8th annual Colfax Fly-In slated for next weekend

COLFAX — The Experimental Aircraft Association is hosting its 8th annual Colfax Fly-In and Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, Sept. 23, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Port of Whitman Business Air Center, Airport Access Road.

The event, sponsored by the Port of Whitman County, will have a $10 pancake, sausage, and egg breakfast provided by the Colfax Rotary Club from 8-10 a.m.

Coordinator Barney Buckley said that this year, airplane rides will be back. “We haven’t had those for a number of years,” Buckley said.

This year, local pilot Lyle Drader will provide plane rides for 30 minutes over the Palouse...