Nebraska Airfest and 2017 State Fly-in Schedule

Friday, June 23

8 am-9 pm – Crete Skydiving Center tandem jumping (Fee. Call 402-610-4358)
8 am-6 pm – P-51D Mustang flights (Fee. Call 402-841-2728)
3 pm-6 pm – Aircraft arrive
5-8 pm – Douglas AC-47 “Spooky” American Flight Museum tours
                 (free-will donation)

Saturday, June 24

7 am – Gates open ($5 admission, adults; FREE, children 10 and under)
7-10 am – Fly-in Breakfast ($5, adults; $3, children 12 and under)
7-11 am – Aircraft arrive
12 pm – Airspace closes
12-3 pm – Airshow, including stunt plane act, precision aerobatics,
a World War II dog fight and more.
3 pm – Airspace opens
3-5 pm – Aircraft depart
5 pm – Gates close

Saturday, all day

Children ride “pedal planes”

Nebraska Hall of Fame Kiosk

Aviation authors

Nebraska Aviation Trades Association (NATA) ag plane cockpit

Food vendors

View and tour historic and modern military aircraft

View modern aerobatic aircraft

Aircraft from Nebraska, Minnesota, Kansas and other states are scheduled to attend. Here are a few:

Fagen Fighters WWII Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota:
     • B-25 Mitchell bomber

Curt Muhle of Columbus:
    • BT-13 WWII trainer

Red Star Fighters in Columbus, Nebraska:
    • (3) CJ-6 Nanchang trainers

Commemorative Air Force (CAF)
in Elkhorn, Nebraska:
    • P-51D Mustang “Gunfighter”

Doug Roth of Lincoln:
    • Staudacher aerobatic airplane

Doug Jackson of Wichita, Kansas:
    • A6M Zero replica “Tora 101”

Harry Barr of Lincoln, Nebraska:
    • Piper Cub

LifeNet in Norfolk:
    • Bell 407GX medical transport helicopter

Midwest Medical Transport in Columbus:
    • Eurocopter 135 medical transport helicopter

Nebraska State Patrol in Lincoln:
    • Bell 407 helicopter patrol

US Army National Guard in Lincoln:
    • Eurocopter UH-72 “Lakota”
    • Sikorsky UH-60 “Blackhawk”

Silverhawk Aviation of Lincoln:
    • Beechcraft King Air C-90A
    • Cirrus