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, or if the temperature is forecast to be below 35 degrees. 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
Attention: Attend 5 Soup-on-Sundays with plane in tow and you will receive a free T-shirt! You can start logging your Sundays beginning 11/27/05.
Older Airport & "Soup-on-Sunday" updates can be found following these links: