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Join flight fanciers as Cracker Fly In offers up-close view of aircraft
Proud pilots at Cracker Fly In show off planes to visitors at annual show
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Jon Berndsen, of Cumming, wipes down his 1977 Great Lakes biplane Saturday, July 7, 2018 at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport during the annual Cracker Fly In. The event is organized by chapter 611 of the Experimental Aircraft Association. - photo by Scott Rogers
Bill Harrelson sat in his blue-and-white lawn chair in the grass just off the runway at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in Gainesville. Next to him was his plane, a white Lancair IV with a baby blue and gray stripe down the side. That plane has taken him all over the world: Alaska, Brazil, Curacao Australia and over the North and South Poles to name a few.