I finally made it to Columbia, CA (O22) for the Bellanca-Champion West Coast Fly-In this weekend. The West Coast Fly-In is widely regarded as the largest gathering of Bellanca airplanes anywhere in the world, and this year the triple tails had a good showing with close to 20 planes showing up. Three of those were Cruisemaster 260s (picture below). There was even a T-250 Aries, which I had never seen in person before.

The Columbia Airport has a campground on site and the Fly-In is held at the campground. Jess and I decided to stay in town, however, as the hotels had air conditioning and it was hot the whole weekend. It’s about a 1 mile walk to the campground from the town if you know the secret path, which we didn’t know the first time. Live and learn. Good food was eaten, airplane stories were told, and Jess got to see her first flour bombing and spot landing contests.