Chilliwack Airport
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Chilliwack Airport, , is located adjacent to Chilliwack
, British Columbia
, Canada
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Well known as a "Fly for pie" airport due to popularity of their airport cafe that attracts mainly weekend pilots from the US
and the Lower Mainland
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for everyone to watch. The show is a great hit with families, and enthusiasts are welcome to fly their own aircraft.
"Fresh Hot Pie's" at the Airport Coffee Shop' originated in the 1970's by Neil C."Bud" Mc Neill, and Kathleen "Kitty" Mc Neill. The Airport Coffee Shop was closed for many years. A new way was needed to get Pilots to land and eat. As a recent retiree from a long and distinguished Military Service and a Retired Army Chef, he enticed Flyers to land with fresh cooked Pies! "Calling ahead by Radio" became a service too, for Pilots. By Radioing ahead before landing Pilots could order a meal, similar to a Truck Stop Cafe's of that era. This service caught on fast with Pilots.
Bud and Kitty left the Airport Coffee Shop in 1975, due to a family death in Alberta. The Old Chilliwack Roundhouse Airport and Airport Coffee Shop was torn down soon afterwards, and replaced with a fully modern Airport, with Restaurant facilities. They still serve "Fresh Cooked Pie's" to this day. Chilliwack Airport is know across the West Coast of North America to flyers as, the "Little Airport with Fresh cooked Pie's".
Chilliwack, British Columbia
Chilliwack is a Canadian city in the Province of British Columbia. It is a predominantly agricultural community with an estimated population of 80,000 people. Chilliwack is the second largest city in the Fraser Valley Regional District after Abbotsford. The city is surrounded by mountains and...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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Well known as a "Fly for pie" airport due to popularity of their airport cafe that attracts mainly weekend pilots from the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and the Lower Mainland
Lower Mainland
The Lower Mainland is a name commonly applied to the region surrounding and including Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As of 2007, 2,524,113 people live in the region; sixteen of the province's thirty most populous municipalities are located there.While the term Lower Mainland has been...
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Chilliwack Flight Fest
Every year in the last week of August the airport hosts an event known as the Chilliwack Flight Fest, a free air showAir show
An air show is an event at which aviators display their flying skills and the capabilities of their aircraft to spectators in aerobatics. Air shows without aerobatic displays, having only aircraft displayed parked on the ground, are called "static air shows"....
for everyone to watch. The show is a great hit with families, and enthusiasts are welcome to fly their own aircraft.
"Fresh Hot Pie's" at the Airport Coffee Shop' originated in the 1970's by Neil C."Bud" Mc Neill, and Kathleen "Kitty" Mc Neill. The Airport Coffee Shop was closed for many years. A new way was needed to get Pilots to land and eat. As a recent retiree from a long and distinguished Military Service and a Retired Army Chef, he enticed Flyers to land with fresh cooked Pies! "Calling ahead by Radio" became a service too, for Pilots. By Radioing ahead before landing Pilots could order a meal, similar to a Truck Stop Cafe's of that era. This service caught on fast with Pilots.
Bud and Kitty left the Airport Coffee Shop in 1975, due to a family death in Alberta. The Old Chilliwack Roundhouse Airport and Airport Coffee Shop was torn down soon afterwards, and replaced with a fully modern Airport, with Restaurant facilities. They still serve "Fresh Cooked Pie's" to this day. Chilliwack Airport is know across the West Coast of North America to flyers as, the "Little Airport with Fresh cooked Pie's".
External links
- Page about this airport on COPA'sCanadian Owners and Pilots AssociationThe Canadian Owners and Pilots Association is a federally registered not-for-profit association that provides information and advocacy services for Canadian pilots who fly for non-commercial purposes...
Places to Fly airport directory - City of Chilliwack - Municipal Airport on Chilliwack's municipal website.
- Chilliwack Flight Fest Official Page