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Spectators can get up close and personal with airplanes
Annual Cracker Fly-In lands Saturday in Gainesville
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A Lockheed Electra 12-A taxis to a parking space July 7, 2012, after arriving at the Cracker Fly-In at Gainesville’s Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport. The plane is one of only eight such planes still flying and was featured in a film about the life of Amelia Earhart.
Originally called the Firecracker Fly-In as part of a Fourth of July celebration, the Experimental Aviation Association Chapter 611’s annual Cracker Fly-In event continues to celebrate the history of aircraft. Now in its 45th year, the fly-in is from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 5 at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in Gainesville. Walk-ins are $3, but children younger than 12 and fly-in pilots may enter for free.