Touching down on Saturday: Wings and Wheels back for another flyover

A chopper from Seacoast Helicopters prepares to land during last year's Wings and Wheels. (Rochester Voice file photo)

ROCHESTER - This year's much-anticipated return of Rochester's annual Wings and Wheels extravaganza returns to Skyhaven Airport on Saturday with an aircraft and motorcycle show, entertainment and plenty of vendors and food trucks.

The event, hosted by Rochester Police and the Rochester Rotary, begins at 10 a.m. and runs till 3 p.m. at the Rochester Hill Road airport.

The family friendly car, motorcycle and aircraft show will also return with a variety of activities and entertainment options, including performances by dance clubs, a Buffalo wings eating contest and the Cedar Mountain Bluegrass Band.

Entrance is just a suggested donation, which helps any of a range of charitable endeavors throughout the city.

Wings and Wheels will also feature a kid zone with bounce houses, a car show, a touch-a-truck with a variety of large vehicles and equipment, food trucks and more.

Seacoast Helicopters will offer helicopter rides for a fee.

Wings and Wheels is a combined effort by multiple organizations, including the Rochester Police Department, Rochester Rotary, Skyhaven Airport and Pease Development Authority. It would not be possible without the generous support of event underwriter Waste Management and event sponsors Bernier Insurance, Healey Auto Repair and Eastern Propane and Oil.

The following vendors and organizations will be on hand for Saturday's event:

Curlies Comedy Club, Naked Hot Sauces, NH Tire Truers, Boy Scouts of America; Pack 184, American Foods, Crosspoint Church, Magic Gadgets Tupperware, AT&T, Sweet Peaches Candy, Cornerstone VNA, Make Rochester Great, Caricature Artist, Relay for Life, Creative Images Facepainting, Rochester Riverwalk, YMCA, Rochester Modeler's Club, SOS, Damsel in Distress.

Also, Hoola Hoopers, ATM, Hope on Haven Hill, Atlantic Broadband, Rochester Recreation, Miss Polly's Treats, Pam & Fam Forkin' Good Grub, Costin's Concessions

For more information visit www.wingsandwheelsrochesternh.com.