Gainesville’s Cracker Fly-In Cancelled

One of Gainesville’s most family friendly events — the annual Cracker Fly-In — has been grounded due to stormy weather. This would have been the event’s 45th year celebrating homebuilt, vintage and warbird aircraft. Richard Strickland of the EAA’s (Experimental Aircraft Association) Local Chapter 611 …

2012 Cracker Fly-In Pictures

I have no idea whose idea it was to begin the Cracker Fly-In 44 years ago, but it was a stroke of genius. As John Pittman — President of Chapter 611 of the Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc. (EAA) in Gainesville – told me, it is …