Eastern Virginia WWI Event in September 2008

AAC Cadet Leader · 15 August 2008, 07:15 PM

passing this along. looks like a fun event. hope some of you on the east coast can make it there. see attachment.

AAC Cadet Leader · 16 August 2008, 08:13 AM

here's some of the text from the email that i received. also, i didn't notice that another forum member had posted a thread earlier about this event. hope doubling up doesn't hurt in this case.
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Campbell Field Airport (9VG), Weirwood, VA.
Celebrating 75 Years of Aviation in Northampton County
"Come Roll on the Grass"
1933-2008

Hello Fellow Pilots,

"Soup-on-Sunday" is ON this Sunday, August 17th!
It has been a while!
The weather and my schedule are finally working together.
Get out the aircraft and fly on it!

Perfect flying weather is forecast.

Printable Flyer

Menu:
In addition to the regular items below I might
fire up the grill and steam up some fresh sweet corn.

Steamed Sabrett Hot Dogs with all the toppings.
Hot Chili with cornbread, sour cream & shredded cheese.
Sodas, Coffee, Water, Iced Tea
Assorted Pies, Desserts, Pretzels & Chips.

Event time: 12:00pm -3:00pm
Location: Campbell Field Airport 9VG, 9114 Bayford Road, Weirwood, VA.
More Information: Campbell Field Airport 9VG, General Aviation Airfield, Weirwood, Virginia's Eastern Shore ESVA - Home, flytova@gmail.com, 757-442-7519
Fuel is available at MFV (13 miles NE). Receive the special "SOS" rate.

What to do around the Eastern Shore of Virignia?

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Upcoming Events at Campbell Field:

8/17 - "Soup-on-Sunday" is ON
8/24 - "Soup-on-Sunday" is OFF

8/31 - "Soup-on-Sunday" is ?? (not sure yet, labor day weekend)

9/13 & 9/14 - WWI Fly-in: Great War Aerodrome WWI Fly-In.

(You’re invited to help create a journey back in time to a WWI Aerodrome. We are looking to bring together various disciplines from the historical aviation community such as original and replica aircraft, re-enactors, artists, collectors, historians, modelers, RC Aircraft, authors, and vendors. Camping is permitted and early arrivals are encouraged. If you have an aircraft, a project, artifacts, or photographs we would love to see you in September. Contact:greatwaraerodrome@yahoo.com | 703 309 7596 Rob Waring |)
Flyer: www.campbellfieldairport.com/PDF/GWAFlyer.pdf

Great War Aerodrome · 16 August 2008, 12:02 PM

Hi Martha, thanks for the endorsement!

Yes, we are putting on a fly in on the eastern shore of Virginia... We've had lots of folks express interest in participating. In the next few days we hope to have our web page up and running, which will better describe what we hope to have there.

Larry Botsford is hoping to bring his Early Bird Jenny (painted in USN markings), the Chesapeake AIM School WWI project team is planning to bring their N-24 project, Russell Smith has offered a print for us to raffle, and Richard Groh has also graciously offered prints. Several folks who are working on projects are planning to come. And there are other things cooking that we'll announce over the next few weeks.

It should be a great time and we hope to see some of you there!

RobW · 23 August 2008, 08:43 PM

Hi,
We just wanted to take a moment and announce our that our web page is now up and running...

Please take a look and let us know what you think!

Great War Aerodrome

Here you will find information about our fly-in and our company. Please fill out the feedback form to let us know what you are interested in and if you are coming to our event.

Thanks!

Rob Waring & Shelly Wells

jumpinjan · 24 August 2008, 08:24 AM

Better watch out for the power lines...
Campbell Field Airport 9VG Eastern Shore Virginia - PowerLines

RobW · 24 August 2008, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jumpinjan

Better watch out for the power lines...
Campbell Field Airport 9VG Eastern Shore Virginia - PowerLines

If you are in a big plane... like a Baron (and yes, Barons do fly into this field) the power lines are a serious consideration... but this is a 3000' strip. The seasonal winds are light and from the south east... the powerlines are on the south end of the field.

The powerlines are there, but well marked and easy enough to avoid for the vast majority of folks who use this field.

The field is firm, dry, and fairly smooth and wide. It is remote which is both a curse and a blessing.

We are looking forward to seeing all of you on 13 Sept!

Rob & Shelly

RobW · 28 August 2008, 07:47 PM

Hi, just an update on our event.

We've added several more folks who plan to participate. I've noticed that most people who look at our webpage are not looking at the page that lists participants... so... I've moved the page and renamed it... now it is called "Who will be here"... and is moved out into the main tabs...

so... please come back and check out the site again! Every day I'm adding new participants!

rob

Great War Aerodrome - Home

RobW · 16 September 2008, 05:17 AM

Wow, what a weekend! The weather was forecast to be rainy & windy & hot... well, it was hot and a little windy, but no rain.

Participation and turn out was good. Saturday attendence was a little light, but Sunday saw a lot of folks coming through.

We'd like to thank all of those who helped us put this event on

Russell Smith - donated prints
Richard Groh - donated prints
John Gaertner of Blue Swallow Aircraft - AVRO 504 display and lecture
Aviation Insitute of Maintenance - N-24 replica project
Rag Bag Aero Works - T-shirts
Byrd Aviation Books
Kaarin Engleman - WWI board games
and others who brought photos, pieces and parts of their projects to share

And a special thanks to Gordon Campbell who graciously allowed us to use his airfield and facilities.

We've posted photos of the event on our webpage: Great War Aerodrome - WWI Fly-in

Please take a look and enjoy. If you happen to have photos of the event you'd like to share, send them to us at greatwaraerodrome@yahoo.com

Rob & Shelly

stephen · 16 September 2008, 11:50 AM

Congratulations on a great event. I saw all the pictures and it looked very cool. I hope this becomes an annual event.

RobW · 21 September 2008, 02:03 PM

Thanks Stephen, Hopefull this will grow over time...

Our event was covered on Aero-news network...here is a link to the story:

Aero-News Network: The Aviation and Aerospace World's Daily/Real-Time News and Information Service

enjoy!