Sky-High Celebration: Flagstaff Trades Fireworks for Drones

With 300 Drones, Flagstaff conducted independence with his first-ever-light show in the day of the dark skies about McMillan Mesa and the red, white and boom fireworks.

Growing worry about wildfire dangers and loudness lead to a switch to a parent to a parent drone. Flagstaff's officials are likely to appear likely to continue with a drone-show next fourths of July, no matter what traffic snirks.

“In general, the community is pretty happy, and we are always happy as we are safe, “said Haley Reynolds, Flagstaff Events and Marketing Manager.

“We met with a few of our internal partners, and we have a large next few weeks plans, “said Reynolds.” But it is the general consensus it was a successful event. Now we just need to navigate forward. “

Flagstaff paid open air $ 95,000 to the stage of the fourth of July drone show. The 3-year-old business, based in Salt Lake City has presented more than 500 shows, Erik Brothers, Open Merk-Vice-President of Salks and Marketing.

A drone show is environmentally friendly with no sparks or fire risks and it is peaceful for dogs and other animals with no loud booms, he said.

Open Sky had programmed 300 drones programmed for the flagstaff show, fly up to 400 feet above the grounds. The drones were absorbed at Coconino High School, East of Buffalo Park.

The park, McMillan Mesa and high school were popular spots to view the drones, who launched right after 9

“Traffic was significantly more than we had anticipated, “Flagstaff said Policy Lt. Ryan Beckman.” We had to shut down Gemini Road on both sides. There was some frustration that I think for people appeared after 8 o'clock. ”

He suggested that there is justification in handling traffic if the drone performance will be held next year.

Drone Show Traffic Congestion was not different from fireworks shows in the past few years at Continental Country Club. It takes hours to delete traffic to the Fireworks Finale, Beckman said.

Overall, the busy day for the police department of Flagstaff Police with more than 60% of the officers on duty. But there was no violence, and no arrests on the fourth of July events, he said. “Just a lot of patriotic people enjoy themselves. It was a good day.”

The drone formations included a flagstaff, old glory, flag of Arizona, card expressions of the state and of the United States. For arrowhead, pain tree, horse and buggy, locomotive, classic car, route 66 shield and Lellow observatory. Seeing the drones buzz in formation in formation is roughly related to view a marching band form a picture.

“I thought it was really cool. It felt like the fourth of July, “Jamie said a thousand, a flagstaff tower and owner of Satchmo's Barbecue Restaurant.

“I'm thumbs up to do it again next year, “he said.” What is our alternative, nothing? “

Julie Pastrick, Greater Flagstaff Chamber of Comverence President and CEO, said they said to stone the drone-show again that will styl the next year. “We want to protect our forests, the greatest pain-pain-forest in the world.”

Flagstaff has a long history of fourth of the squares back to a group of Boston travelers who strip a pain-tree and have a US central to fall the patriotic operation. That patriotic operation gave the name flag.

In 1930 Flagstaff started to host his annual POW Wow with a parade, dancing and rodeo. That colorful event, with native Americans first travel in the horse with horseback Wagons, was held for half a century.

The current fourth of the flaging involves includes the downtown of downtown the inner city of downtown, room sponsored parade with antique cars, horses and tires. The Symphony Orchestra also plays a Popkes concert of patriotic music at Fort Tuthill.

“The parade was a wonderful mix of elements, “said Paprick.” There were 'a-ha-moments for everyone.'

This year's celebration was “Excellent,” said, because the fourth of July was on the weekend, who meant the number from the exit spots to 15,000 people. “It has not hurt that we were incredible, 75 degrees.”

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And Flagstaff will have a lot to celebrate next independence day. July 4, 2026, is America's semiquental of America, the SEM anniversary of the signing of the statement of independence. It is the Stoston Party Flying Old Glory of an Improvised Flagstaffe and the Route 66 Centennial is in 2026. Fbn

By Peter Corbett, FBN

Photo by Austin Corbet: Watching spectators to the fourth of July drone show of a parking lot at flagstaff medical center.