Airplane Race Events Start This Weekend
Fairhope, Alabama thefairhopetimes.blogspot.com
PUBLIC INVITED
Tickets are still available for some events leading up to the take-off of the Air Race Classic next Tuesday at the Sonny Callahan Airport on CR 32 south of town.
Locals can also buy tickets for social events to interact with the pilots. Tickets are limited! (See the Airport Authority's Facebook page for more details (click).)
-Welcome BBQSaturday, June 14th6p.m.-8p.m.@ Sonny Callahan Airport$30 each includes mealPurchase at https://www.airraceclassic.org/registration/... -Take-Off BanquetSunday, June 15th5:30p.m.-8:30p.m.@Fairhope Civic Center$75 each includes meals and drink ticketsPurchase at https://www.airraceclassic.org/registration/... -Youth Program - Girls age 8 and up come meet with pilots and learn about aviation and meteorology!Saturday, June 14th1-3p.m.@ Sonny Callahan Airport$10 - purchase athttps://www.girlscoutssa.org/.../aviation-day-at-the-air...
RACE STARTS TUESDAY MORNING
The general public is also invited to watch the race's start from surrounding property outside of runway fences on June 17, beginning at 8 AM.
Teams will begin
departing H. L. Sonny Callahan Airport at 8 a.m. June 17, taking off one
after another approximately 60 seconds apart. From there, the field
will spread out as faster planes move ahead or as racers use their own
strategy for when to fly, officials explained. Faster planes may
complete the route in only two days; slower planes may not arrive in
Spokane, Washington, until moments before the arrival deadline at 5 p.m.
on Friday, June 20, they noted."
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