David Plucker (left), vice president, director flight training and maintenance, and Wes Becker, president, director sales and marketing, represented Rocky Mountain Sport Aviation by exhibiting the new Remos light sport aircraft.
By Bill Stansbeary
The Vintage Aero Flying Museum, home of The LaFayette Foundation, held a fly-in/drive-in at Platte Valley Airpark (18V) on May 17, Armed Forces Day.
The daylong event featured flying demonstrations, aircraft from World War I and World War II, antique aircraft, experimental aircraft, ultralights, light sport aircraft and radio-controlled aircraft. Other highlights included antique cars, living history displays and the largest collection of WWI aviation, Golden Age of aviation and WWII memorabilia in the West.
A pancake breakfast started the fun for the whole family; later, a barbeque lunch was served in the main hangar. Nearly 1,000 people enjoyed the activities throughout the day with perfect weather conditions.
Andy Parks, Vintage Aero Flying Museum executive director, dressed in an authentic WWI aviator uniform, helped bring aviation history to life by organizing the event.
For more information, visit [http://www.lafayettefoundation.org].
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- David Hogan (left) and Warren Janssen displayed radio controlled model aircraft from the Miniature Aero Sportsters, serving northeast Denver area.
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- Nancy Hall Rutgers (left), daughter of James Norman Hall, and Andrea Parks helped with the activities.
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- A newly restored Fokker D.VIII replica joins the fleet of aircraft operated by the LaFayette Foundation, a Colorado nonprofit aviation museum and foundation.
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- Andrew King, pilot, climbs aboard a flying replica of the Fokker Dr.1 triplane to perform an air show routine based on WWI aviation.
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- Walt Barbo (center), Fantasy of Flight Foundation president, checks out Mark Holliday at the flight controls of an advanced flight simulator.
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- L to R: Stephanie Wells, FAA aviation safety inspector, Denver FSDO; Gail Schipder; Marijke Unger; and Lynn Mareth (standing on wheel of her Piper Super Cub) represented The 99s.
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- Julie Appleby (left) and Andrew King, in WWI-era uniforms, highlighted the Vintage Aero Flying Museum’s Fokker Dr.1.