Hillbilly, I have been running my Warbird Fly-In now for three years and they take some work. However, I would say the event is honestly what you want to make it. You can go to your local Hobby Shop and see if they will donate a plane for the event and get some raffle tickets and sell them 1 - $1 or 6 for $5. I can't tell you how many to buy but I would say roughly 1000. They usually run $40 or so. But you will know how many show up to the events and that can determine how many you purchase for it.

One of the biggest things is people hate to wait. So if you have events have them run quickly. Some events I have seen are See how low they can go. Streamer set up and across the runway if you go above or hit it your out. With this you can have 3 - 5 planes up in the air. I have also seen where you send up three planes and have 30 seconds to a minute to climb as high as you can then cut the throttle and see how long you can glide before you land. No throttle is to be used once the time has canceled. Also, touchdown closest to the bullseye. Just some ideas. But again they have to run quickly.

But ultimately, make your fun fly a fundraiser for your club. Again raffle tickets, door prizes, and food. You can even have members make deserts i.e, cookies brownies and sell them as well. With the event being a fun fly have a landing fee of no more than $5 or free.

When it comes to door prizes you would be surprised who will donate to your event and get a flyer out to the local clubs around you and put them in the windows of the local hobby shops. Good luck Hillbilly and I commend you on taking on this task. Also, don't get down if you don't have a ton of people at your event the first. Doing it over and over again will draw people once they know it is around.

Good luck and feel free to shoot me a message if you need anymore suggestions.

Joe