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What a Great Week It Was at Sentimental Journey 2025!

This was the week that had something for everybody.

Sentimental Journey 2025 started slow, with problematic winds, off-and-on rain, and low ceilings. But Thursday the weather gods finally smiled upon Lock Haven, and from then on it was FABULOUS. We enjoyed beautiful flying weather and a flurry of new arrivals crowded the ramp. By Friday night the attendance set a new record for any recent S-J event. Visitors and campers included people who came to Lock Haven from Florida, Iowa, and even Hawaii. Friday was "Youth Career Day" and we emphasized the opportunities in aviation by hosting recruiters and career advisors from nine local aviation schools, businesses and airlines. Saturday was "Community Day" in Lock Haven and Sentimental Journey joined the fun with free admission for everybody all day. Those folks were entertained with spot-landing contests, a car show, educational forums, food trucks, Young Eagle rides for teens, and Pipers, Cessnas, Stearmans, Aeroncas, a rare Davis monoplane, and a passle of other birds this writer didn't get a chance to identify.

Now the campground is quiet and we are planning for our 40th rendition, opening on June 8, 2026, roughly one month before Oshkosh. See you there!

Announcing the Sentimental Journey Autumn Seafood Sale!
For our friends and supporters in central Pennsylvania, this is the time of year for a very special event: Sentimental Journey's annual seafood sale. This fundraiser features a wide selection of the freshest seafood, picked up right at our offices at the airport, and priced without the grocery store's mark-up. Surprise your whole family: use this form to order your favorites right now, don't wait! Your taste-buds and your wallet will both say, "thank you!"

Welcome to Sentimental Journey

Now into our 40th year, this year’s fly-in will be bigger and better than ever. Sentimental Journey Fly-in began in 1986 with a group of dedicated volunteers working to recognize the aeronautical heritage of Lock Haven, the city where Piper built airplanes for fifty years. Now our vision has broadened to help both flyers and non-flyers to enjoy the wonder of aviation, and to recognize the scientific, intellectual, and economic benefits aviation has brought to humanity. And, we have a great time while we do that!

In a normal year, we expect about a hundred of those wonderful Piper aircraft to return to their original nest. But make no mistake — Sentimental Journey welcomes all flyers and their flivvers, including Aeroncas, Beechcraft, Bellancas, Cessnas, Cirrus, Citabrias, Cubcrafters, Decathlons, Diamonds, Luscombes, Mooneys, Pitts, Stearmans, Stinsons, Swifts, Taylorcraft, Wacos, Vans, and just about anything else with wings. Everybody and every plane is welcome!

By the way... If you enjoy general aviation, then you should join the Sentimental Journey family. All members receive a membership card, discounted prices on entrance fees to the fly-in as well as discounts at at the semi-annual pancake breakfasts at the airport in Lock Haven.

Mark Your Calendar! The 40th Annual Sentimental Journey Fly-In

Opens on Monday, June 8th and Runs through Saturday, June 13th, 2026