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Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department announces the fourth annual Fly-In, 1977

Also 1977 Beaver Island Fly-In

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TypeEvent
Date1977-10-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1977-10-09
Kind
Announcement
Where
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Eras
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Beaver Island

Summary

The September 1977 Beaver Beacon announces an October 9 all-day Beaver Island Fly-In sponsored by the Volunteer Fire Department, featuring a whitefish dinner, airport information, prizes, drawings, and transportation to town.

Evidence and limits

This is an advance aviation-event announcement. It does not provide attendance, flight logs, prize records, safety outcomes, or financial results.

Sources

  1. Announces an all-day October 9 Fly-In with a whitefish dinner, free transportation, field coffee and doughnuts, aviation information, prizes and drawings, airport facts, and emergency air-evacuation availability. It does not provide attendance, flight logs, prize records, weather or safety outcomes, or financial results. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1977-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Fly-In announcement.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-09_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports seven planes and approximately 100 whitefish-dinner diners despite cloudy, cold, rainy weather. It confirms an outcome but does not provide flight logs, complete attendance, proceeds, or safety records. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1977-10_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held eleven-page combined issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Fly-In outcome report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department announces the fourth annual Fly-In, 1977”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fly-in-1977/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1977, “Beaver Island Fly-In.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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