A first Halloween fly-in draws more than 2,000 to a Sacramento airport
EAA Chapter 1714's free trunk-or-treat among decorated planes at Sacramento Executive Airport drew about ten times the crowd organizers expected, and pilots handed out candy.
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Sacramento Executive Airport's first Halloween fly-in pulled a crowd the hosts did not plan for, the Sacramento Bee reported. Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1714 put on the free event, sponsored by Flight Level 510. A couple of hundred people were expected. More than 2,000 had arrived by the halfway point. Candy ran low in less than an hour, the airport lot filled, and some visitors parked across Freeport Boulevard.
Chapter president Anastasia Long said the line was still out the door and she had not heard a complaint. Caitlin Mullan, who owns the Flight Level 510 rental business at the airport with her husband, said the trunk-or-treat was a way to let families walk up to decorated planes and take candy. Pilots Caleb Ragan, Viliam Nowitki, and Travis Boyd, all 19, flew in from Livermore and handed candy out from under a wing. Boyd said they wanted to volunteer and share the fun of flying.
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Sacramento Executive Airport held its first Halloween fly-in on Saturday. Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1714 hosted it, and Flight Level 510 sponsored it. Families could walk up to decorated airplanes and take candy. Organizers thought a couple of hundred people might come. More than 2,000 had arrived by the middle of the event, and helpers had to go get more candy. Chapter president Anastasia Long said the line was still out the door and people were excited. Three 19-year-old pilots flew in from Livermore to hand out candy under a wing.
- Why would an airport be a surprising place for trick-or-treating?
- What should organizers do when ten times as many people show up?
- Would you rather get candy from a house or from under an airplane, and why?
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