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Valkaria Air Fest
Event Schedule
| IMPORTANT NOTE! | | The info on this page is for VAF 2008! We are currently planning VAF 2009, and expect that a good deal of the info seen below will indeed carry over to apply to the coming Air Fest. However, please consider this page to be an "archive" of the 2008 event, rather than a definitive indication of our plans for VAF 2009. As we continue to confirm the events, participants, and schedules for VAF 2009, this site will be updated with the most current information. Thanks! | |
The following is the list of events and activities occurring during the Valkaria Air Fest.
NOTE: These schedules are works in progress. All times and activities are subject to change without notice!
General Schedule of Activities
Saturday, February 16, 2008
| TIME | EVENT DESCRIPTION |
| 6:30 am - 8:00 am | Vendor Setup Period | | 7:00 am - 9:00 am | Powered Parachute, Paraglider, Trike, Ultralight, Light-Sport Aircraft Flying Period | | 7:00 am - 11:00 am | Pancake Breakfast Available | | 8:00 am | VAF Opens to Public
Vendor Displays Open
Gaggle Hangar Opens | | 8:00 am - 9:00 am | History Hangar Setup Period | | 8:30 am | Presentation of Colors |
| 9:00 am | History Hangar Opens |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Spruce Creek "Gaggle Flight" Mass Arrival | | 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Skydiving Demos (AIRSPACE CLOSED) | | 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Aero Adventure Fly-Bys | | 11:00 am -11:30 am | Rotorcraft Fly-Bys | | 12:15 am - 12:45 pm | Skydiving Demos (AIRSPACE CLOSED) | | 12:45 pm - 2:05 pm | Airshow Safety Exclusion Zone CLOSED |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Daytime AIR SHOW (AIRSPACE CLOSED) |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Aero Adventure Fly-Bys | | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Rotorcraft Fly-Bys | | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Spruce Creek "Gaggle Flight" Departure |
| 5:00 pm | History Hangar Closes |
| 5:00 pm | Vendor Displays Closed | | 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Vendor Teardown Period | | 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Skydiving Demos (AIRSPACE CLOSED) | | 5:45 pm - 7:05 pm | Airshow Safety Exclusion Zone CLOSED | | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Balloon Glow |
| 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Twilight Airshow (AIRSPACE CLOSED) |
| 7:00 pm | Gaggle Hangar Closes | | 8:00 pm | VAF Closes | | 8:30 pm | Parking Lot Closes & Tram Service Ends |
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VAF 2008 History Hangar
Presentation Schedule
| Note: Presentation start times shown; 25 minutes maximum allotted per presentation unless noted otherwise. Speakers will be available for informal discussions in the Gaggle Hangar at various periods throughout the day. Read about our speakers here. |  | PRESENTATION LOCATION |
| TIME | HANGAR 1 | HANGAR 2 |
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| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | History Hangar Setup Period (Volunteers / Speakers Only) | | 8:00 am | | Gaggle Hangar Opens |
| 9:00 am | | History Hangar Opens |
| 9:00 am | | Tuskegee Airmen Display Opens |
| 9:00 am | | | | | 9:15 am | | CLAIR, Dan | | 9:30 am | | BLESSE, "Boots" | | | 9:45 am | | | | 10:00 am | | GARLAND, John | WAFs / WACs / WAVES Group
(40 minute session) | | 10:15 am | | | 10:30 am | | RYAN, "Pat" | | | 10:45 am | | BURKE, Marius | | 11:00 am | | BLESSE, "Boots" | | | 11:15 am | | ALGER, Bruce | | 11:30 am | | PANZARINO, Jason | | | 11:45 am | | HOOD, Bob | | 12:00 pm | | BOLIN, Bob | | | 12:15 pm | | PLUNK, Bill | | 12:30 pm | | LUDDER, Rod | | | 12:45 pm | | |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Air Show / Lunch Break (No Presentations) |
| 2:00 pm | | BLESSE, "Boots" | | | 2:15 pm | | AGARIE, Ramsey | | 2:30 pm | | BARNETT, William | | | 2:45 pm | | PHILLIPS, Keith | | 3:00 pm | | MURPHY, Denis | | | 3:15 pm | | PANZARINO, Jason | | 3:30 pm | | DILLARD, Bill | | | 3:45 pm | | McNEELY, Gene | | 4:00 pm | | BLESSE, "Boots" | | | 4:15 pm | | GOETSCH, Paul | | 4:30 pm | | | | | 4:45 pm | | |
| 5:00 pm | | Tuskegee Airmen Display Closes |
| 5:00 pm | | History Hangar Closes |
| 7:00 pm | | Gaggle Hangar Closes |
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Be like the bird in flight... pausing a while on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, yet sings knowing yet, that she has wings.
(Victor Hugo)
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