PORT ANGELES — Levi Bradshaw, 4, looks at an Icon modern single-engine airplane on display at the Airport Appreciation Day at Fairchild International Airport on Saturday.
Holding him is his father, Peter Bradshaw, of Port Angeles.
A tethered half-inflated hot air balloon is in the background.
The most popular offering at the event was the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles free flights for children ages 8 to 13.
The hot air balloons were grounded at Airport Appreciation Day at Fairchild International Airport because of the weather, so organizers turned an older balloon into an inside-out “bounce house.” Children played inside the half-inflated balloon with beach balls while enjoying the steady stream of air being forced into the canopy to keep it partially inflated. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Barron Stangle, 2, of Port Angeles tries his hand at the controls of a Coast Guard helicopter on display at Airport Appreciation Day at Fairchild International Airport on Saturday as his mom, Ariana, watches. This was one of over a dozen displays and attractions at the airport event. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
