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<p>FORTY FORT &#8212; An annual car show brought thousands of area residents to the Wyoming Valley Airport on Sunday for a chance not only to enjoy vintage cars, but food, vendors, airplane rides and even a hot air balloon.</p><p>Michael and Ashley Pasquariello, of West Wyoming, came out to the 57th annual Northeastern Pennsylvania Region of the Antique Automobile Club car show with their 2-year-old son, JJ, to enjoy learning about both cars and planes.</p><p>&#8220;Our son loves both,&#8221; said Michael. &#8220;So, it was a great chance to come out and spend some family time.&#8221;</p><p>The family stopped to see a hot air balloon presentation lead by Joe Walsh, owner of the balloon.</p><p>Although it was too windy to take the balloon up in the air, attendees of the event enjoyed learning about how hot air balloons work.</p><p>&#8220;Going up in a hot air balloon is just like sitting on your front porch,&#8221; Walsh said. &#8220;It gets still and quiet, and you can hear dogs barking and sounds from below.&#8221;</p><p>Although he&#8217;s now living in the Harrisburg area, Walsh has very close ties to the area and the airport.</p><p>&#8220;I learned to fly here,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I hung around the airport until I was 17 and old enough to get my license. I grew up here.&#8221;</p><p>And although Walsh, who has been a licensed hot air balloon pilot for about two years, has taken his balloon to 7,000 feet, he usually doesn&#8217;t go quite that high.</p><p>&#8220;We usually like to stay at around 2,000 feet,&#8221; he said.</p><p>Mark Plasko was also enjoying interacting with and educating attendees &#8211; not about hot air balloons, but about vintage cars.</p><p>Displaying a 1926 Model T wrecker, Plasko said the car had been fitted with its wrecking apparatus after he purchased it a few years ago.</p><p>&#8220;In the old days, they would adapt vehicles to what they needed them to do,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They built what they needed the car to do.&#8221;</p><p>Plasko is a relative newcomer to the vintage cars although he is now a regular at car shows around the area.</p><p>&#8220;I was riding my motorcycle down the road about seven years ago when I saw a Model A and decided to buy it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I went from there.&#8221;</p><p>Plasko now owns three Model Ts and a Model A.</p><p>Sharon Nenichka, president of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Region of the Antique Automobile Club, said the airport has provided the event with the perfect location for the last five years.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s centrally located and easy to find. And there is plenty of parking,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a prime location.&#8221;</p><p>Nenichka said she&#8217;s always impressed with wide range of people that the event attracts.</p><p>&#8220;Young and old come out,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We have people who came out as children, and now they are bring their grandchildren out to the event. It&#8217;s a great day to reminisce.&#8221;</p><p>Nenichka said the event continues to grow with this year seeing about 300 automotive entries.</p><p>It also has also grown in the number of people attending, she said, with about 5,000 attendees anticipated for this year.</p><p>Joyce Scrobola, of Valley Aviation, said attendees were enjoying brief plane rides which have become part of the fabric of the event since it moved to the airport.</p><p>&#8220;They get a great view of the valley,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Some come back year after year. People seem to enjoy the entire event.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">A hellicoptor gives patrons rides during Sunday&#8217;s car show. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/web1_ttl062518carshow-6.jpg</photo0><caption0>A hellicoptor gives patrons rides during Sunday&#8217;s car show. </caption0><photoCredit0>Amadna Hrycyna | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/web1_ttl062518carshow-5.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">A Cessna 172 is directed down a runway at the Wyoming Valley Airport during Sunday&#8217;s car show. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/web1_ttl062518carshow-5.jpg</photo1><caption1>A Cessna 172 is directed down a runway at the Wyoming Valley Airport during Sunday&#8217;s car show. </caption1><photoCredit1>Amadna Hrycyna | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/web1_ttl062518carsghow-4.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Sawyer Ide, 2, of Harvey&#8217;s Lake, plays in his custom made wagon. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/web1_ttl062518carsghow-4.jpg</photo2><caption2>Sawyer Ide, 2, of Harvey&#8217;s Lake, plays in his custom made wagon. </caption2><photoCredit2>Amadna Hrycyna | For Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/web1_ttl062518carshow-4.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Stanley Sipko, of Dupont, takes a break during Sunday&#8217;s car show to sit on his friends 1933 Packard Eight. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/web1_ttl062518carshow-4.jpg</photo3><caption3>Stanley Sipko, of Dupont, takes a break during Sunday&#8217;s car show to sit on his friends 1933 Packard Eight. </caption3><photoCredit3>Amadna Hrycyna | For Times Leader </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/web1_ttl062518carshow-3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Bob Hughes, of Scranton, looks in the hood of a 1955 Chevy Bel Air. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/web1_ttl062518carshow-3.jpg</photo4><caption4>Bob Hughes, of Scranton, looks in the hood of a 1955 Chevy Bel Air. </caption4><photoCredit4>Amadna Hrycyna | For Times Leader </photoCredit4></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/web1_ttl062518carshow-2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Joe Walsh, of Harrisburg, shows off his hot air balloon with his daughter, Daytona, during Sunday&#8217;s car show in Forty Fort. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo5>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/web1_ttl062518carshow-2.jpg</photo5><caption5>Joe Walsh, of Harrisburg, shows off his hot air balloon with his daughter, Daytona, during Sunday&#8217;s car show in Forty Fort. </caption5><photoCredit5>Amadna Hrycyna | For Times Leader </photoCredit5></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/web1_ttl062518carshow-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Bob Talipski, of Old Forge, sits on his 1978 GMC with his dog, Stella, during Sunday&#8217;s antique car show at the Wyoming Valley Airport. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo6>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/web1_ttl062518carshow-1.jpg</photo6><caption6>Bob Talipski, of Old Forge, sits on his 1978 GMC with his dog, Stella, during Sunday&#8217;s antique car show at the Wyoming Valley Airport. </caption6><photoCredit6>Amadna Hrycyna | For Times Leader </photoCredit6></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Geri Gibbons</p><p>For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach the Times Leader newsroom at 570-829-7242.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Antique automobile show draws crowd for cars and more