Mon, Jan 17, 2005
Come On Down For A Festival In The Air, Cher
After another highly successful
season since being revived in 2003, the Louisiana EAA Fly-in Series
rolls into 2005. ORganizers say their goals are to raise
aviation awareness of the general public and increase aviation
activity, which of course are both beneficial to all of us involved
in aviation. We feel that this unique fly-in series has been
very successful in achieving those goals. Several or our 2004
events had over 100 aircraft participating. Overall, over 300
pilots and their aircraft registered at the 12 events that were
held last year (only one event had to be rescheduled and one was
totally washed out) and even more participated.
2005 Series Events:
The series will begin on April 2-3 at Slidell. Here is a
list of all 13 events that are currently scheduled:
- April 2-3
Chapter 697 Air Show & Fly-in Slidell
- April 9
Chapter 513 Fly-in Airport TBD
- April 22-23
Chapter 614 Spring Fly-in Pineville
- May 7
Chapter 912 Fly-in Concordia Parish (Vidalia)
- May 14
Chapter 244 Fly-in False River Air Park
- June 25-26
Chapter 541 Fly-in Jennings
- September 10
Chapter 836 Fly-in Monroe
- September 17
Chapter 343 Air Show/Fly-in Shreveport Downtown
- September 24
Chapter 244 Fly-in False River Air Park
- October 14-15
Chapter 614 Fall Fly-in Pineville
- October 29
Southern Heritage Air Show/Fly-in Tallulah/Vicksburg
- Regional November 5
Chapter 971 Fall Fly-in St John Parish (Reserve) November 12
Chapter 261 Annual Fly-in Lakefront (New Orleans)
The people organizing the events told ANN in a statement, "We
are encouraging participation from every organization involved in
aviation in the state - FAA, 99's, CAP, Military, Ag Operators,
Louisiana DOTD, Flight Schools, Commercial Operators, IAC, etc.
Most Fly-in s will have Young Eagles flights. Check the
series website listed below for additional details as the date of
the event gets closer."
Fly-in Series Prizes: Organizers of the
event say they want to encourage participation by every aircraft in
the state. To help provide that encouragement, we are
requesting prizes from aviation-related and other companies to
present to series participants. We want to thank our 2004
Sponsors for their generous support: Darryl Christen, Rans
Aircraft, Oregon Aero, Concorde Batteries, EAA, Lancair, Trade-A-
Plane, H&E Equipment Services and Exxon Elite Aviation
Oil. We gave out over 80 prizes to series participants last
year. Please contact the Series Coordinator below if you wish
to be a 2005 Sponsor.
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