Watsonville Fly In
Watsonville hosts an antique plane fly in every Memorial Day weekend. It's a lot of fun, especially for aviation enthusiasts. They typically have mostly classic general aviation planes (old Cessnas and Piper Cubs), but there's also a smattering of very interesting War Birds, primarily from the World War II era.
2002 Fly-In
The Grumman Mallard, an amazing R/V!
A Spartan Executive: What the CEO of Reardon Steel would have used to fly himself around in...
A Russian Yak fighter. Very pretty aircraft with cool art deco details like those chrome wing inlets...
Lots of old cars were there too. I had to take this Oldsmobile for my Father-In-Law who is an Olds man...
Beech Staggerwing. One of the most beautiful personal airplanes there is...
Ryan STA. Used as a trainer, it would be loads of fun to fly this open cockpit sportster. This one sports a beautiful polished metal finish.
There was a cool display of WWII military vehicles. I fell in love with this Dodge 4WD truck that friend Steve is standing in front of...
Another shot of the Dodge...
An amazing rarity: 50's vintage twin rotor helicopter. Powered by a giant radial engine in back. I can't believe this thing is still flying!
It goes 110 mph and has a range of 250 miles. I bet it makes a heck of a racket too!