High Sierra Fly-In Special Gallery

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Key Takeaways:

  • The High Sierra Fly-In (HSF) is a significant annual gathering of over 200 aircraft, predominantly taildraggers, and hundreds of aviators on a remote dry lakebed in the high country of Nevada.
  • The event celebrates backcountry flying, featuring a diverse range of aircraft from Super Cubs to powered parachutes, with highlights including STOL drag races and informal "hangar flying."
  • HSF embodies a DIY and communal spirit, with attendees camping, enjoying homegrown entertainment like fireworks, and embracing the brisk, often windy conditions of the remote desert environment.
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High Sierra Fly-In
Despite weather that challenged many enroute to Dead Cow and prevented many others from coming, the 2017 event was very well attended, with more than 200 airplanes and several hundred people, not counting dune buggies and dirt bikes that stopped by the playa. PHOTO: Joey Myers
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