Hundreds of small-plane and car enthusiasts flocked to Lancaster Airport on Sunday for the annual Memorial Weekend fly-in and accompanying cruise-in.

The family-friendly event featured more than 60 small aircraft on display, 350 specialty cars and motorcycles, a pancake breakfast and plane rides for youngsters with a fancy for flying.

A high point of the day was an exhibition jump by Brownstown parachutist Steve Lapp, who has made almost 6,500 jumps over the past 23 years. Lapp said he still gets a thrill whenever children are present to share in the excitement.

And there were plenty of children on hand to watch him Sunday. Five-year-old Isabella Rivers of Lititz gazed in awe as Lapp guided his colorful chute from 4,000 feet to the targeted patch of grass. She gave the spectacle a big thumbs up and said, "It was great."

The daylong event was organized by the Lancaster chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association, an international flying club with more than 170,000 members. EAA consists of part-time fliers who have built or restored their own "experimental" aircraft. Several of the 44-member local chapter showed off their planes.

Lancaster flier Paul Quinn flew over from Smoketown Airport in his 1943 Taylorcraft L-2M "Grasshopper," which had been a spotter plane for the artillery in World War II. Quinn said the craft predates the helicopter and got the nickname "Grasshopper" because of its ability to land in and take off from small areas.

And there were several other World War II planes on display, including a Boeing Stearman biplane from the Mid Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, flown over by co-founder and president, Russ Strine.

Strine said he inherited his passion for older planes from his father, who'd been a World War II pilot.

"We started in 1980 with a P-61 Black Widow night fighter from Indonesia," he said, "and the museum took off from there."

The fly-in is designed to encourage youngsters to take an interest in flying. Jordan Hollinger, 14, of Lancaster belongs to the EAA "Young Eagles" club and looks forward to getting his pilot's license when he's 16. He finds flying fun, he said, because, "The world makes so much sense, and everything is OK when you're up there."

About 350 antique, classic cars and street rods and bikes also were on hand for the accompanying cruise-in. Leola car enthusiasts Jim and Cora Dum proudly displayed a dark green 1928 Chrysler four-door sedan, one of several vintage cars Jim has restored over the years.

Cora said she likes riding in them but leaves the restoration work to her husband, or, as he wryly put it, "She doesn't interfere with my cars, and I don't interfere with her cooking."