Fly in at Lancaster Airport

Every 2 years Lancaster Airport (KLNS) in Lancaster, PA holds Community Days and has a big air show. We had been invited to display the plane in previous years, but weren't able to make it work out. This year, the weather was just perfect and we decided to just show up. Nancy and I took along our friends Garret and Kathryn, who had flown to Oshkosh with us.

We flew over and did three trips through the pattern in heavy traffic before we landed behind a Ford Trimotor. We taxied over to the show area, stopped, and announced that we were a show plane. They dropped the rope and put us in a great spot right between a Defiant and a WWII C47 Commando. Let the games begin.

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We taxi past a Blackhawk on the ramp at Chester County as we prepare to depart.

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Here is a video of our takeoff from Chester County

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Here are some shots from the flight over to the show.

Downwind departure from Chester County

Lancaster County from 3,000 feet

Farm country as we approach Lancaster

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 Video of our third pattern and landing.

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On the ground in Lancaster.

We pull up to the show line next to the C47

Parked in the show area

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Here are some shots of us hanging out by the plane. We had a great view of the show and lots of interest in the plane.

Gotta have the Velocity gear

National anthem starts the show

We break out the air show chairs

The show opens and people start flooding in.

The Commando

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The C47 loaded up with paratroopers in WWII gear. It took off and they did static line jumps from what seemed like only a few hundred feet right over the plane. It was a great display.

Paratroopers loading up

Over the Velocity just before drop. You can see the jump master in the door.

Floating down in front of the plane.

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Here are some more shots from around the show.

Aerobatic show

Nancy hanging at the plane

Air show selfie

The crowds got pretty big

Nancy and I head over to the WWII encampment

This little boy was thrilled to try on a uniform.

Huge Sea Stallion

Airplane rides

Mean looking Super Cobra attack helicopter

Ford Trimotor

Who needs a tower for a sound system?

Trimotor passes the tower on takeoff

Cool Bizjet

Velocity, Defiant and Long EZ representing the canard community

Lots of winglets in our group

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A P51 Mustang did a bunch of very cool low passes. A MIG fighter did low afterburner passes at several hundred knots, but was so fast I couldn't get a good video.

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By about 3:30 we were ready to go. We pulled the plane up to the barrier and they let us out onto the ramp. We taxied out and made the quick flight home with no problem, well ahead of the traffic jam that would start when the show ended at 4:00.

Here's a video of our takeoff for home:

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Here are some more shots from the flight home.

Beautiful visibility on climb out

Nancy's view from the back

Chester county airport comes into sight

Home at our hangar.

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Here is a video of our landing back at Chester County.

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We had a great day in perfect weather hanging out by the Velocity watching planes. We have been asked to display the plane in several other upcoming fly ins and look forward to more of this.

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