Sometimes you just have to get out of the local traffic pattern. So make your next trip an adventure and use the airplane for a fun trip to an airport close to you, either by yourself for a confidence-building solo, or with an instructor as a great cross-country training adventure.
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Greenville Seaplane Base, Greenville, Maine
September 8 through 11 brings one of the biggest seaplane fly-ins in the world to Moosehead Lake, with everything from production seaplanes to experimentals and classics. Landlubbers should fly into nearby Greenville Municipal Airport (3B1).
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Triangle North Executive Airport, Louisburg, North Carolina
Head to Louisburg the weekend of September 17 and 18 for High Flight, a festival filled with airplanes, antique cars, barbeque, balloon rides, seminars, skydiving, and more. Last year more than 4,000 people attended, making it one of the biggest fly-ins in the region.
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Isedor Iverson Airport, McGregor, Minnesota
Minnesota is home to one of the largest annual crops of wild rice in the world. Take part in the fun over Labor Day weekend at Wild Rice Days in McGregor. Fly in to HZX and take a free shuttle for the car show, crafts, Corn Feed, and more.
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Santa Fe Municipal Airport, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Join the New Mexico Pilots Association for a weekend mountain flying course for certificated pilots September 23 through 25. The course includes a ground school, three flight hours, and a social event. See www.nmpilots.org.
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Ken Jernstedt Airfield, Hood River, Oregon
The Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum is hosting a fly-in on September 9 through 11. There will be a barbeque Friday night for pilots, a swap meet, pancake breakfasts, and a dinner/dance Saturday evening.
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