Scenes from the Copperstate Fly-In

By General Aviation News Staff · October 30, 2017 ·

Glenn Brasch of AirportCourtesyCars.com was at the 2017 Copperstate Fly-In, held Oct. 27-28 at Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona, and sent us these photos taken during the show:

Yaks line up and wait.

A Waco beauty.

Trikes.

A Titan T-51.

A Waco with a handmade speed ring owned by Michael Braegger of Gilbert, Arizona.

Vendors.

A T-28.

The B-17 Sentimental Journey.

A Maule with a unique paint job owned by Chuck Schroll of Tucson.

A Bushcat that evokes a zebra.

A Little Cobra helicopter.

Long-time volunteer Luke Irwin manned the welcome wagon.

A CubCrafter.

An Acro-Sport owned by Garry Adalian.

Another view of the Acro-Sport.

The Aero-Sport from the front.

A variety of airplanes attended the show.

A bright blue Bushcat.

An antique tram tractor.

Future aviators get in on the fun.

A row of airplanes.

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Paul Youman says

October 31, 2017 at 10:47 pm

Please learn or ask about the planes that are photographed to get the aircraft ID correct. The so called “Yaks ” are Nancin CJ-6 trainers that were designed and manufactured in China for the Chinese Air Force.
- Bill Murphey says
  
  November 5, 2017 at 7:01 am
  
  I always thought the Anglicized spelling “Nanchang”…..
Dede Durkee says

October 31, 2017 at 9:22 am

Awesome pictures!! As a volunteer I didn’t get to spend time on the flightline – must do that next year!