Keystone Flight -- Fighter Factory (42VA) and First Flight(FFA) -- March 20, 2010

Fighter Factory:

We had a NINE SHIP formation land on turf, and then get "rock star parking" on the ramp right next to the Spitfire and Hurricane in the hanger!

Wonderful museum; I highly recommend it to anyone going on vacation or on business to the Virginia Beach area. It is not a "normal" airport to fly into, so getting permission is not exactly easy - they really don't like a lot of traffic in and out of there.

Anyway, still a great place to drive to for our members interested in Warbird Aviation.

Just thought I'd share these with you. It was a lot of fun leading a huge formation into this field - probably the best fly-in I've ever planned/been part of to date!

First Flight:

Here are some photos of the KEYSTONE FLIGHT on our recent visit to Kitty Hawk, NC!

This was a fun mission to plan - down the seaboard starting before sunrise then over the Chesapeake Bay (climb to glide distance altitudes since we were over-water) and over Norfolk and Oceana's airspace down the beach all the way to North Carolina....

Nice breeze blowing down there - packed with airplanes with the same idea, but here we come with EIGHT more planes! We had to park on the grass.

Denny, I cannot describe the feeling of landing at First Flight in your own plane - it is amazing and exciting! We really enjoyed ourselves there - nothing like flying into a place like that - what a pilgrimage!

A few nice things to see - lots on the Wright Brothers....magnificent monument on the hill.

Highly recommend this as a destination for any pilot! It is a touchstone! Photos from recent flight. I was able to make contact with the owner of this facility to get permission for the flight to land right at the museum - great time!