At the end of September, Great Bend’s Mega Motor Weekend will offer three events for the entire family. The Great Bend Airfest, Lucas Oil Drag Racing and the Hahn Brothers Shootout will all take place the weekend of Sept. 28-30.
“These events are important to the community — especially the Airfest. The airport will celebrate 75 years,” Great Bend Municipal Airport Manager Martin Miller said. “We are very excited to see these wonderful planes and have such a great event for the community.”
This year’s Airfest is a special occasion because it will feature the only two B-29 Bombers that are still flying.
In addition, there will be 20 planes on display and the airport is expecting over 150 private pilots flying in for the show.
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the last two flying B-29 Bombers, Fifi and Doc, at the same location together,” Miller said. “We are very fortunate that this will happen right here in Great Bend.”
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was flown primarily during World War II and the Korean War.
Coming up the last weekend in September in Great Bend:
The Great Bend Airfest will be from Sept. 28 to Sept. 30 at the Great Bend Municipal Airport. Come see Doc and Fifi, the last flying B-29 Bombers in existence, and take part in a special tribute to veterans.
Sept. 28: 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Educational tours, warbird and helicopter rides, historical displays, appearance of Ladies for Liberty, air show at 5:15 p.m.
Sept. 29: 8 a.m. to midnight. Pancake breakfast, fly in, touring of aircraft, warbird and helicopter rides, World War II re-enactors and equipment, Veterans Ceremony and Missing Man Ceremony with fly-over, live music and dance, air shows at 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 30: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Helicopter and warbird rides, tours of aircraft, visiting with air crews and historical displays; air show at noon.
For racing fans:
Lucas Oil SRCA Races will begin daily at 7 a.m. starting Thursday, Sept. 27, running through Sunday, Sept. 30. The event will be held at the SRCA Dragstrip west of Great Bend.
For Motocross fans:
At the Great Bend Expo Complex, the Annual Hahn Brothers Shootout will begin at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 28. On Saturday, Sept. 29, the gates open at 5:30 p.m., and on Sunday, Sept. 30, there will be Ride School with the pros from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The shootout is hosted by professional riders Will and Tommy Hahn.
