Soar to new heights this summer, take to the skies…or jump from them!
Sky Diving
Long Island Skydiving Center, East Moriches
(631) 235-9968, longislandskydiving.com
Skydive Long Island, Calverton
(631) 208-3900, skydivelongisland.com
Flying/Gliding/Ballooning/ Pilot Lessons
Academy of Aviation, Pilots Haven
Farmingdale
(631) 777-7772, academyofaviation.com
Mid Island Air Service, Shirley
(631) 281-5400
Mid Island Air Service, Ronkonkoma
(631) 588-5400, midislandair.com
D’angelone Aviation, Bayport
(631) 281-5400
Helicopter Flight Training, Inc., Ronkonkoma
(631) 467-2232, helicopterflighttraininginc.com
Heritage Flight Academy, Ronkonkoma
(631) 471-3550, heritageflightacademy.com
Long Island Flying, Ronkonkoma
(631) 807-1373, longislandflying.com
Sky Sailors Glider School, Westhampton Beach
(631) 288-5858, skysailors.com
Glider lessons and sightseeing, hot air balloon rides, parachuting and airplane lessons.
Nassau
June 18 Garden City Park FD 100th, Tully Park, New Hyde Park
June 25 Town of Hempstead, Lido Beach
July 2 Durazzano Society Festival, Westbury
July 2 TD Bank Celebrates America Grucci Style, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow
July 3 Glen Cove
July 4 Oyster Bay
July 4 East Hills
July 9 Centennial Park at Mill River, Rockville Centre
July 12 Oyster Bay’s Salute to America, John J. Burns Park, Massapequa
August 27 Island Park Labor Day Celebration
September 9 Port Washington SOI Carnival, Port Washington
Suffolk
June 11 Brookhaven Carnival, Brookhaven
June 29, July 2 St. Anthony’s Carnival, East Northport
July 1, 3 North Sea FD Carnival, North Sea
July 2 East Hampton FD, East Hampton
July 2 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead
July 3 Long Island Ducks Fireworks and Concert, Bethpage Ballpark, Central Islip
July 4 2nd Annual Go 4th on the Bay Grucci Style
A salute to our military from the four corners of the Great South Bay: North (Patchogue Bay), South (Davis Park), Southwest (Fire Island), West (Bay Shore) simultaneously at 9:30pm.
July 4 Stars Over Montauk, Umbrella Beach
July 9 Shelter Island
July 13-15 Huntington Manor FD Carnival, Huntington Manor
July 15 Great South Bay Music Festival, Patchogue
July 16 The Great Bonac Fireworks Show, 3 Mile Harbor, East Hampton
August 6 Center Moriches KOC, Center Moriches
August 18, 20 Holbrook Chamber of Comm., Holbrook
August 19-20 Port Jeff Greek Church, Port Jefferson
August 20 Wading River Carnival, Wading River
August 27 Town of Babylon
August 27, September 4 Mother Cabrini Carnival, Suffolk Co. College, Brentwood
September 24 North Brookhaven Chamber Annual Fall Festival, Mount Sinai
September 30 Heritage Trust Carnival, Mt. Sinai
Are you a stargazer? Visit out Astronomy section for Jeffrey Katz’s summer astronomy highlights.