The 8th Annual Timmerman Airport Flour Drop Competition took place on Saturday, June 7, 2025. A mandatory safety briefing was held for all teams at 10:00 a.m. the morning of the contest. Each contestant was given two attempts to drop a bag of flour onto a target painted on the airfield.
Aircraft were assigned a “taxi time” to compete in the contest and were in contact with the air traffic control tower from taxi and takeoff to landing. As many as three (3) aircraft were in the traffic pattern at any one time.
This year’s target featured a bullseye marking and three rings set at 20 feet, 40 feet, and 60 feet out from the center.
Flour bags were marked with the aircraft N number so they could be identified by the judges, as most bags break apart upon impact. While many attempts landed well outside of the target, a few pilot and passenger teams managed to make it inside of the rings. The grand prize was a $200.00 gift certificate to Spring City Aviation provided by the Milwaukee County airport.
Twenty-seven pilot-passenger teams flying 13 different aircraft competed in this year’s competition.
The winners were as follows: 1st Place, Caleb Gordon at 5 feet from the bullseye, which is a new record for this event; 2nd Place, Jim Faull at 12 feet; and 3rd Place, Ben Retzlaff at 19 feet.
Lunch was free for all teams and their families.
Coming up this fall will be the “13th Annual Timmerman Airport Spot Landing Competition” to take place on Saturday, September 13, 2025. To participate, pilots should arrive prior to 10:00 am to register and attend the mandatory pilot briefing (https://timmermanairport.com/).
