Thoryn enjoying a L-19 Cessna Bird Dog at the Spring Fling Event
The morning started out beautifully, not a cloud in the sky. We had a T-28 and PT-19 on display by 9:30-10:00 am for our guests to enjoy. Shortly after they were parked, the wind kicked up. We got gusts of wind 15-18 mph out of the east. Because of the winds, we didn’t get as many aircraft flying in which put a damper on those wishing to display their aircraft for the Historical Aircraft Display Day portion of the event.
We plastered the event all over social media and had a lot of hits and shares. Thankfully, we had a lot of families and guests with children from the community excited to visit the airport, see aircraft and enjoy a lunch. The lunches consisted of your choice of a burger, hot dog or hot link. This came with potato salad, chips, cookies, and a drink for $8. A steal in today’s world. The event was planned from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. We started serving about 10:45 and by 12:15 we were just about out of food. We high tailed it to Stater Brothers for more food but by 1:00 we were out of all the food and started shutting everything down.
The goal of the RAA is not to make money, but to get the community out to enjoy our airport, and we accomplished that. Even Redlands Mayor Mario Saucedo and Councilmember Marc Shaw ventured out to visit and buy a lunch!
Thanks to Learn to Fly LLC and Mission Flight Academy who joined us by setting up a table in the lobby to pitch their business. We also had some members of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary not only have a table to share what they do, but a couple of them helped cook up the burgers and dogs!
Here is a link to view photos from the event 4-05-25 Spring Fling Fly-In
Last, but certainly not least, I want to thank all those that volunteered. We really appreciate your time and effort to help make this a great event.