Every Sunday "Come Roll on the Grass"
"Home of the $100 Hotdog"
What: "Soup on Sundays"When: Every Sunday from 12 Noon-3PM
Where: Campbell Field Airport (9VG), Weirwood, Virginia
Why: Because even a pilot must eat!
Every Sunday, soup, Sabrett steamed hot dogs and several other edibles will be served to hungry pilots.
Event will be cancelled if conditions at MFV AWOS (757-787-5660) are below VFR minimums, if there is any precipitation, if the temperature is forecast to be below 35 degrees or above 85 degrees (trust me, it gets hot in this hangar!). Check this website for other cancellation notices.
A $5 donation per mouth is appreciated.
Free Wifi internet access!
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Upcoming Soup-on-Sunday's:
See the HOME page for "Soup-on-Sunday" status.
Past Soup-on-Sunday's:
11/13/05 Inaugural "Soup-on-Sunday" Approx 12 A/C attended.
11/20 Warm weather brought 15 A/C to the event.
11/27 Impressive attendance 25-30 A/C
12/4 Cancelled due to weather.
12/11 Large turnout, 23 A/C, great weather.
12/18 Poor forecast led to small turnout but great group.
12/25/05 Christmas Day...Sorry, no event today!
1/1/2006 Great Turnout. Soup and Cider were excellent.
1/8 Warm flying weather w/ winds out of the S. 25 planes.
1/15 Cancelled-Forecast for High Winds, Gust to 45mph.
1/22 Great Crowd, 14 A/C, Marginal weather, cool w/ NE Winds
1/29 Cancelled. Sorry, I will be away for the weekend.
2/5 Small A/C turnout. Windy and cold.
2/12 Cancelled due to weather.
2/19 Cancelled due to weather.
2/26 Same old story....Cancelled due to weather.
3/5 Nice weather, nice turnout 18+ A/C.
3/12 12 A/C arrived despite 15+kt wind.
4/2 Cancelled for Sun-n-Fun.
4/9 Cancelled for Sun-n-Fun.
4/16 Cancelled for Easter.
4/23 Cancelled due to Weather
4/30 Cancelled due to personal business.
5/7 7 Planes/9 Engines arrived! (Two Twins)
5/21 7 Planes had a "Roll on the Grass"
6/4 Cancelled, I am travelling.
6/11 Book Signing, huge turnout, 25 A/C, Great weather.
7/8 Special Saturday Fly-In Hosted by EAA Chapter 108-UL 15 Aircraft.
8/27 Hot, Hazy & Humid but great turnout of 17 A/C.
9/10 Hazy day, 7 A/C
9/30&10/1 Va. EAA Fly-in at PTB. "SOS" raised over $800 for the VAEAA.org.
10/15 Great weather, 24+ a/c including some antiques!
11/4-11/5 Annual Fly-In & Campout-90 Aircraft for the weekend!
12/17 Great turnout 30 a/c to benefit the Boys & Girls Club-Thank you!
12/31/06 New Year's eve saw 25 a/c for "soup-on-Sunday"
1/7/2007 Forecast was for rain but a dozen planes made it it.
1/14/07 Originally cancelled due to wx but clear skies brought in 8 a/c.
3/24/07 18+ a/c, very windy! Wind gust up to 28kts. EAA Chapter 186.
4/17/07 Spent the week at Sun 'n Fun!
5/20/07 Small turnout but fun!
5/27/07 Great day! Over 20 a/c.
7/1/07 Biggest turnout yet! About 35 a/c. Perfect day!
7/18/07 Spent the week at EAA's AirVenture.
11/18/07 "Campbell Field Airport 74th Anniversary Fly-In & Campout" 11/17-11/18
2008 and on: Updates can be found on the home page.
Older Airport & "Soup-on-Sunday" updates can be found following these links: