Special to The Transcript
Max Westheimer Airport will host the third annual Aviation Festival 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The celebration will include an open house, aircraft static displays, tours of the control tower and a children's activity area.
New to this year's festival is a radio controlled aircraft show. Aircraft static displays include a Chinook Plus II; Cirrus SR 22 turbo; T-6 from Columbus Air Force Base; King Air C90; Cherokee Warrior; bi-planes; Norman Fire Department; University of Oklahoma Police Department; SWAT team; Norman Police Department; V-Tail Bonanza; Cessna 310; and the Air Traffic Control Tactical Communications Mobile Unit among many others.
This year's sponsors include: Arvest Bank; BancFirst; BWR; Ken Carson; Cruise Aviation; Embassy Suites Norman ? Hotel and Conference Center; EST; First American Bank; Garver Engineering; Hard Edge; LegendCare Pharmacy; Max Westheimer Airport; McClain Bank; Moore Norman Technology Center; Rick Nagel; Norman Surgical Arts Center; OU Aviation Department; OU Housing -- Food; OU Real Estate Operations; Republic Bank -- Trust; Glenn Schamburg; Sooner Aviation Club; Sooner Flight Academy and Valliance Bank.
Max Westheimer Airport is at 1700 Lexington Ave. in Norman, just north of Robinson Street between Interstate 35 and Flood Avenue. For more information, call the Airport at 325-7233.
