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