Cracker Fly-In canceled

GAINESVILLE - For only the second time in its nearly 50-year history, the Cracker Fly-In at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in Gainesville, which was to be held Saturday, has been canceled.

"Due to rain and low clouds planned for Saturday, we are scrubbing the 45th Cracker Fly In," said one of the organizers, Winn Fletcher. "Only the second time in 45 years (we've had to cancel)."

The event annually features various types of aircraft from World War I vintage biplanes to modern day U.S. Army helicopters and experimental aircraft.

It is sponsored each year by the Gainesville chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association (Chapter 611).

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