Name: Beaver Island Fire Department hosts its 1983 Fly-In
Start: 1983-10-09
End: 1983-10-09

Event

Date: 1983-10-09
Kind: Celebration
Where: Beaver Island Airport · Holy Cross Parish Hall
Carried out by: Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: aviationfundraisingtourismcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department’s October 9, 1983 Fly-In drew more than 250 planes and served 636 whitefish dinners, with airport contests, door prizes, and extensive island volunteer support.

Evidence limits

The report is not an airport log, audited dinner account, or complete volunteer roster.

Sources

Beaver Island Fire Department Fly-In report, Beaver Beacon, November 1983.
Reports more than 250 planes arriving October 9, double rows parked along the Township Airport grass runways, transport to town for a whitefish dinner, 636 dinners served, 25 door prizes, and contests for pilots and planes. It names winners including Chuck Bacle, Arnold Schneider, Frank Fisher, and Craig Garrett, and thanks Chuck Aglin's crew and island volunteers. It is a newspaper event report, not an airport movement log, dinner ledger, or complete volunteer list. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 1983, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held ten-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the completed Fly-In report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Fire Department hosts its 1983 Fly-In”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fire-department-fly-in-1983/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Fire Department Fly-In report, Beaver Beacon, November 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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