Doolittle Day
A fly-in at the Willows-Glenn County Airport, and an archive of the people and stories behind it.
Save the date (tentative)
Saturday, October 16, 2027
Willows-Glenn County Airport
More than an event
Doolittle Day is a fly-in, and it is also a history project. We are collecting the news clippings, interviews, movies, stories, and pictures that make our airport special, and bringing them together in one place.
This site is just getting started. Chapters will open as we collect, so check back soon.
Have something to add? Email AHSWillows@gmail.com.
Follow the airport’s story
Eight chapters, each opening as we gather what belongs in it. Or see it all on one timeline.
The airportThe early days of the airport and its 1930s air shows.
The studentsThe Korean aviation school of 1920 and 1921.
The farmersFloyd Nolta and the first rice sown from the air.
The raidersThe Doolittle Raiders and their final practice at Willows.
The firefightersHow the first air tankers were built and flown from Willows.
The partnersThe groups behind Doolittle Day.
The fly-inThe draft plan for event day.
The archivesAn index of everything we are collecting.