Rain halted flights last week at the 10th-annual Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire and Sequim Valley Fly-In, but organizer Emily Westcott said the event had a better turnout than expected.
About a dozen planes and classic cars were on display along with offerings of live music, food and vendors on Aug. 24 at the Sequim Valley Airport.
Keith Kossuth of Chino, Calif. visited to offer rides in his 1929 Travel Air, and said he’d try to offer rides the next day for those interested.
Captain Crystal Stout with the Dream Catcher Balloon nonprofit program that offers rides to veterans, people with mobility issues, and more, said she called off rides last week due to the poor weather.
For her tentative last event of the year, she’ll offer tethered rides from 8 a.m.-11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, at Sequim Community Church, 1000 N. Fifth Ave. The event is in conjunction with The Lodge at Sherwood Village, with rides $25. RSVP by calling 360-681-3100.
Visitors said a plane ran over a runway sign early into this year’s Air Affaire.
For more information about the Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire and Sequim Valley Fly-In, visit olympicpeninsulaairaffaire.com.
Donna Stoffel of Sequim checks on the propeller of her Vans RV-4 that she and her husband Rick built in 2009. The couple brought their plane out of their hangar at the Sequim Valley Airport for the Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire and Sequim Valley Fly-In on Aug. 24.
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Visitors of the Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire and Sequim Valley Fly-In on Aug. 24 watch Keith Kossuth of Chino, Calif. work on his 1929 Travel Air.
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ A couple looks at Ernie Hansen’s Experimental Super Cub out of Diamond Point on Aug. 24.
Keith Kossuth of Chino, Calif. works on his 1929 Travel Air during the Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire and Sequim Valley Fly-In. Poor weather and some water in his engine caused him to pause flights on Aug. 24, but he was flying by the end of the event and he said he’d offer rides the next day.
Photo by Keith Thorpe/Olymic Peninsula News Group / Ray Ballantyne of Sequim straps a stuffed tiger into the passenger seat of his 2000 Glastar GS-1 experimental aircraft at the Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire on Aug. 24 at Sequim Valley Airport. The tiger is in honor of Gilmore the flying lion, who flew with aviator Colonel Roscoe Turner in the 1930s as an advertising promotion.
Photo by Keith Thorpe/Olymic Peninsula News Group / A Barnstormer 1929 Curtiss Wright Travel Air D-4000 takes off on Runway 27 at Sequim Valley Airport during the Air Affaire fly-in on Aug. 24 in Sequim.
