Flying Circus Airshow

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The Flying Circus Aerodrome is an airshow located in Bealeton, Virginia. The airshow runs every Sunday from the beginning of May to the end of October. Founded in 1971, it is one of the few places in the world where customers can actually pay to ride in vintage barnstormer-era biplanes every Sunday. In the backdrop of the Virginia countryside and mountains, World War II era Boeing Stearmans, WACOs, Piper Cubs and Pitts Specials put on a show that includes comedy routines, wing-walking, and stunning aerobatics. It is the home of "The Flying Farmer" Charlie Kulp, who has been performing a comedy routine to audiences all over North America for over 3 decades and is a member of the Virginia Aviation Hall of Fame. It also hosts an annual hot air balloon festival that takes place on the third weekend of August every year, with airshows on both Saturday and Sunday.

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This event was featured in an article in the Washington Post (The Seven Weird Wonders of Virginia; [FINAL Edition] The Washington Post. Washington, D.C.: Aug 21, 2002. pg. C.02). I have visited it three times. It's worth noting because it harkens back to a time when amusements were not the province of the big amusement corporations. There's little distance between the performers and the audience. The humor is corny, but it's so good-natured, you don't care. One of my friends took a ride in one of the biplanes, and it was the time of his life. You should have seen the smile on his face. He told me, "After my stomach settles down, I'm going to do it again." And he did. The same person who gave him a ride was in the show. It was a great way to spend an afternoon.

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