Simsbury Fly-In and Car Show

Richard watching planes taxiing to take-off.

The weather was perfect for this event: warm, blue sky with only a smattering of clouds. Great weather for the Simsbury Fly-in and Car Show.

We should have arrived earlier. That was my thought as we sat in traffic as we approached the Simsbury Airport (really, a mere concrete air strip, surrounded nearby by fields of flimsy greenhouses). The giant C5-A Galaxy cargo plane had just made several extremely low and impressive passes over us. The huge plane literally cast a shadow as it fly over us. It must have been quite a sight for those at the air field. (It is too big to land here). 

There was so much to see. There were rows of planes parked for viewing; rows of cars lined up for inspection; tents for exhibitors; refreshments and souvenirs; and, of course, all kinds of flying acts and various planes flying in and, later, taking, off.

Plane (at left, circled in red) taking off.

Helicopter (circled in red) taking off.

The flying acts were interesting. As we arrived, we saw a replica of a WWI Spad (from the Old Rhinebeck Aeodrome) take off. There was also a helicopter (see picture above) and precision formation flying team.

Precision formation flying team.

Precision formation flying team after landing.

And there was also a car show. Hundreds of unique cars and trucks (military and fire).

Richard with a hot rod to match his color.

Also all types of unique planes on display.

We stayed until the end, watching planes fly-out (take off) to return home.

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Links:

http://www.aflyer.com/1303_f_simsburyflyin.html
http://simsburyairport.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy
http://www.oldrhinebeck.org
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Written Sunday 27 September 2015 (Yeah, I know. It takes a while to get caught up.)