
present to win grand prize flights; need not be present to win
other prizes.) |
| 0800-1500 |
Aircraft Static Displays |
Convair 440, T-28 Trojan,
TV News Helicopter, 1941 Meyers OTW biplane, Yang Chang 6 Chinese
Trainers, T-34, Pilatus PC-7, Starduster Too, and a wide variety
of other experimental and vintage aircraft |
| 0800-1500 |
Vendor Displays |
Aero Performance Ltd.,
Wooden Models, and others. |
| 0800-1000 |
Pancake Breakfast |
A fresh hot breakfast
cooked by St. Louis University’s Park College aviation students
celebrating Parks College Alumni Reunion Weekend. $7. |
| 0900-1200 |
Young Eagles Flights |
FREE
flights for youth 8-17 by EAA Chapter 64 members. (Contact Larry
Frey at 618-654-7808 or via e-mail at lrogerfrey@hotmail.com
for advance registration.) |
| 0900-1600 |
Museum Open |
Visit the Greater St.
Louis Air and Space Museum in historic hangar two. Admission is
free! |
| 1000-1700 |
Plane Wash |
Don’t fly a dirty
plane. Get your plane washed by members of St. Louis University’s
aviation fraternity, Alpha Eta Rho. (Reservations available but
not required.) $35 singles / $45 light twins |
| 1000 |
Midcoast Aviation Tour |
A guided tour of Midcoast
Aviation’s Bombardier Challenger and Global Express “green”
aircraft completion line and back-shop areas. Board the shuttle
van near the registration tent. The tour will take approximately
one hour. Shuttle leaves at 1000 and 1200. |
| 1100-1400 |
Burgers & Brats |
Lunch, grilled to perfection.
Proceeds benefit the Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum’s
educational programs. |
| 1200 |
Midcoast Aviation Tour |
A second tour of Midcoast’s
aircraft completion area. Board the shuttle van near the registration
tent at 1200. The tour will take approximately one hour. |
| 1230 |
Petting Zoo |
Visit a variety of animals including a baby
giraffe. |
| 1230 |
FAA Wings Safety Seminar |
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| 1400 |
Prize Drawings |
Attendance prizes will
be drawn at the Registration Tent. Must be present to win the
Grand Prize, only. |
PARTICIPATION
PRIZES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
| - T-28 Trojan
Warbird Flight * |
| - T-34 Warbird
Flight |
| - Formation
flights in a YangChang 6 |
| - 2 Gateway Grizzlies
Gift Bags including 4 tickets to a 2006 Grizzlies Baseball Game |
| - Sightseeing cruises
on the Gateway Arch Riverboats |
| - Pasta dinner for two
at Oliver’s Restaurant |
| - Free introductory
helicopter flight |
| - Additional prizes
provided by Aero Performance, Brockland Pontiac GMC, Gateway Grizzlies
& GMC Stadium, Ideal Aviation, Midcoast Aviation, and others...the
list is growing! |
| - AirBP and Phillips
66 fuel discounts for EVERYONE ! |
Fly-bys are welcome
and encouraged. After landing, notify Ground Control that you are
here for the Fly-in and they will guide you to the West Ramp. Someone
will be there to meet you and guide you to the appropriate parking
place. (The breakfast and plane wash will be held in front of Parks
College Hangar Eight. Static display aircraft will be parked on the
northern half of the West Ramp. Other Fly-in Aircraft will be parked
on the southern end of the the West Ramp. Be sure to visit the Registration
Tent to sign in. Shuttle transportation will be available. Lunch will
be served in front of the Museum at historic hangar two. Transportation
to and from Midcoast Aviation and Oliver's Restaurant on the East
Ramp will be available on request.)

Click here to download a Fly-in
"Flyer."
Please print it out and distribute copies as you fly around to other
airports.
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