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Warbird Weekend 2014Schedule of Events

SATURDAY JULY 12, 2014Idaho County Airport

8:00 AM – 11:00 AMPancake Breakfast—Benefiting the Quilts of Valor

8:00 AM – 2:00 PMWarbird Air Fair - Self-Guided Aircraft ToursYoung Eagles - Free Flights for Youth 8-17

Warbird Flights - Purchase Flights in the Legendary AircraftIdaho Army National Guard - Obstacle Course

and Equipment ExhibitTours of Anderson Aeromotive

Tours of the USFS Grangeville Air Center (GAC)Smokejumper Facility

Tourism and Recreation ExhibitsHistorical Aviation Exhibits

Remote Control Plane Exhibit

10:00 AMOpening Ceremonies—National Anthem,

Presentation of Colors, Honoring of Veterans

11:00 AM – 2:00 PMLunch, Ice Cream, Beer and Wine~The Twisted Cellar

NoonPilot Dress-Up Contest

Noon—3:00 pmBicentennial Historical Museum Tours,

Aviation Movie Event—”Fly Boys”

SUNDAY JULY 13, 2014Grangeville High School Football Field

10:00 AM - Noon Tentative ~ RC Aircraft Demonstration

Idaho County Airport

8:00 AM - NoonWarbird Air Fair - Self-Guided Aircraft Tours

Warbird Flights - Purchase Flights in the Legendary Aircraft

8:00 AM - 11:00 AMBreakfast

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GRANGEVILLE -The third annualWarbird Weekend runs Saturday andSunday, July 12-13, at the Idaho CountyAirport, featuring historic aircraft, planeflights, aviation exhibits and relatedevents.

Free to the public, the annual event recognizes therole of aviation in Idaho County’s history and highlightsthe airport – located in Grangeville -- as an economicdevelopment hub, as well as a gateway to outdoor recre-ation in North Central Idaho.

Both days of the event feature self-guided aircrafttours starting at 8 a.m., ending on 2 p.m. on Saturday andnoon on Sunday; as well as an on-site breakfast offeredfrom 8 to 11 a.m. by The Twisted Cellar.

Among the featured aircraft planning to attendthis year include the 1943 Fairchild PT26, Nanchang CJ6,T-6 Trainer, 1950 Vance AFB T-28 and Vance T-28 CModel, Harpoon PV-2 and a Calidus Autogyro. Organizersare also working on bringing in additional historic aircraft.

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An event favorite, Young Eaglesfree flights for youth ages 8-17, will startat 8 a.m. Sponsored by the ExperimentalAircraft Association, the flights will befirst-come, first-served. Parent orguardian permission is required for par-ticipation. Kids can also participate inthe pilot dress-up contest at noon.

Saturday events kick off with apancake breakfast, 8-11 a.m., benefittingthe Quilts of Valor. Opening cere-monies will begin at 10 a.m. with theNational Anthem, presentation of colorsand honoring of veterans. Lunch will beavailable, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., (also includ-ing ice cream, beer and wine) from The

Twisted Cellar.On site, visitors can tour the U.S.

Forest Service Grangeville Air Centersmokejumper facility. Tours are alsobeing conducted of the AndersonAeromotive facility, off U.S. Highway95, an internationally recognized busi-ness in repair and rebuilding of radialaircraft engines.

Among the day’s events includea Civil Air Patrol aircraft display andexhibit, Idaho Army National Guardobstacle course and equipment exhibit,tourism and recreation presentations,and exhibits of remote control airplanesand historical aviation. From noon to 3

p.m., the Bicentennial HistoricalMuseum on North College Street will beshowing the World War I aviationmovie, Flyboys.

Sunday events again offer air-craft tours and flights for purchase, 8a.m. to noon; and breakfast from 8-11 a.m.

For event information, contact coordinator,

Melisa Bryant, 983-8302,

[email protected] , or follow on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/warbirdweekend.idaho.

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Historic aircraft are ondisplay both Saturday and Sunday, but thecrowds are thinner on Sunday. This gives youmore of an opportunity for discussion withaircraft pilots and owners. And when planes aredeparting on Sunday, they may buzz the fieldbefore turning their noses toward home.

It gets hot on that tarmac,so bring a hat and water. Seating is available onsite, but packing a portable chair is a nice extra ifyou want to rest closer to the action.

Planes startarriving early,even a day or two,

before the event. So be watchingthe skies for some of the specialaircraft as they come in for theevent… as you may get a little airshow!

Planning to attend Warbird Weekend,Saturday and Sunday, July 12-13?

Here are a few tips to get as much out of thistwo-day event as possible.

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Hey, take some cash asthere are souvenirs to buy, as well as food isavailable.

Young Eagles freeflights for kids (ages 8-17) areextremely popular, and the number of flightsdepends on the volunteer planes that show up.So your best chance to get a flight is being onsite bright and early.

Give the young kids abreak on the National Guard obstacle

course; burn off some of that excess energy soyou can get back to the exhibits.

These events are greatfor hearing stories. Find agroup and eavesdrop. Veterans love talkingabout their aviation tales, and the pilots loveshowing off their planes.

Can you touch? Check thesigns on what you can touch or not, and whereyou can grab and step. These are historicplanes, so some are definitely “eyes only” forthe exhibit. Unsure? Ask the pilot.

The tours are reallycool. Everyone who goes through theAnderson Aeromotive tour really says howmuch they enjoyed it, so do it! Also, right thereis the USFS smokejumper facility … and didwe tell you this is where smokejumping firstgot its start – on the Nez Perce National Forest,back in 1940? Yep, right here in Grangeville, soit’s definitely worth checking out.

Taking the museumtour on Saturday gets you out of

the heat, so check out the movie (it’s prettygood). And the museum has some greatexhibits on area history.

Local businesses andorganizations work hardto help put this event on, so let them know youappreciate their support for this fun (and free!)community activity.


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Harpoon PV-2A Lockheed twin-engine PV-2 “Harpoon,” a

land-based medium patrol bomber. PV-2s sawcombat in the Pacific Theater, and served in the

US Naval Reserve until the late 1940s


T-6 Trainerhe North American Aviation T-6 Texan was a single-engineadvanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the UnitedStates Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Navy, RoyalAir Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth

during World War II and into the 1970s.

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1943 Fairchild PT26A USA Fairchild Aircraft monoplane primary train-

er aircraft that served with the United States ArmyAir Forces, RAF and RCAF during World War II.

Nanchang CJ6The Nanchang CJ-6 is an aircraft designed and built in China for use by

the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) as a basic trainer.

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1950 Vance AFB T-28, Vance T-28 C ModelThe North American Aviation T-28

Trojan was a piston-engine military traineraircraft used by the United States Air

Force and United States Navy beginning inthe 1950s. Besides its use as a trainer, the

T-28 was successfully employed as aCounter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft,primarily during the Vietnam War.

Calidus AutogyroThe AutoGyro Calidus is a German aut-

ogyro, designed and produced by Auto-Gyro GmbH of Hildesheim. The aircraft is

supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-air-craft. The Calidus features a single main

rotor, a two-seats in tandem enclosedcockpit with a complete aerodynamic

cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear withwheel pants and a four cylinder, air and

liquid-cooled engine.

Enjoy the weekend.

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410 E. N. 2nd Street,Grangeville, ID208-983-1131


The Grangeville Smokejumpersis an organization that iscommitted to providing aprofessional level of firemanagement to public landsthroughout the nation.

Tour the Smokejumper Base

(Courtesy USFS)

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Since 1951, the Grangeville Smokejumpershave provided aerially delivered firefighters towildfires across the United States.Smokejumpers specialize in the use ofparachutes and fixed-wing aircraft as a meansfor rapid deployment of resources to remotelocations. While smokejumping and firemanagement is their specialty, the jumpers

have a wide range of skills and backgroundsthat offer a diverse and highly adaptableorganization that can fill any niche. Smokejumping was born on the Nez Perce

National Forest. It was on the Nez PerceForest's Moose Creek Ranger District thatRufus Robinson, of Kooskia, Idaho and EarlCooley, of Hamilton, Mont., made the nation's

first "live" fire jump, at the Martin Creek Fireon July 12, 1940. Robinson's and Cooley'ssquad had been positioned by the Region OneSmokejumper Program at the remote MooseCreek Ranger Station, where a parachute loftwas built in 1941 to better accommodatesmokejumper operations in this vicinity.

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Warbird Weekend runs on the generosity of its business andorganizational sponsors, as well as through the support of Idaho County.Want to help support future events? Donations are gladly accepted tohelp bring in more aircraft.And donors get a little something too for helping out!Donations may also be made to support the event, and five sponsorshiplevels are available: $249 or less, $250-$499, $500-$999, $1,000-$2,499,and $2,500-plus. Each level entitles donors to special extras andrecognition for their support. For event information or to submit donations, contact Melisa Bryant,983-8302, [email protected] ; donations can be mailed to Friends ofWarbird Weekend, P.O. Box 393, Grangeville, ID 83530.

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