Here are some photos from the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day on Aug. 27, including a spot landing competition, a barbecue cookout, test runs on a flight simulator, and discovery flights over the surrounding area.
Planes taxi on the runway while people enjoy barbecue food at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27, as seen from one of the discovery flights offered in the afternoon. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Planes taxi on the runway while people enjoy barbecue food at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27, as seen from one of the discovery flights offered in the afternoon. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Aviation Academy President Ed Bergeron takes off from the runway, with Redstone resident Dino Scaletti in the passenger seat, during a discovery flight at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Aviation Academy President Ed Bergeron takes off from the runway, with Redstone resident Dino Scaletti in the passenger seat, during a discovery flight at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top finisher in the Spot Landing Competition and aviation academy student Andrew Matarese, 16, and his dad James of Bartlett smile together at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Aviation Academy Board Members and MWV Career Tech Center staff members Virginia Schraeder and Joe Riddensdale smile together at the aviation flea market table at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Glen Mori of West Ossipee (center) talks to Jim Farrar of Center Conway (left) the plane wings of the Grumman AA1A he is working on with students as part of an academy restoration project at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Glen Mori of West Ossipee (left) tells Phil Johnson of Brownfield (center) Mike Marinaccio (right) and his son Sam, 6, of Fryeburg (right) about the Grumman AA1A he is working on with students as part of an academy restoration project at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Glen Mori of West Ossipee (right) tells Mike Marinaccio and his son Sam, 6, of Fryeburg (left) about the Grumman AA1A he is working on with students as part of an academy restoration project at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Mike Marinaccio and his son Sam, 6, of Fryeburg (left) and Peter Wilkens of Fryeburg check out the Grumman AA1A part of an academy restoration project at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Aviation academy student Daniel Day lands on the runway during the spot landing competition, including two of his peers, at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. Day took third place in the competition. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Aviation academy student Daniel Day soars through the air during the spot landing competition, including two of his peers, at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. Day took third place in the competition. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Aviation academy student Andrew Matarese, 16, of Bartlett soars through the air during the spot landing competition, including two of his peers, at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. Matarese took first place in the competition. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Baseball fields, solar panels, and other buildings along Bridgton Road in Fryeburg pass under a cloud, as seen on a discovery flight at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The Saco River cuts through Fryeburg, with Lovewell Pond and the White Mountains visible in the distance, as seen on a discovery flight at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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Planes taxi on the runway while people enjoy barbecue food at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27, as seen from one of the discovery flights offered in the afternoon. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Planes taxi on the runway while people enjoy barbecue food at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27, as seen from one of the discovery flights offered in the afternoon. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Redstone resident Jackie Scaletti takes a photo of Shawnee Peak in Bridgton on a discovery flight at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Aviation Academy President Ed Bergeron takes off from the runway, with Redstone resident Dino Scaletti in the passenger seat, during a discovery flight at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Aviation Academy President Ed Bergeron takes off from the runway, with Redstone resident Dino Scaletti in the passenger seat, during a discovery flight at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top finisher in the Spot Landing Competition and aviation academy student Andrew Matarese, 16, and his dad James of Bartlett smile together at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Aviation Academy Board Members and MWV Career Tech Center staff members Virginia Schraeder and Joe Riddensdale smile together at the aviation flea market table at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Glen Mori of West Ossipee (center) talks to Jim Farrar of Center Conway (left) the plane wings of the Grumman AA1A he is working on with students as part of an academy restoration project at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Board President Ed Bergeron stands by a plane as discovery flights for event attendees start at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
People enjoy the cookout and watch planes soar in and out of the runway at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
People try out the flight simulator and look at the slideshows and posters in the academy classroom at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Glen Mori of West Ossipee (left) tells Phil Johnson of Brownfield (center) Mike Marinaccio (right) and his son Sam, 6, of Fryeburg (right) about the Grumman AA1A he is working on with students as part of an academy restoration project at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Glen Mori of West Ossipee (right) tells Mike Marinaccio and his son Sam, 6, of Fryeburg (left) about the Grumman AA1A he is working on with students as part of an academy restoration project at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Mike Marinaccio and his son Sam, 6, of Fryeburg (left) and Peter Wilkens of Fryeburg check out the Grumman AA1A part of an academy restoration project at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Aviation academy student Daniel Day lands on the runway during the spot landing competition, including two of his peers, at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. Day took third place in the competition. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Aviation academy student Daniel Day soars through the air during the spot landing competition, including two of his peers, at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. Day took third place in the competition. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Aviation academy student Andrew Matarese, 16, of Bartlett soars through the air during the spot landing competition, including two of his peers, at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. Matarese took first place in the competition. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Model planes and books about aviation fill the flea market table at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fryeburg Academy and other parts of Main Street pass under a cloud, as seen on a discovery flight at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Baseball fields, solar panels, and other buildings along Bridgton Road in Fryeburg pass under a cloud, as seen on a discovery flight at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The Saco River cuts through Fryeburg, with Lovewell Pond and the White Mountains visible in the distance, as seen on a discovery flight at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Clouds roll over Lovewell Pond and the White Mountains, as seen on a discovery flight at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The Saco River winds by a Brownfield pond near Pequawket Trail and Birch Lane as seen on a discovery flight at the Eastern Slope Aviation Academy's second annual Aviation Day at the Fryeburg airport on Aug. 27. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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