Archive for the ‘airplane’ Category

Celebrate at Sneak Peek to Spring Barrel

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

The Yakima Valley Visitor Information Center (VIC) celebrates 10 years of serving visitors to the Yakima Valley in 2013. Built in 2003, with the vision to promote the Yakima Valley’s growing wine country, the Visitor Center has become the first stop for information on lodging, restaurants, activities and events.

One of the events during this year long celebration, “Sneak Peek to Spring Barrel,” will be April 11, 2013, at Le Chateau.  Wine Diva’s will be hosting this event.  Come enjoy local wine tasting, live music, Hors D’Oeuvers, Spring fashions, shopping, raffle prizes and more. This is an all lady, 21 and over event. The Visitor Center will be offering a Gift Bag valued at $25 with every ticket. The gift bag will include 4 wine tasting coupons, to be used anytime during the evening, a glass of wine, a lite-up wine glass, Washington Wine Country Coasters; It’s All about the Pretzels, Spring Barrel Wine Tasting winery information, coupons and so much more. Tickets to the event are $30. Visit the Yakima Valley’s beautiful Tuscan style Visitor Center for your tickets.

The Yakima Valley Visitor Center provides information covering the Yakima Valley, most cities in Washington State, plus Oregon, Idaho, Montana.  In 2006 the gift shop was added featuring local Yakima Valley made products and artwork, souvenirs plus specialty gift items.  In 2011 the gift shop expanded its selection of local wines for purchase and began offering wine tasting 4 premiums Yakima Valley wines with the purchase of a $5.00 Govino wine glass.

The Yakima Valley Visitor Center is located across the street from Target Store at 101 North Fair Ave. Exit 33 off I-82. (map)

Come celebrate with us.

 

The Yakima Valley blog articles feature members of the Yakima Valley Visitors and Convention Bureau. If you would like to receive information regarding membership, Click here, or to request a membership application, please contact Michelle Hopkins at (509) 575-3010.

Bookmark and Share

 

McAllister’s Museum of Aviation

Monday, April 9th, 2012

Charlie McAllister built his first airplane at age 15 from a 1918 Popular Mechanics article, his pilot’s license was signed by Orville Wright in 1927.  After taking flying lessons from the famous instructor and aerobatic pilot, Tex Rankin, he built the first licensed glider in Washington State, the Yakima Clipper.

Visit the McAllister’s Museum of Aviation and discover the kind of determination that leads a Yakima resident and his brother to start their own flying school. This historic flight school opened in 1926 and operated for 73 years, to become one of the oldest continuously operating flight school in the Pacific Northwest.

Charlie McAllister’s humble flight school was transformed into the McAllister Museum of Aviation after his death at age 95. Charlie was a fixture at his flight school, always ready to talk about flying, in continuation of this tradition, on Saturday mornings you will sometimes find local pilots hanging out here, ready to talk about planes, flying and known for taking would-be pilots for a ride.

Bring the kids and enjoy the electronic flight simulator, a computer running Microsoft’s Flight Simulator, which includes yoke, pedals and other controls. As of March 2012, there’s no charge for using it, but donations are appreciated.

There is a school program available, in which volunteers at the museum work with the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) Young Eagles program, giving young people 8 – 17 years of age the experience of basic ground instruction and a free airplane ride.

Check the events calendar for special presentations during the year.

McAllister Museum of Aviation
2008 S. 16th Ave.,Yakima, WA 98903

Hours of Operation:
Summer Thursday – Friday 10:00 – 4:00
Saturday 9:00 – 4:00
Winter Friday – Saturday 10:00 – 4:00

The Yakima Valley blog articles feature members of the Yakima Valley Visitors and Convention Bureau. If you would like to receive information regarding membership, Click here, or to request a membership application, please contact Michele Hopkins at (509) 575-3010.


Bookmark and Share