Wings Over Batavia

Alexander resident wins Wings Over Batavia VIP tickets from The Batavian at the Home Show

Howard Owens — Apr 14, 2024, 8:56pm

Howard Owens, publisher of The Batavian, and Sandra Wolfley, winner of the Wings Over Batavia prize drawing, at the Genesee County Home Show.
Photo by Lisa Ace.

Alexander resident Sandra Wolfley won The Batavian's prize drawing Sunday at the Genesee County Home Show, which was on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the David M. McCarthy Memorial Ice Arena in Batavia.

Wolfley won a pair of VIP Pilot's Lounge Tickets for the Wings Over Batavia Air Show, set for Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 at the Genesee County Airport.

There were more than 160 people in the contest, which required home show attendees to fill out an entry form and stamp it with The Batavian's logo.

Thanks to Wings Over Batavia for partnering with us on this promotion.

Air show organizers host thank-you celebration for volunteers

jfbeck_99_272012 — Nov 14, 2023, 4:00pm

Pete Zeliff, co-chairman of the Wings Over Batavia Air Show, thanks volunteers and local agencies for their help during the 2023 air show that filled Genesee County Airport with activity and spectators day and night this past Labor Day weekend.
Photo by Howard Owens

Wings Over Batavia Air Show organizers soared one last time for the season to serve up more than $11,000 to local service organizations for their volunteer efforts during the event’s two-day activities at Genesee County Airport this past Labor Day weekend.

More photos of Wings Over Batavia

Howard Owens — Sep 5, 2023, 12:34pm

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Our photographers, Jim Burns, Philip Casper, and Steve Ognibene, took so many tremendous photos over Wings Over Batavia, that we decided to recap their coverage with this slideshow, which contains many previously unpublished photos.

For out complete coverage over Wings Over Batavia, click here.

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Photos: Sunday at Wings Over Batavia

sognibene — Sep 4, 2023, 8:00am

Wings Over Batavia's second and final day brought out another big crowd to the Genesee County Airport.

Photos by Steve Ognibene

Readers Photos: Wings Over Batavia

Howard Owens — Sep 3, 2023, 11:15pm

By Cheryl Netter.

Photos submitted today (Sunday) by readers of Wings Over Batavia.

By Kara Richenberg

By Mark Boylan

By Christine Crocker

Photos: Saturday at Wings Over Batavia

Howard Owens — Sep 3, 2023, 12:25pm

Photos by Philip Casper

Photos from the ground at Wings Over Batavia

mikepett — Sep 3, 2023, 10:04am

Members of the U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II Demo Team in formation at Saturday's Wings Over Batavia air show are, from left, Sr. Airman Anwar Allen, Sr. Airman Toriano Decuir, Staff Sgt. Nicholas Ross, Staff Sgt. Cody Polzin, Tech. Sgt. Allen Brewer, Master Sgt. Bryen Sandoval, Capt. Jose Shuco Paiz and Capt. Lindsay

The air show served as the backdrop for a U.S. Air Force recruitment ceremony. Pledging their allegiance to serve in the military are, from left, Antonio Perez of Holley, Adele Feeley of Le Roy, Cole Swain of Pike, Andrew Waters of Middleport and Trevor Nicholson of Orchard Park. Photo by Phil Casper.

Air show attendees were attracted to the police Rescue vehicle.

The air show offered plenty of merchandise and souvenir items for sale.

Jon Rolfe of Chili cooks the chicken kabobs at one of the several food vendor booths at the Wings OVer Batavia air show. Photos by Mike Pettinella.

Pete and Doreen Zeliff, left, air show organizers, with the Ricky Palermo family and friends. Submitted photo.

'I'm gobsmocked!' Wings Over Batavia delights spectators, showcases operational efficiency

mikepett — Sep 3, 2023, 9:35am

Tom and Nancy Lamb at Wings Over Batavia air show on Saturday. Photos by Mike Pettinella.

Wings Over Batavia made a triumphant return on a cool and breezy Saturday night as more than a dozen highly skilled aerobatic and military pilots thrilled an estimated crowd of 7,000 at the Genesee County Airport.

Spectators were treated to what air show organizers repeatedly said were “the best of the best” on the air show circuit -- looking up in amazement as the performers maneuvered their planes through a series of rolls, loops, spins, twists and turns.

“This is my first show and I’m gobsmacked,” said Nancy Lamb, using a word defined as utterly astonished. “I can’t believe how they can do these things. It’s wild.”

Lamb and her husband, Tom, traveled from their Reading, Pa., home for the air show and also for a family wedding in Oakfield. Both retired, they said they’re having a blast

Photos: The view of Wings Over Batavia from Oakfield

Howard Owens — Sep 2, 2023, 8:48pm

While driving back to Batavia from Labor Daze in Oakfield on Saturday evening, the Wings Over Batavia air show was clearly visible from Route 63.

The Batavian will have ongoing coverage of the air show on Sunday.