Submitted photoFree plane rides for kids and a chance to check out airplanes owned by local pilots are back this year at the Daniel DePonti Airport Open House Aug. 20.
After a one-year break due to the runway being paved, event organizers are rebooting and rebranding what was formerly known as the airport fly-in event at the Daniel DePonti airport, which will be held Aug. 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
“One of the major changes is that it is now officially an airport open house and Young Eagles event as opposed to a fly-in because all of the pilots we have planned for the event are local,” said event coordinator Marc Harshman, who agreed to chair the event last November. “With the newly paved runway, there was concern about where to park all the planes, so we have scaled down in numbers just to kind of see where we are
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