WEST COAST SWIFT WING
MARCH 2018
EDITOR: CAROL & GERRY HAMPTON AV8RGNH@SBCGLOBAL.NET 530-676-7755
Swift National Athens TN 5-9 June
The Comfort Inn will be the fly-in headquarters. Call 423-252-8030 for reservations, say you are with the Swift group.
NW Swift Fly-in Cottage Grove, OR 14-15 July 2018
From Kent Koester:
NW Swift Fly-In at Cottage Grove, OR Update
Arrangements for The NW Swift Fly-In 2018 at Cottage Grove, Oregon are in motion: Village Green Resort reports they have received early-bird reservations for the “Swift Group” with several starting on Thursday, 12 July. We expect most arrivals on Friday and departures on Sunday, 15 July; but past experience has demonstrated a spectrum of Swifter independence including “late birds”, impromptu parties in the Village Green Lounge, etc. As in past years, the Oregon Aviation Historical Museum has listed the Swift Fly-In on their event calendar and invited the public to look at Swifts on Saturday. This is the museum with a large collection from the “Outlaws, Originators of Homebuilding” as described in the latest issue of Sport Aviation.
We look forward to seeing you in Cottage Grove for a relaxing Swift get-together.
Swifts flocked together on the ramp at the Oregon Aviation Historical Museum. Beacon in the background was on the lighted Airway (circa 1930’s) from Los Angeles to Seattle.
(photo by Rick Campbell)
Village Green Reservations: The Village Green is holding a block of rooms for Swifters until June 12; rates for double occupancy are $109 standard and $129 deluxe. For reservations, call the hotel directly at 1-800-343-7666 and ask for “The Swift Fly-In event”.
For more information, contact: Kent Koester, N80963, at johnkent20@cs.com
Westover 2018 27-30 September
From Don Bartholomew and Brad Stahl:
The date for Westover 2018 is September 27 (Thursday) through 30 (Sunday). The fly-in hotel is the Best Western Amador Inn (209-223-0211) which should have remodeling completed by fly-in time. There are 20 rooms reserved at $85.99 a night, 14 days prior to the event extra rooms are dropped off the reserved list.
When making the reservation tell them you are with the Swift Fly-in Group. Hospitality Suite is being reserved and a Shuttle is being reserved. Denny’s will give you 15% off meals.
More information will follow.
2018 WCSW FLY-IN SCHEDULE
2018 WCSW SWIFT FLY INS
June 5-9 Athens, TN Swift National
July 23-29 Oshkosh, WI EAA National Fly-in
Sep 27-30 Westover Field, CA West Coast Swift Fly In
2018 OTHER FLY INS/AIR SHOWS
Cancelled Cable Airport Cable Air Show
Mar 24-25 Fox Field LA County Air Show
Mar 24 Riverside Airport Riverside Air Show
Apr 7-8 March Field Thunder over the Empire
Apr 10-15 Lakeland, FL Sun N Fun
May 5-6 Chino Airport Planes of Fame Airshow
May 12 Paso Robles Airport Estrella Warbirds Wings Wheel
May 19-20 Redlands Airport Hangar 24 Air Fest
Jun 16-17 Columbia Airport Father’s Day Fly-in
Jul 6-8 Arlington Airport Arlington EAA, WA
Jul 14 Truckee Tahoe Air Fair & Family Fest
Jul 16 Colusa County Old Time Fly-in
Jul 23-29 Oshkosh, WI EAA Air Venture
Aug 18-19 Camarillo Camarillo Air Show
Sept 12-16 Stead Field Reno Air Races
Sept 22-23 Santa Rosa Wings over Wine Country
Sept 21-23 Mather Airport Capital City Airshow
Sep 29-30 Salinas Airport Calif Int’l Air Show
Oct 6 Livermore Airport Open House and Air Show
Oct 12-14 Minden Airport Aviation Roundup Air Show
Oct 13 Apple Valley Airport Apple Valley Air Show
Nov 2-4 San Bernardino Airport San Bernardino Fest
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Donations may be sent to Gerry Hampton, 3195 Bonanza Dr, Cameron Park, CA 95682. Make the check out to Gerry or Carol Hampton, WCSW. HOWEVER, all correspondence should be sent to Gerry Hampton either at the home address or to the e mail shown on page 1 of this newsletter.
Happy Skies
Carol & Gerry Hampton