Airplane Race Events Start This Weekend

Fairhope, Alabama thefairhopetimes.blogspot.com 

 Update: The planned start here had to be moved to Harrison, Arkansas due to stormy weather on June 17.

 

Fairhope airport.

 

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 BBQ

Saturday, June 14th

6p.m.-8p.m.

@ Sonny Callahan Airport

$30 each includes meal

Purchase at https://www.airraceclassic.org/registration/...

 

-Take-Off Banquet

Sunday, June 15th

5:30p.m.-8:30p.m.

@Fairhope Civic Center

$75 each includes meals and drink tickets

Purchase 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 14th

1-3p.m.

@ Sonny Callahan Airport

$10 - purchase at

https://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."