Hundreds of Ocean City residents and visitors strolled the Ocean City Municipal Airport tarmac on Saturday for the 2014 Ocean City Air Festival.
Radio-controlled model planes gave flight demonstrations and competed in a people’s choice contest during the 2014 Ocean City Air Festival on Saturday, Sept. 13.The event opens an aviation weekend that continues at 1 p.m. Sunday with the Aerobatic Air Show over the downtown blocks of the beach and boardwalk.
- Read more about the Air Show on Sunday.
- See profile of Team AeroDynamix pilot Mike “Kahuna” Stewart.
Saturday’s Air Festival included a display of planes, including a B-25J Mitchell Bomber and a TBM Torpedo Bomber Avenger. Some of the stunt planes that will perform on Sunday also were on display.
A paper airplane contest, a “Bubble Mania” competition and table sponsored by the Ocean City Board of Realtors, a children’s bounce house, a Boardwalk Adventures climbing wall, face-painting entertained the kids. A banner plane pick-up demonstration and a N.J. Pine Barons radio-controlled airplane display were highlights of the day.
