Pancake breakfast starts at 8 and if schedules hold together an F-15 from Kingsly will do a low pass shortly after breakfast is over. Cal Fire, CHP, and the Forest Service all plan static displays of their helicopters with a possible rappelling demonstration and other fire fighting tactics.Every year at this event, sponsored by the local chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association, custom and home-built airplanes from surrounding areas fly in and spend the day too, so there will be some gorgeous aircraft for everybody to see.
Terry Weathers who is the former owner-operator of Rohrer Field will be set up in a hanger with an impressive display of old photographs and historic memorabilia. He does this every year and this time around Terry extended an invitation to our B24 and Hellcat recovery group to display our artifacts and research.
It could not have been at a more opportune moment because the brother of one of the B24 crew is flying out from Florida to visit the crash site and share memories at our table. His name is Stacy Churchwell and it is a rare chance for people to connect with a World War II event that happened exactly 67 years ago this past June 11th.
The warbird recovery group is working on plans to display the B24 artifacts and items from their later discovery of an F6F Hellcat in the Trinity Mountains to honor our veterans. The hope is to build display cases for viewing in the Armory at the fairgrounds so there will be a donation jar on their table, too.
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