Check out a championship biplane, get an “open cockpit” look at a Civil Air Patrol Cessna Skylane, learn how to take up skydiving and ballooning, get an up-close look at how an airport operates — and maybe even get a free airplane ride!
You can do all of that and more this weekend when the Fallbrook Community Airpark celebrates its 50th anniversary from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
There will be food, airplanes, informational booths — and you might be one of many to win a free airplane ride around Fallbrook, courtesy of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles and Eagles programs.
The free event is celebrating the first official flight in 1964 at the airpark, which is now one of the County of San Diego’s eight airports.
All parking for the 50th Anniversary event will be at Fallbrook Union High School, located at 2400 S. Stage Coach Lane. Free shuttles will be available to bring visitors to and from the air park.
Fallbrook’s Trupiano’s Italian Bistro and the Fallbrook Firefighters Association will be selling food for a nominal fee. Vendors will man information booths where people can get information about skydiving, taking balloon rides and learning how to fly.
The Civil Air Patrol’s Cessna 182 Skylane and “Phantom” — a biplane that has won multiple air-racing championships — and even a flight-training simulator will all be display. And, of course, the airport itself will be in full operation!
So come and join the celebration!
