📚NOVEL: The Flying Circus ✈️ADVENTURE: Ride in a WWII Biplane!

Join Audrey on a sky-high adventure at Van Sant Historic Airfield flying in a vintage open-cockpit historic biplane - full on barnstormer style! We’ll pair the flight with a BYO picnic grove discussion of The Flying Circus by Sarah Crandall. The airfield is super charming and there will be all kinds of little planes buzzing around in the sky above us! I went up last week and absolutely loved it! Check out @thenoveltourist on Instagram or FB for video!

Discounted Fee Just for Us!:
If you want to fly by yourself (and the pilot, of course!), it's $190 (normally $220).
If you want to fly in a two seater (plus the pilot) then it's $95 per person (normally $110 per person). We'll pair you up unless you already know who you want to go up with (let me know when you pay).

Refund: Refund if you cancel by July 5 or if someone takes your spot.

Limit is 25. First pay goes. Food and beverages at lunch are pay on your own or BYO.

HOW TO PAY: Use Friends and Family! Do not use the business option because it charges a service fee. Please note the event name or date on your payment. If your payment name is different than your Meetup name please make sure you note your Meetup name.
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🛩️ADVENTURE: Ride in a WWII Biplane!
📍 Where: Van Sant Historic Airfield
Address: 516 Cafferty Rd, Erwinna, PA 18920
11:00am-1pm

Van Sant Historic Airfield is a hidden gem about an hour-ish outside of Philly. Tucked into the scenic Bucks County countryside, this historic grass-strip airfield feels like you are stepping back in time. We’ll watch vintage planes buzz the skies (filled with giddy Novel Tourists!) and revel in the on-ground vibe that is pure old-school aviation charm.

You’ll have the chance to take a 15-minute ride in a beautifully restored open cockpit plane - either a WWII-era Stearman biplane (1psgr), a Waco Biplane (2psgr), or a 1928 Travel Air Biplane (2psgr). Feel the wind in your face, sweeping views below. Looping through the sky cruising gently over rolling farmland is an unforgettable experience that’s equal parts peaceful and exhilarating. I loved every single minute and can not wait to go again!

🍔LUNCH: BYO or Food Truck on Site
While we wait our turns we’ll hang out on the picnic grounds and discuss the book while vintage planes buzz above us. You can bring your own lunch or there's a food truck on site that offers burgers, hot dogs, falafel sandwich, veggie burger, fries, and ice cream.

It’s a true Novel Tourist-style day—where the pages come to life, of course!

Parking: in the lot or in the grass along road there is plenty of parking!

NOVEL: The Flying Circus by Susan Crandall
Genre: Historical Fiction,

Set in the 1920s, the novel follows three unlikely companions—a daredevil pilot, a young runaway, and a sharp-tongued female stunt rider—as they form a traveling barnstorming act. Together, they fly across the Midwest performing aerial stunts and navigating personal secrets, societal pressures, and growing danger.

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~ Audrey

-------------------The below is silly babble just for the Meetup algorithm - no need for book club members to read this!-------------------------------
Flying tours with socializing book club members in Philadelphia are such a fun way to meet new friends and be social with book loving book club members who like to read and explore authors, house tours, museums and other walking tours and try new activities such as hiking, reading, craft, hobbies, book clubs and more! It's especially fun for a book club to go on indoor tours and outdoor and indoor adventures with all the book club friends who like to socializ explore and try new hobbies. We love going to museums and discussing books. Especially airplanes!