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Fly-in draws families, aviation buffs to Belfast
Belfast — For the fifth year, Belfast Municipal Airport hosted an open house and fly-in sponsored by the Belfast Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1434.
The grounds were open to the public Saturday, with planes taking off and landing throughout the day. Families were in abundance early on, with children seated inside several planes or taking short flights with volunteer pilots. Later in the day, helicopter rides were offered for a fee, and visitors also were treated to live music.
Around 12:30 p.m., one plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Northport Golf Club when its engine stalled, according to the club’s Paula Herron. The plane landed on the No. 5 fairway, she said, and nobody was hurt.
Displays by airport-affiliated clubs included Angel Flight Northeast, athenahealth, Aviation Career Education Camp, Downeast Emergency Medicine Institute Search and Rescue, Katahdin Wings Chapter of the 99s, LifeFlight of Maine, a local flight school, Maine Aeronautics Association, Maine Forest Service, Patient Airlift Services, Pilots N Paws, Waldo County Emergency Management Mobile Communications, and Waldo County Search and Rescue, as well as representatives of Young Eagles, a program that teaches children between 7 and 13 how to fly small aircraft.
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That is one sweet RV-8. Can't make it this year. Maybe I'll fly in next year.
If small and medium scale fishermen are struggling, its a failure of their ability (and the government's ability) to effectively market their catch
Nice pics Stephanie. I attended and it was a great event. Spoke to several pilots who were very proud of their aircraft. Maybe you can release these pics to the City of Belfast to add to their anemic picture slideshow on their new, shiny website. There are probably a couple hundred pictures of Belfast and surrounding area out on the internet and the City has the same old stale pics from the old website.