Hundreds of airplanes and thousands of people, including more than 1,000 grade school students, attended the 2020 Copperstate Fly-In, held in conjunction with the Buckeye Air Fair Feb. 6-9 at Buckeye Municipal Airport (KBXK) in Arizona.
According to Glenn Brasch, the man behind Airport Courtesy Cars who sent in these photos from the fly-in, the show was larger than last year. While the final results will take two to three weeks, it is rumored that Copperstate is now the third largest fly-in in the U.S., behind AirVenture and SUN ‘n FUN, he added.
Admission to the show was free and several vendor presentations and workshops were also available for free.
The event included a food court, live band, daily air shows, an AeroMart and several balloons at sunrise on Sunday were included. Camping was also available in a nice newly laid out campground.
Jim Blumer talks ultralights to students as one can’t resist looking skyward at a passing plane. 
Volunteer Chuck Schroll briefs elementary school students. More than 1,000 kids were bussed in on Feb. 7 to visit the fly-in. 
The Southern Arizona Teen Aviation‘s RV-12iS, which first took flight Nov. 16, 2019., was on display at this year’s Copperstate. 
Balloons fly over the campgrounds one morning during the fly-in. 
This year’s fly-in included a short night air show. 
American Airlines Captain Ed Duckworth’s T-28 was on display. 
John Blackwood won two awards with his Cessna 170: Best Cessna and First Place Classic. 
This Cessna 195 graced the ramp at the 2020 fly-in. 
A Cessna Citation arrives at Copperstate. 
One of the many planes at the fly-in. 
This 1966 Fairchild HELI-PORTER Pilatus PC6/B1-H2 is used as a jump plane. 
Trams ran non-stop during the fly-in. 
One of many aircraft on display at the fly-in. 
Van’s factory RV-14 got lots of attention.
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