Annual Colfax Fly In around the corner

Day of antique planes to hit Colfax airport

Teresa Simpson, Gazette Reporter | Sep 19, 20240

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Carrie Bellecourt poses with her son, Cooper (WSU hoodie), and parents Jim White and former long-time Colfax High School teacher, Cathy White, in front of the 1942 Grumman JRF-6B "Goose" during the Annual Colfax Fly-In on Sept. 23

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COLFAX - Antique airplanes will be seen flying into the Colfax airport next weekend.

The family friendly event hosted by the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 328 is set to start at 8 a.m., Sept. 28 with the pancake breakfast until 10 a.m., at the Colfax Airport, 707 Flight Line Drive.

Breakfast is being served by the Colfax Rotary Club for a fee and includes pancakes, sausage and scrambled eggs.

Fly In Organizer Barney Buckley said the event started in 2013, with a crop duster clinic and lunch, progressing into the annual fly in.

Displays of experimental, classic, military and airshow...