The Flying Heritage Collection, featuring rare World War I and World War II planes acquired by Paul G. Allen and restored to flying condition, is displaying some of the aircraft at the Arlington Fly-In, which concludes this weekend.
The Flying Heritage Collection’s painstaking process of restoring its aircraft sets them apart from other aviation artifacts, each restored to a level of authenticity never attempted before. The Flying Heritage Collection team researches exhaustively and seeks out original vendors to reconstruct materials and components that have become obsolete. From cotton-coated wiring and lacquer and enamel paint to vintage cockpit furnishings and original radios that still operate, these planes are as authentic as is possible.
| 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily through Sunday at Arlington Airport, 17622 49th Place NE, Arlington. www.nweaa.org |
A free open house of the entire collection will be available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Saturday to all Fly-In participants.
Also at this year’s Fly-In, Silver State Helicopters, a local flight academy, is providing aerial tours.
The Fly-In again features warbirds, classics, homebuilts, antiques, ultralights, balloons, aerobatics, forums, workshops, an outdoor movie each night and lots of children’s activities.
Gates open at 8 a.m. today and Saturday. Kids exhibits are open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with the air show from 1 to 3 p.m.
The Fly-In is in conjunction with the centennial Arlington Festival &Frontier Days, which started over the Fourth of July weekend.
The Arlington Festival Street Fair is also this weekend, featuring an art show, vendors, music and entertainment and children’s activities. Entertainment will be from noon to 8 p.m. today, noon to 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in Merchants parking lot.
Also this weekend are the Friends of the Library book sale (9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Arlington Library, 135 N. Washington; 360-435-3033) and the Rusty Relics Picnic in the Park Car Show (9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Pioneer Park, 20722 67th Ave. NE; 425-337-3882).
Michael O’Leary / The Herald
Tony Minela checks out the machine gun on a Boeing B-17 at a past Arlington Fly-In.
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