Regional Affairs
Missouri gathering learns GA is critical to agriculture
It may have been a dreary, rainy day, but that didn’t stop a throng of pilots and aviation enthusiasts or Rep. Sam Graves, a Piper J-3 Cub owner and AOPA and EAA member, from turning out for the Fifth Annual Wing Nuts Flying Circus and Fly-In at Gould Memorial Airport in Tarkio, Mo. Besides a spectacular airshow featuring both vintage and contemporary civilian and military aircraft, coordinated by air traffic controllers from the Missouri Air National Guard, the event also included an aviation town hall meeting. AOPA President Phil Boyer and National Business Aviation Association President Ed Bolen were among the featured speakers. Read more on AOPA Online.
July 18, 2008
