The first of what organizers say they hope will become an annual airborne parade takes place Saturday.

The Downtown Issaquah Association, artEast, the Greater Issaquah Chamber of Commerce, Lake Washington Partners and Seattle Paragliding are partnering to launch a new event, the Fantastic Fly-In, featuring flying paraglider floats and costumes at the Paragliding Landing Zone on Tiger Mountain 2-7 p.m. Saturday, September 12.

Fantastic Fly-In will be fashioned after the 40-year-old Coupe Icare, the free flight festival in St Hilaire du Touvet in France that marks the end of the European summer flying season.

Spectators will gather in the Paragliding Landing Zone at the Chirico Trailhead to witness costumed paragliders take to the skies. Food trucks will be on site along with a beer garden.

Fliers will launch from Poo Poo Point.

Parking will be available at the Issaquah Community Center and Issaquah Christian Church.

A free trolley will bring people to and from both these parking areas and the Paragliding Landing Zone between 1 p.m. and 8 p.m.