The airport is named for a World War II fighter pilot who later became a community leader. The airport has both paved and grass runways and is home to one of most impressive antique aviation and automobile museums in the country.

The event runs September 7-8 and usually attracts hundreds of people who want to view and sometimes fly in antique aircraft or get up close to vintage machines. Admission is $20.

Camping is encouraged, and local and semilocal antique aircraft owners often set up a tent under the wing of their machines, not unlike the barnstormers of the 1920s and ’30s.

Getting there by air requires some planning, as visual flight rules are required. Pilots are encouraged to download the VFR reporting points information and to double-check the NOTAMs along their route because of smoke and TFRs due to ongoing wildfires.

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