Fly In Festival

07/16/2025

Don't miss Lonesome River Band at the 10th Annual Fly In Festival !!!

07/15/2025

Let's talk about one of the things that make the Fly In Festival such a unique experience. It's the West Virginia Skydivers, who's home and Drop Zone is Robert Newlon Airpark !!!
They are jumping, providing instruction & tandem jumps, Pro Demonstrations, and each evening a Flag Jump, all landing in perfect view directly behind the stage the entire weekend.
If you're attending the 10th Annual Fly In Festival and are interested in Skydiving with some of the best, contact them directly to book your jump during the Festival !!!
They also have a brand new virtual reality training simulator to teach you the best techniques

07/11/2025

This week's Artist Spotlight for the 10th Annual Fly In Festival is our good friends, Mudhole Control from Greenbrier & Pocahontas Counties in West Virginia.
The Band has been part of the Fly In Festival since the very beginning, and plays
"Old Time Music from the Hills and Hollers of West Virginia". In fact the Band name comes from the members expertise in the Paving, Gravel, Concrete, and Hauling Business.
Mudhole Control will be landing on the stage of the Fly In Festival at 3:00 pm SATURDAY JULY 26th !!!!
https://youtu.be/2vqnx8EL2pk?si=0SF_wxvqYzfmqUZE

07/10/2025

*FREE TICKETS for FIRST RESPONDERS*
We told you we had several BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS coming.
Here is the BIGGEST.
Thanks to Permco & EfireX ,
ALL FIRST RESPONDERS can now attend the 10th Annual Fly In Festival JULY 24-26 *** For FREE !!! ***
So if you are Law Enforcement, Fire, or EMS and want Tickets for You & Your Family, message us or contact Tim Directly to receive your Tickets, compliments of Permco & EfireX as a Thank You for your Service.

07/09/2025

Do you live locally in the Huntington area and want to purchase your tickets early for the
10th Annual Fly In Festival ??
You can do that in person at TWO (2) Locations - the Fly In Cafe and
At Mays Tire & Service Center in Ona, WV

07/08/2025

** Just a reminder that the online booking link will be available to JULY 17th. After that you will need to call the hotel directly to receive the Fly In Festival Rate
(304) 733-3338

We have again partnered with Delta Hotels by Marriott Huntington Mall- HTSDE for a special 10th Annual Fly In Festival RATE.
You must book your room by JULY 17th to receive the rate.
Click the Link below -
https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1750083400054&key=GRP&app=resvlink

07/08/2025

07/05/2025

A great tourism video on the
Robert Newlon Airpark , Carl Bailey , and why it's such a special place.

We used the AirfieldGuide™ website to pick a new place for a spontaneous airplane camping adventure. Even though it was early spring, we decided to try cam...

07/01/2025

This week's Artist Spotlight for the
10th Annual Fly In Festival is the
Lonesome River Band
A Fly In Festival favorite, LRB will be landing on the stage FRIDAY JULY 25th at 9:30 pm to close out the Friday evening show.
The Lonesome River Band is an American contemporary bluegrass band. The band has released 15 recording projects since its formation in 1982. Lonesome River Band is led by Sammy Shelor who is a member of the Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame and a 5-Time International Bluegrass Music Association Banjo Player of the Year Award recipient. On November 11, 2011, band member Sammy Shelor was awarded the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Bluegrass and Banjo. Shelor was presented with the award on the Late Show with David Letterman. Following the presentation of the award, Steve Martin performed with the Lonesome River Band.
https://www.lonesomeriverband.com/
A great video of LRB at the 2023 Fly In Festival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGCqTKY5TUI&list=RDrGCqTKY5TUI&start_radio=1

07/01/2025

06/20/2025

Billy Strings performed at his hometown Bluegrass Festival in Charlotte, Michigan last night, and brought some people on stage with him throughout the show. One of the folks he brought on stage was the great Junior Sisk to sing an old Stanley Brothers song !!
Junior will be part of our big Stanley Brothers Tribute Show on FRIDAY JULY 25th at the 10th Annual Fly In Festival.

Billy Strings performing with Junior Sisk on vocals who was the opener performing ‘’Love Me Darlin Just Tonight’’ on 6/19/25 at Charlotte Bluegrass Festival ...