Name: Long-EZ experimental aircraft gathering at the Township Airport, 2004
Start: 2004-06
End: 2004-06
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2004-06
Kind: Transportation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: aviationtransportationcommunitytourism
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Several Burt Rutan-designed experimental aircraft gathered at the Township Airport during the last weekend of June 2004. The visit became a public aviation occasion associated with the Island’s skydiving weekend and drew more than 100 visitors.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 2004, "Long-EZs Return."
Reports several Burt Rutan-designed experimental aircraft visiting the Township Airport on the last weekend of June and drawing more than 100 visitors during the skydiving weekend. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, July 2004, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the aviation report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Long-EZ experimental aircraft gathering at the Township Airport, 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-longez-aircraft-gathering-june-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2004, "Long-EZs Return." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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