Name: Eight Rutan-style experimental aircraft gather at Beaver Island Township Airport
Start: 2003-06-20
End: 2003-06-20
Location: Beaver Island

Eight Rutan-style experimental aircraft gather at Beaver Island Township Airport

Also Eight Rutan-style experimental aircraft gather at Beaver Island Township Airport

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TypeEvent

Date2003-06-20

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 2003-06-20
Kind: Transportation
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: aviationtransportationrecreationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Eight owner-built Cozy and LongEZ experimental aircraft arrived at Beaver Island Township Airport on June 20, 2003, for an annual gathering of pilots from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

Evidence limits

The feature documents the gathering but not an official airport manifest or formal program.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 2003, “Experimentals Fly In”.
Reports the June 20 arrival of eight Burt Rutan-style aircraft from several states for the annual gathering, including camping and informal social activity. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-07_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, July 2003, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the July 2003 report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-07_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Eight Rutan-style experimental aircraft gather at Beaver Island Township Airport”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-experimental-aircraft-gathering-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2003, “Experimentals Fly In”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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