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May 3 – 10th Annual Breezy Point Aviation Day Fly-In & Classic Car Show, Breezy Point Airport, Muller Field (8MN3), Breezy Point, Minnesota 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Pilots are required to contact Cliff Muller at 218-838-3434 for permission to fly in and required watch the video at www.breezypointairport.com in advance. Unicom:122.9 MHz.
May 8 – Minnesota Aviation Legislative Day, Holman’s Table, St. Paul Downtown Airport (KSTP). 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. To register email ADMIN@mbaa-mn.org
May 15 – Taco Bar & Presentation @ Batten Field Airport, Racine, WI – keeping a medical clearance – Aimee Welsh, MD; Meryl Fury, RN; Jeff Nelson, Heart Attack Survivor.
May 15 – Taco Bar + Maintaining Medical Clearance Presentation, EAA 838 Hangar, Batten Field, 3333 N. Green Bay Rd, Racine, Wisconsin 6:00 – 8:30 pm. Presenters: Aimee Welsh, MD, FACC, DiplABLM; Jeff Nelson, Pilot, Heart Attack Survivor; Meryl Fury, MS, RN, Emcee. $10 donation appreciated. (262) 914-9043
May 16-17 – Great Minnesota Aviation Gathering, Buffalo, Minn. (KCFE), sponsored by the Minnesota Pilots Association: info@mnpilots.org
May 18 – EAA 431 Brodhead WI Pancake Breakfast.
May 25 – EAA 371 Portage WI Pancake Breakfast.
May 31 – Lunch @ Noon. Hancock – Grand Rapids, Mich. 1157 Wealthy St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506 Email us & let us know you’re coming! WAIGreatLakes@gmail.com
June 1 – Pancake Breakfast, 8:00 to 11:30 am. Fly-in and drive-in. Sponsored by EAA Chapter 241 at DeKalb Airport (KDKB). Contact info is Dan Thurnau 815-631-6629. piperdan@charter.net
June 17-20 – Women pilots from across the United States and around the world will take off Tuesday, June 17 from H. L. “Sonny” Callahan Airport in Fairhope, Alabama, for a 2,426-statute mile competition across nine (9) states that ends Friday, June 20 at Felts Field in Spokane, Washington. For more information, go to airraceclassic.org. Follow Air Race Classic on Facebook. On Instagram: @airraceclassicinc.
June 17-21 – Sentimental Journey – www.sjflyin.com
– Family Friendly Fly-In, Lockhaven, PA.
July 12 – “Wings Over PDC,” Prairie du Chien, Wis. (KPDC) annual fly-in and breakfast. Military static displays. Follow us on Facebook for updates as the day gets closer www.facebook.com/airportPDC or call Todd at 608-412-6163.
July 13 – 7:30 am to 12 noon. Middleton Municipal Airport/ Morey Field (C29). Middleton, Wisconsin. EAA Chapter 93 Fly-In/ Drive-In Pancake Breakfast. Fundraiser for aviation education and scholarships. Contact: Geoff Gallagher, gizzgallagher@gmail.com, 608-513-3495.
July 13 – Isle, Minn. (MY72). SE side of Lake Mille Lacs. Fly-In Breakfast. Under-the-wing camping July 12. 2460 ft turf Rwy 16/34. 1271 ft. MSL field elevation. Unicom 122.9 Mhz. Note: 70 ft. trees 700 feet beyond north end and 180 feet left of Rwy 34 centerline. 10:1 slope to clear. Mark Priglmeier <createlift@gmail.com>. 320-200-8050.
July 21-27 – 72nd Annual Experimental Aircraft Association Fly-In Convention, “EAA AirVenture Oshkosh,” Wittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, Wis.
Aug 3-8 – Canada Fishing Fly-Out To Miminiska Lodge, Ontario. Email dave@midwestflyer.com for details.
Aug 10 – Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Pig Roast, Lino Lakes (SPB), MN: MSPA Pig Roast at Surfside SPB
Aug 16-17 – Fagen Fighters WWII Museum “250th Anniversary of the U.S. Navy & Marines.” Navy and Marines WWII Aircraft Reunion, Guest Speakers, WWII Reenactors, WWII Vehicles, Food and More! Granite Falls, Minn. www.fagenfighterswwiimuseum.com
Sept 4-6 – Midwest Aviation Expo, Outlander Airport, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
Sept 5-7 – Wisconsin Seaplane Fly-In, Maple View Resort, Pioneer Lake, Conover, Wis., 10 miles north of Eagle River, Wis.
Sept 7 – Aitkin Wild Rice Pancake Breakfast, 8 a.m. – noon. Aitkin, Minn. Municipal Airport (KAIT). Serving pancakes (with and without wild rice), bacon, sausage, coffee and orange juice. Contact: Charlotte Montgomery – familyflying@yahoo.com.
Sept 19-20 – Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Safety Seminar, Madden’s Resort, Gull Lake, Brainerd, Minn.
Sept 20-21 – 23rd Annual Indiana Seaplane Pilots Association Splash-In, Pokagon State Park on Lake James. For details check the website: https://indianaseaplanes.com/, email zack.willig@gmail.com, or call 630-470-2935.
Oct 2-5 – Wisconsin Cran Fest, Cranberry International Seaplane Base, Eagle River, Wis.
Oct 20-22 – Wisconsin Airport Conference, La Crosse Center, La Crosse, Wis. https://wiama.org