Over 1,500 visitors and locals alike showed up to enjoy another delicious pancake and sausage breakfast at the annual Northport Lions Club Fly-In, Drive-In held Saturday morning at Woolsey Memorial Airport. Along with the fresh breakfast cooked up and prepared with the help of 110 volunteers, people also enjoyed the numerous planes and antique cars on display, as well as music performed by the Northport Community Band.
Chuck Whetsel, current Lions Club president, said while he’s been a member of the Northport Lions Club for the last decade, he’s always blown away by the number of people that come out to support the event.
“My favorite part is just seeing all the people have a good time,” Whetsel said. “We had more planes camped out at the airport than last year… It’s a big challenge when you start trying to buy product, like we have 40 gallons of syrup, 40 cans of cherries, and many, many bags of pancake mix. We buy from the big box stores and they allow us to return what we don’t use as long as it’s a dried good. We can’t return the sausage and if we have any sausage leftover, we give it to LCN (Leelanau Christian Neighbors) and they distribute it. Last year we had to run to Tom’s for more breakfast sausage, so we bought more this year.”
