The annual Fly-In & Cruise-In at the Lafayette Airport will be this coming Saturday, September 22. This FREE event will start at 10 AM and finish up at 3 PM. Attendees will get to see a historic DC-3 airplane, one of the world’s first airliners.

Helicopter and airplane rides will be available and there will be inflatable bounce houses for children. Cotton candy, popcorn, and other concessions will be sold.

The 1937-build DC-3 Flagship Detroit will anchor this year’s Fly-in Saturday,  According to the Flagship Detroit website, the plane was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company (founded in 1921) at its Santa Monica, Calif., plant in 1937. It was assigned serial number 1920 and factory number 43. Upon completion, it was delivered to American Airlines as a model DC-3, G102, and assigned the registration number NC17334. American accepted the Detroit delivery on March 2, 1937.

The plane went through at least 18 different owners, including being owned for a short time by the U.S. Government, prior to its purchase by the Flagship Detroit Foundation and an authentic restoration to her 1937 glory.