{"id":475466,"date":"2026-10-24T13:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T13:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/475466\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T13:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T13:40:13","slug":"dallas-executive-airport-to-host-aviation-discovery-fest-featuring-over-20-vintage-aircrafts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/475466\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Executive Airport to host Aviation Discovery Fest featuring over 20 vintage aircrafts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oakcliff.advocatemag.com\/2026\/10\/dallas-executive-airport-aviation-discovery-fest\/2025_adf_dsc02283_larryley\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-92639 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92639\" class=\"wp-image-92639 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2025_ADF_DSC02283_LarryLey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-92639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of Aviation Discovery Fest website.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/GjHJGW2xGEgYpMqd9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Executive Airport<\/a> will host the Aviation Discovery Fest next month.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationdiscoveryfest.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aviation Discovery Fest<\/a> is Commemorative Air Force\u2019s annual celebration of aviation, history, and education. The festival will feature more than 20 vintage aircrafts where visitors can tour, ride select historic aircrafts, meet pilots, restoration volunteers and veterans, experience live history re-enactment camps and participate in hands-on activities, according to a press release.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s festival will also include a showing of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jimmythemovie.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy<\/a>, which opens Friday, Nov. 6 in theaters. The film tells the story of Jimmy Stewart going from an Academy award-winning actor to an Army Air Forces bomber pilot, highlighting his 20 combat missions over Nazi-occupied Europe.<\/p>\n<p>One of the featured aircrafts of the festival is the B-24 Liberator Diamond Lil, which is the same type of bomber Stewart flew during the war and is the world\u2019s only B-24 Liberator currently flying, according to a press release. Guests will also have the opportunity to meet North Texas actress, Kara Kilmer, who plays Lady Julia in Jimmy and film writer Justin Strawhand.<\/p>\n<p>The Aviation Discovery Fest will be open Friday, Nov. 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 7 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventsprout.com\/event\/commemorative-air-force-aviation-discovery-fest-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to purchase tickets.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tShare This Story, Choose Your Platform!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792849213_951_4b7788cb0990e4978f03f293513e201327c04def34eb630c23899a78f7ca98bf.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-72 photo\" height=\"72\" width=\"72\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVictoria Hernandez is the Oak Cliff editor for Advocate Media. Prior to joining the Advocate, she wrote for Walton Insights, KUAF 91.3 and UARK Student Media. Victoria studied at the University of Arkansas, earning a B.A. in English\/Journalism with minors in history and gender studies and a M.A. in Journalism with a Graduate Certificate in African and African American Studies. She can be reached by email at vhernandez@advocatemag.com\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Courtesy of Aviation Discovery Fest website. 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