The Arlington Fly-In Will Pause In 2020 And Return In 2021
It's coming with greater and greater regularity... more bad news about treasured aviation events that we love to visit from year to year... and another of the greats has been put off until 2021. Worse... it was one of our favorites. Our dear freinds at the Arlington Fly-In sent us the bad news yesterday... "Due to the worldwide public safety and economic uncertainties of the COVID-19 crisis, and to protect our guests and volunteers, the 2020 Arlington Fly-In is cancelled. The event that was scheduled for August 14-16 will not occur, and instead we will shift our planning to the 2021 event..."
A Touching Donation Has Some Great History Behind It
This year, EAA will be raffling off two airplanes during the EAA Great Aircraft Raffle at AirVenture. The addition of this second raffle airplane is made possible due to the generous donation of the Roach family. John P. Roach, EAA 1344059, said EAA AirVenture Oshkosh meant the world to his late father, John A. Roach, so it was a no-brainer when talking with his siblings that their father's Ercoupe should be donated to EAA as the second raffle airplane. John A. Roach started flying in the 1970s when his wife gave him a gift certificate for ground school. He later received his private pilot certificate and started flying at the Detroit City Airport, now known as the Coleman A. Young Municipal Air
'Health And Safety Of Contestants Is Our Primary Concern'
And the hits just keep on coming... This time from the AMA and the National Free Flight Society. "It is with great regret, that AMA and National Free Flight Society (NFFS) announce that the current COVID-19 pandemic has forced the cancellation of the Indoor Nats scheduled for May 27-31, 2020 in Eagar, Arizona. We do not anticipate that there will be a rescheduling of this event in 2020. Anyone that had already registered will be refunded 100% by AMA automatically. Obviously, the health and safety of contestants is our primary concern and we will absolutely abide by all federal, state and local guidelines..."
The Sebring Sport Aviation Expo has "Sport" prominently featured in its name, and one of the fastest-growing segments of sports, and sport aviation, is drone racing. So it would seem to make sense that steps from the Sebring Speedway, drone racing was taking place at the January air show. Brian Morris of Team Multistar told ANN CEO and Editor in Chief Jim Campbell that there were about 110 of the fastest drone pilots competing at the show for a total prize purse of $20,000, with $10,000 going to the overall winner of the event. The racing quadcopters fly at speeds of about 80
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