Feel The Need... The Need For Speed?

The Columbia aircraft experience is coming to two Southern California airports in October: Van Nuys and Montgomery Field. The event showcases the Columbia Aircraft line, which features the world’s fastest certified piston aircraft – the Columbia 400.

The tour includes a customized semi-truck trailer that expands to become a Columbia showroom on wheels.  The rolling exhibit includes a full-sized fuselage and cockpit mock up, video programming, various educational displays and a private area for current Columbia owners.  Pilots, as well as those interested in becoming pilots, are all invited to this free event to learn more about aviation and airplane ownership.

”The Columbia 400 is fast, but that’s only part of what makes it such a special aircraft”, said Columbia Southwest Sales Manager John Cooke, “It is also one of the safest planes on the market today, at a lower price than other planes which do not perform nearly as well.”

”With the Columbia 400, a 1,000-mile non-stop trip is only around is only about four hours long," says Cooke. Given the longer waits at commercial airports -- combined with cancellations and delays – more and more people are owning and flying their own airplanes." When you take a good look at all the costs involved, it can easily be one of the most inexpensive forms of transportation.”

The free public event is scheduled for October on the following dates:

• The Fly Columbia Tour Truck
• A Columbia 400 and 350 on display.
• Information on insurance, financing, ownership, and becoming a pilot.
• Free refreshments.
• Demo

FMI: www.columbiasw.com