BLAINE, MINN. – The first “Minnesota Pilots Association Great Aviation Gathering” was held March 21-22, 2014 at Golden Wings Air Museum on Anoka County-Blaine Airport (ANE) in the Twin Cities. A reported 800 people attended the event that included seminars and exhibits.
Dr. Randy Corfman and other pilots at ANE, founded the Minnesota Pilots Association (MPA) in 2013. In addition to MPA, Minnesota has a pilot organization, which is dedicated to corporations and pilots who fly for business called the “Minnesota Business Aviation Association” (MBAA), which is modeled after the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA). For seaplane pilots in the state, there is the “Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association” (MSPA), which hosts the annual Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Safety Seminar & Fly-In in May at Madden’s Resort in Brainerd, Minnesota.