– Weigh off – March 22nd
2pm – Jack Will’s hangar
Fly in – weigh your plane
– Prizes – light weight Bear fence, Headset, and others!
Bring some snacks to share please.
Everyone welcome – also accepting new members.

Come on out for an evening around a campfire at the Picnic strip. This was an annual event for several years., but it’s been a couple years since we have done it. Hope to see everyone there. The strip is generally decent enough for about any aircraft, but please know your own limits. 122.7 is the frequency. See you there.

Join us for a day full of high-flying fun at the airport! Explore aviation exhibits, check out the drone display, meet Aurora the robot dog, and get up close with amazing aircraft displays!

OPEN TO ALL PILOTS on wheels, skis, floats & helicopters too!

Meet at the FAI Air Park to register at 8 AM Saturday 5/31, designate your route and depart from FAI before 10 AM.

AIRSTRIP: PRE-REGISTER if you want to leave from different airstrip? See contact info below.

NEED TO PREGISTER?: Contact: Aldean Kilbourn [email protected] (c) 907 460-1419
Alternate: Jess Panko [email protected] (c) 619 884-0722

BEST HAND WINS DAVID CLARK ENC DC ONE-X HEADSET - $995. VALUE!
WORST HAND WINS - MYSTERY PRIZE!!

Pilot Registration $30 includes 1 Poker Hand. Additional Hands $25.
Lunches $10/person.

Wear pink, bring a flamingo, find flamingos for extra cards.

MUSIC by Carl Addington

Come join us for a free day of aviation fun at Merrill Field Airport
Saturday May 31st 2025 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Aircraft– Warbirds, bush planes, helicopters, amphibians, commercial aircraft
Trucks– Military Trucks, Fire Trucks, CAT Snowplows
Cars – Antique Auto Mushers of Alaska & others
Exhibits– Flight Schools, Aviation Clubs, and more
Fly-bys – See ‘em, hear ‘em, feel ‘em
Airport Tours – Learn about Merrill Field Airport, its businesses, its operations, its benefits
Aircraft Tours – Get up close to aircraft to learn about aircraft types & uses
Free for all attendees, rain or shine!

Lodging rates:
Free camping on the airfield.
Dry cabins $100
Private cabins with bathroom and shower $200
Chalet $450 (2 bedrooms, large living room, porch and a kitchen and can be rented for a family or group.)
Even if you book a room, please bring a sleeping bag or extra blanket for cool mountain nights.

Event Schedule in Progress:
Friday June 7th (or earlier): Pre-celebration! Arrive on your own schedule. Friday night performance by Carl Addington. Fire pit. Movies, cotton candy and Popcorn in the theater. Bring your own food for Friday night.
Saturday day: Decorate your river balls! Bring your own food for Saturday morning and noon.
Saturday Evening: Aviators’ memorial, River Ball Drop, Polar plunge, Group Photo. Dinner $20 at the lodge. Cornhole. Saturday night performance by Carl Addington. Fire pit. Movies, cotton candy and Popcorn in the theater.
Sunday Morning Jun 8th: Free Pancakes and Coffee for breakfast. Morning devotional at the firepit.
Sunday or later: Departure on your own schedule.
All weekend: Wood River Lodge History and facilities tour, Hiking, Canoeing in the pond. Cornhole. Horseshoes. Games for kids in the Porcupine Palace! Hanging out with amazing people. Open Bar in the lodge.

If you want to lend a hand: The lodge can always use non-smashed bags of chips, burger and dog buns, as well as s’mores fixings.

Aircraft Displays
Vendor / Exhibitor Booths
EAA Pancake Breakfast
Kids Balse Plane Fly Off

Aircraft Displays
Vendor / Exhibitor Booths
Food Trucks
Beer & Wine Gardens
Live Music
EAA Aircraft Show & Shine

Second annual moose burger fly in at 0AA7! We will be cooking moose burgers! Come see beautiful Kenai! Airstrip is 0AA7, located south in the Kenai Class D. Call tower at 121.3 for transitions. Bring a side dish!

Please RSVP if attending so we can get an accurate count for food.

Fly-in at the FLY8MA Pilot Lodge hosted by FLY8MA and Alaska Airmen's Assoc. STOL Comp and Flower Bombing, and the 727 Tire Race.

The Northwest Territories Flying Association (COPA Flight 108) and Ahmic Air are excited to invite aviators to the 2025 Yellowknife Bush Pilot Fly-In on July 18 and 19, 2025 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Planned activities include an evening mixer, Buffalo Airways hangar/museum tours, fly-out floatplane picnic at a remote lake, dockside steak BBQ, and great aviation conversation. Experience incredible backcountry flying in Canada's spectacular Northwest Territories! Float, amphibious, and wheel planes welcome. Advance online registration is required by June 30, 2025. Visit our website at www.flyingnwt.com for more information.

Airplanes encouraged, live music by High Step Society

Join us at Anderson Park in McGrath, AK for two days of live music, local vendors & the best company on the Kuskokwim!

Looking to make connections and socialize with aviation enthusiasts?

Join us for our Last Thursday event, on July 31st, starting at 5:30pm. Tacos, drinks and outdoor games, you don't want to miss it!

Guest speaker from Alaska Skis and Floats will be raffling off a float lesson and giving a presentation on float flying.

We hope to see you there!

Join us for a potluck and tour of the Alaska Gear Company! Want to see how the iconic Alaskan bush wheels are made? Tours are free and we be offered every 30 minutes, from 5:30-7.

All members are welcome at this social event. Bring a dish and enter for a chance to win a $250 gift card of Airmen Swag! Yard games, BBQ, dessert, and drinks will be provided!

Cylinder Olympics 1pm
* Cylinder long distance toss
* Piston bocce
* Paper airplane landing

Free family event!
* Bugers and dogs 12pm
* Lawn games
* Axe throwing with Last Frontier Axe Co
* Prizes

Mark your calendars for the annual summer event here at the Airmen’s building on Lake Hood! Wednesday, August 13th, 5pm-8pm. Bring a dish and enter for a chance to win a $250 gift card of Airmen Swag!

Not a chef? No problem still come by!

Food, dessert, and drinks will be provided. Games such as cornhole, big Jenga and table pong available too!

Mark your calendars for our first annual potluck in Kenai! Thursday, August 28th, 5pm-8pm. Bring a dish and enter for a chance to win a $250 gift card to use on Airmen Swag!

Not a chef? No problem, all members are welcome at this social event. BBQ, dessert, and drinks will be provided!

Alaska Airlines is proud to host our first Aviation Day in Anchorage on Friday, September 12 for youth ages 11-20.

The free event aims to inspire aviation dreams in young people in our local communities. Aviation Day provides the opportunity for young adults to learn about the various paths in the aviation industry, as well as educational paths to a career.

Parking
There is no parking available at the Alaska Airlines Hangar. Please park at the Ted Stevens International Airport snow dump parking lot off Lake Hood. There will be a shuttle provided to the hangar.

Directions for parking:

Take W. International Airport Rd.
Merge right onto Postmark Dr.
Turn right onto Lake Hood Dr.
Destination on your left (look for the Alaska Airlines Aviation Day event signage)

CAMPING WELCOME ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY!!

The Great Interior Pumpkin Drop is back at Sky Ranch (95Z) in North Pole! Open to aviation enthusiasts as well as family, friends, and the broader Alaskan Community, come join us for a day of amazing aviators, local musicians and food trucks, and games and activities for the whole family.

Pilots: Try your luck or skill at dropping pumpkins from your airplane! The target zone will be a 100 foot target. Winner is the closest to the center. It is a lot harder to judge when to drop than it looks! Prizes for first, second, and third place will be awarded.

Sky Ranch (95Z) is open to the public and easily accessible from the Old Richardson Highway. It is the airstrip near the railroad crossing before North Pole. Please plan to carpool and plane-pool if you can - we want to make room for everyone!

Drop Details:
* BYOP – BRING YOUR OWN PUMPKIN! x3
* Altitude for the drop will be 200 AGL
* Registration starts at 12PM and runs until 2PM. There will be a mandatory safety briefing to follow. Drop to start immediately after that.

Event Details:
* Don’t miss the thrilling Pumpkin Drop starting just after 2PM… and keep your eyes on the sky for surprise aerial action throughout the day!
* Fly-In Camping open from Friday, September 26th – Sunday, September 28th
* Featuring music by local Fairbanks musicians – lineup in the works!
* Come hungry and support your local food trucks!
* Family-friendly games and activities will be available
* BYOC – BRING YOUR OWN CHAIRS!

Dropping starts at 1 pm!

Attention families! On October 18, Kenai Aviation will be dropping pumpkins out of an airplane. Yes, real pumpkins. They will fall. They will smash. You will clap. If you miss it, you’ll have to wait until next year and complain about it at the coffee shop.

Down on the ground, there will be food trucks selling actual food (not “bussin,” just edible). There will be bonfires (the warm kind, not “cozy-core rizz”). And we’re hosting a food drive because that’s just called being neighborly.

Think of it like a county fair, but colder and with more smashed produce. Bring your kids, bring your friends, and wear your flannel.