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Colorado War Birds May 16-17

Mon May 11, 2009 9:58 am

Great show at Platte Valley (40 miles or so North of Denver) if you're in the area, last year I got to ride in a WW2 Stuart tank and fire off a (blank) round. From the Barnstormers.com ad:



PLATTE VALLEY SPRING FLY-IN • EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT • YOU'RE INVITED! • Platte Valley (18V) Annual Spring Fly-in and Drive-in, May 16th & 17th, 2009. WWI, WWII, Vintage and Classic airplane flying demonstrations. Open house at the Museum. Pancake breakfast-$5, Bratt lunch-$6. Antique Cars & Military Vehicles. Fun for the whole family with proceeds benefiting Vintage Aero Flying Museum, 501c3. • www.lafayettefoundation.org • Contact Andy J. Parks - LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION located Fort Lupton, CO USA • Telephone: 303-668-8044 .

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Mon May 11, 2009 1:14 pm

Sounds Fun.
It is on the list.
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=29260

There is something happening nearby too. They are going to have 60 hot air balloons.

Erie Town Fair-Fly In
Sat, May 16...60 hot air balloons...Admission- $5 minimim donation.
www.spiritofflight.com/newsDetails.php?ID=31

Wed May 20, 2009 2:01 am

A few photos from the weekend:

Triplane sunset
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SE-5a and Nash Quad truck
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Fokker D.VIII
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Wed May 20, 2009 2:55 am

Oh wow! Cool stuff.

Lafayette Foundation looks like fun.

Thu May 21, 2009 12:37 pm

It looks like it was a great time at the Lafayette Foundation.
I went up to the Spirit of Flight Center in Erie.
Otherwise I would have gone up to Platte Valley on Saturday.
The SOF (Spirit of Flight) had some new stuff.
They had a copy of the new mural that they are going to put up.
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It is going to be this massive art mural against the hanger door by aviation artist Joe Jones.
The mural is 9’ tall by 60’ wide and sections of it will be portable to take to other locations and events
Looks like it is going to be very nice!!!

The SOF also set up for an event later on.
This is the place to have aviation events!
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The weather that morning could have been better... but it was a fun time inside the SOF.
Too bad both the Erie balloon festival was at the same time as the Platte Valley event.

Regards,
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