The Flying Circus
No, not Monty Python’s Flying Circus… a real flying circus.
Ever Sunday afternoon, just a hour west of DC in rural Bealeton, VA, you can watch a flying circus with over a dozen vintage planes performing acrobatic feats. The show also includes a parachute jumper opening the show as well as a wing-walker who hangs from her ankles below plane’s lower wing.
You can also take a ride up in one of the vintage Stearman, Fleet, or Waco biplanes. For $60 you can take a “standard” (level) 8-10 minute ride, or $120 for a 10-15 minune arobatic ride, including a aileron, barrel and snap rolls, a spin, a loop, a Cuban 8 and Split “S” (it’s probably best not to eat prior to your ride). Or take a ride in the ever-classic Piper Cub for only $35.00. Rides are available starting at 11:00 a.m. and after the air show.
Click here for a sample video of the arobatic experience.
The Flying Circus Air Show
Warrenton/Fauquier (W-66) Airport on Ritchie Road
540-439-8661
Dates and Times - Every Sunday at 2:30 p.m. through October 28th (weather permitting).
Tickets - Adults -$10.00, Kids 3-12 - $3.00, under 3 are free.
For a $2.00 discount, click here and mention The DC Traveler.
Directions - 14 miles south of Warrenton, VA and 22 miles north of Fredericksburg, VA, off Route 17 on Route 644 near Bealeton. Look for the signs when close.
Photos - Courtesy of www.flyingcircusairshow.com.
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Aug 12, 2007 at 5:28 am
[…] the balloons, there’s also the flying circus air show each afternoon, which I wrote about on The DC Traveler last month. (See the old post for air show information and for […]
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