Butte Wings & Wheels: Celebrating WWII Aviation And Classic Cars

Early June is becoming a favorite for car and airplane enthusiasts alike as another "Butte Wings & Wheels" event is planned for Saturday, June 7th at Bert Mooney Airport, bringing some vintage airplanes, classic cars and a lot of fun to the Mining City's aviation complex.

Photo; Tommy O/Townsquare Media

Wings & Wheels is in its 5th year and this year will commemorate the 80 years since the end of World War II, featuring a car-show, aircraft fly-in and STEM exhibition. The event is scheduled to start at 8am with the annual pancake breakfast to support our local Civil Air Patrol followed by one of Southwest Montana's biggest car shows along with fly-ins from some absolutely cool WWII era aircraft scheduled, including:

Miss Montana from the Museum of Mountain Flying
Mormon Mustang - a P51-D Mustang from the Legacy Flight Museum
Orphan Girl - a very special P-51D Mustang, a tribute to Butte Native Holsey Johnson Jr., who gave his live serving his country flying a Mustang 80 years ago during World War II.

Wings and Wheels will also have a variety of food trucks and vendors on hand. If you are the proprietor of a food truck or service and would like information on how to take part in Wings & Wheels, click here. Alcohol sales are not permitted at the event.

How about you classic car buffs? If you want to get in on the car show, click here.

Wings & Wheels is also open to businesses and organizations who support a passion related to supporting aviation and applications within the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Would you like to set up an information booth? Click here.