West Columbia Gorge Wheels & Wings

West Columbia Gorge Wheels & Wings
August 01, 2009

Directions

The West Columbia Gorge Wheels & Wings event will take place at the Troutdale Airport. The Troutdale Airport is located east of Portland and is at the gateway to the scenic Columbia River Gorge. With more than 75,000 operations annually, Troutdale is a popular airport for fixed-wing flight training, scenic tours and recreational flying.

From Portland take I-84 East to Troutdale, exit 17, and follow the signs.

Aircraft: Please follow standard approach procedures. Display aircraft, please let the tower know you’re arriving for display. All fly-ins should proceed to the South side for aircraft parking. Shuttles will be provided to event.

Forms/Documents

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday, August 4th, 2008. A special thanks to all the volunteers, sponsors, display cars and aircraft for your help putting in this event. This first Wheels & Wings was a tremendous success!

Around 3,000 people in attendance
More than 50 free airplane rides for kids from the volunteers at Young Eagles
Fun airplane rides for the "big kids" from Jim's Biplane and Hillsboro Aviation
More than 110 cars on display
More than 40 aircraft on display
Great pancake breakfast fundraiser for the West Columbia Gorge Rotary Club
Entertainment from K-Hits 106.7
Great food, drink and fun thanks to our vendors!

We're starting to plan our 2009 event. If you'd like to get involved, please email us at info@westcolumbiagorgechamber.com or call us at 503-669-7473.

Thanks again to all our inaugural sponsors!

Port of Portland
Community Newspapers
K-Hits 106.7
McMenamins Edgefield
Bank of the West
All Stor Storage Condominiums
Avis Rental Car
Waste Management
Visitor Development Fund
Gorge Winds Aviation
Dornan Communications
Flyingwitheric.com
Schwan's Food Company

Memories of Wheels & Wings 2007

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