Paine Field General Aviation
Day & The Taste of Mukilteo
May 17, 2008
The Washington Pilot’s Association and Paine Field will host the 13th
annual General Aviation Day with the Taste of Mukilteo on Saturday, May 17th.
This year promises to be bigger and better than ever. The event is for everyone,
with lots of fun, food and activities for all ages. Admission is free.
The morning kicks off with a Paine Field Firefighters’ pancake breakfast at 9:00
am. Cost is a donation to benefit NW Burn Foundation. The ramp opens at 10:00
am, with free Young Eagles flights for kids ages 8 – 17, aircraft displays and
local vendors.
Come see the latest in general aviation aircraft as well as many of the
airplanes owned and operated by local private pilots. Antique aircraft and
warbirds will be on display thanks to the participation of the the Museum of
Flight, the Flying Heritage Collection, Cascade Warbirds and Historic Flight at
Kilo-6. Among these will be WWII aircraft and many pre-war military and civil
antiques. Along with these fascinating and historic aircraft, the Tyee Triumph
Club will display some of their classic sports cars. Some of Paine Field’s fire
engines will also be on hand for kids to get an up close look. The Blackjack
Squadron will be participating with formation flyovers.
Local non-profit organizations will
have a place at General Aviation Day as well! These organizations include
Angel Flight West, FALLS Cooperative Preschool, Girl Scouts - Totem Council,
Key Bank, Microsoft, Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival, Purrfect Pals, WAI (Women in
Aviation International), Children's Air Corps Guild, Civil Air Patrol, Eastside
Family Health Center, Mukilteo Family YMCA, and PASS. They will all be on hand
with information booths, sharing information about their work in the community.
In addition, the Airport’s flight schools will also be on hand – Northwest
Aviation Center, Northway Aviation, and Regal Air.
The Taste of Mukilteo opens at 11:30
am. Great tastes will be available from Ivar's, Bank of Washington, , Harbour
Pointe Retirement Center, and Mukilteo Garlic Jim's, among others. All proceeds
from the Taste of Mukilteo go to the Mukilteo Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
Fund.
Take a flight, meet the pilots, see one-of-a kind aircraft, tour the Everett
Community College Aviation School, talk with the flight schools, enjoy some
food, watch the demonstration flying, try the flight simulators – all this and
more!
For more info, please call the event hotline at
425.353.2110 x5 or contact Jim or Marilyn Fries at 425-885-4212 or by
email to
jrfries@comcast.net and
m_fries@hotmail.com .
General Aviation Day is sponsored by Paine Field Airport, the Washington
Pilots Association and the following organizations. The Taste of Mukilteo is
sponsored by the Mukilteo Chamber of Commerce.
Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival Parade of Planes September 8, 2007
Paine Field Chapter members were asked by the city of Mukilteo in 2003 to fly their planes over the Lighthouse Festival Parade route to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight. The parade crowd loved the fly-over so much that we have become a regular part of the celebration!
Watch video clips of the Beechcraft Bonanza Formation Flight
Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival September 7th, 8th & 9th, 2007
2007 Lighthouse Festival Parade to Airplanes launched in CAVU weather in the afternoon to an enthusiastic crowd. The first year of our new route, which was independent of the ground parade, was a success. Our MC, Rebecca, had the main stage at the festival grounds and received rave reviews. This year we launched several formation groups, Blackjack Squadron, NW Beechboys and the High Wing Flyers as well as a gaggle of airplanes flown by Paine Field Chapter pilots. Thanks to all for a good show. See you next year.
