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Right now something very exceptional is going on. It’s call the American Barnstormers Tour and it is flying around the upper Midwest entertaining people with General Aviation. (www.AmericanBarnstormersTour.com)
 

This great event was started after the 2003 National Air Tour (see: www.NationalAirTour.org) . It is operated and participated in, by several original 2003 NAT participants 
 

The third biannual Barnstormers Tour is flying through July 5th and is headed up by original NAT participant Clay Adams. Clay gets a group of barnstormers together, sets up and promotes a route and gets local airports and communities to help support each stop. There, about half-a-dozen vintage ride planes operate carrying passengers for hire while another dozen of so vintage ships provide background color and a static museum of sorts at each stop. It’s fabulous. People love it and the local participation is hands down fantastic.

At each stop there is music playing, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, high school boosters and other local organizations selling food, snacks and other things in support their community activities. People are happy just to be there. They watch the goings-on with enthusiasm, even if they don’t take a ride. All the activity is centered around aviation their local airport. That, my fellow pilots, is a wonderful thing!

The tour consist of twenty meticulously restored vintage aircraft from the 1920s and 1930s. It started on June 17th and runs through July 5th. Tour aircraft will be on display at each stop from around 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Biplane rides available for $60.00 per passenger and Stearman 'hands-on flights' for $200.00 per passenger. Admission is free for everyone.

Here is the remaining Barnstormer’s Tour Schedule.  I only wish there were more events like this going on around the country!

Watertown Regional Airport (KATY) June 23

Watertown, SD

Aberdeen Regional Airport (KABR)  June 24-26

Aberdeen, SD

Bismarck Airport (KBIS) June 27-29

Bismark, ND

Jamestown Regional Airport (KJMS) June 30-July 2

Jamestown, ND

Chandler Field Airport (KAXN) July 3-5

Alexandria, MN

Good luck to Clay and all of the other particupants of the American Barnstormer's Tour. Thank you for sharing aviation with so many people.