It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s your chance to witness aviation history right here in Greenville, just ahead of November, aka National Aviation History Month.

Warbird Adventures, a vintage aircraft flight school, is landing at the community corridor of the Greenville Downtown Airport (at GMU's South Ramp, featuring Runway Cafe + Runway Park) for its aviation event on Sat., Oct. 29 + Sun., Oct. 30 from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Free to the public, this event showcases historic WWII planes up close and fly-ins from other historic + unique planes (like the S.C. Army National Guard Lakota and CH47 Chinook helicopters).

What types of planes will be on site?

You won’t see new fighter jets off the line from Greenville’s Lockheed Martin, but rather historic models like:

✈️ Curtiss P-40 Warhawk — the third most-produced American fighter in WWII.

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk | Photo by Robert Hoover via Greenville Downtown Airport

✈️ T-6 Texan — trained 100,000+ pilots in 34 different countries over 25 years.

T-6 Texan | Photo by Robert Hoover via Greenville Downtown Airport

✈️ PBY-5 Catalina Watercraft Patrol Bomber — used for anti-submarine warfare, escorting convoys, search and rescue missions, and more.

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk | Photo via Greenville Downtown Airport

For a fee, you can take a ride in one of the planes. Pro tip: Make sure to keep an eye (and an ear) out for the Warbirds as they arrive at GMU head of the weekend Thurs., Oct. 27 + Fri., Oct. 28

See more event details, like parking info + other activities to expect.