Fly-in at Tradewind

Teddy Acklin, a flight instructor and owner of Coyote Flight School, studies a Navion B at Tradewind Airport Saturday during a fundraiser for the Commemorative Air Force's DEW Line Squadron. (Photos by George Schwarz)

Although not one of the Commemorative Air Force's warbirds, the bright yellow fellow on the taxiway at Tradewind Airport Saturdy is the unique 1956 Beechcraft “Twin Bonanza," or D-50, a two-engine forerunner of today's six-seater. The broad body on this airplane places three across in the front and rear seats. The engines of this civilian version of L-23D/U-8D "Seminole" have a distinctive growl when the aircraft flies over.

A Vultee BT-13B, also a trainer, was designed for combat training, with a powerful engine and retractable landing gears. The Navy designated these plans the SNV-series.

A Fairchild PT-26 “Cornell" in Royal Canadian Air Force markings prepares to taxi at Tradewind Airport Saturday during a fundraiser for the Commemorative Air Force's DEW Line Squadron. The PT designation stood for “primary trainer," and this one was part of the World War II vintage of aircraft.

Klein Hawthorne gets ready to strap into Mark Britain's Pitts Special S-2B for an aerobatic ride at Tradewind Airport Saturday during a fundraiser for the Commemorative Air Force's DEW Line Squadron.