The skies above Iola and Allen County will be filled with fireworks this weekend.
They’ll just as likely be filled with the distinctive powered parachutes starting Thursday for the ninth annual Powered Parachute Fly-In at Allen County Airport.
The fly-in could draw as many as 40 powered parachute enthusiasts from across the Midwest, said Ron Smail, one of the organizers.
One has registered from Texas, Smail said. Another will come from Colorado.
The flyers will gather at the end of the airport’s abandoned runway.
They’ll fly, as long as the…
