Calendar of Events
2008
February 4-22: SLSA/ELSA Repairman Maintenance Course, Rainbow Aviation Services, Corning, CA. Participants taking this 3-week-long FAA-accepted 120-hour course will have earned their Repairman Maintenance Rating, which will allow them to perform the maintenance, annual condition inspection, and 100-hur inspections (required on aircraft used for hire) on Special-light sport aircraft and Experimental-light Sport aircraft, and charge for their services. Information: Rainbow Aviation Services, phone: 530.824.0644 • Website: www.rainbowaviation.com .
March 1-2: ELSA Repairman Course-Airplane, Columbus, OH. Conducted by Sport Aviation Specialties, this FAA-accepted 16-hour course will train owners or owners-to-be of fixed-wing ELSA’s to obtain an FAA repairman certificate. With that certificate they can sign off their own annual condition inspection. Info: Sport Aviation Specialties, phone: 816.838.6235 • e-mail:
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• Website: www.sportaviationspecialties.com
March 4-7: Upper Midwest Aviation Symposium, Ramada Plaza Suites, 1635 42nd St. S, Fargo, ND. Hosted by the North Dakota Aviation Council, this convention will cover all facets of aviation. Phone: 701.328.9650 • Website: www.ndac.aero .
March 24-25: 2008 Minnesota Aviation Maintenance Conference, Earle Brown Heritage Center, 6155 Earle Brown Dr., Brooklyn Center, MN, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Titled “By The Book, The Human Impact on Maintenance,” this 2-day conference is geared toward AMT’s, IA’s, aviation industry employers, vendors and students to help them recognize human factors and environmental circumstances that can cause maintenance failures. Cost is $95.
Contact: Janese Thatcher, phone: 651.234.7183 • e-mail:
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• Website: www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/avoffice/events/maintenance/maintconf.html .
April 8-13: Sun ’n Fun Airshow, Lakeland, Florida. Phone: (863) 644-2431 • Website: www.sun-n-fun.org .
April 27: Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show, Half Moon Bay, CA. This 18th annual gathering of motorized mechanical wonders will include hundreds of aircraft as well as cars, trucks, motorcycles, military tanks and one-of-a-kind gas- and steam-powered engines and tractors to benefit the Coastside Adult Day Health Center. The 1-day event will be held at Half Moon Bay Airport from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Spectator admission: $20 (adults), $10 (11-17 and 65+), free for those 10 and under. Parking is included in the admission price. Info-line: 650.726.2328 • Website: www.miramarevents.com .
June 16-19: Canadian Business Aviation Association’s 47th Annual Convention, Trade Show and Static Display, Landmark Aviation and Skyservice Aviation, Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Canada. The Canadian business aviation industry will gather to share information and view the latest in business aviation products and services. More than 75 exhibitors will display the latest aircraft, products and services, and informative sessions will address the latest issues in business aviation. Contact: Janet Maslin, phone: 613-236-5611 • e-mail:
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• Website: www.cbaa.ca/portal/convention .
June 27: Freedom’s Call Military Tattoo at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, 1100 Spaatz St., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. Celebrate freedom with Wright-Patterson AFB during the fourth annual Freedom’s Call Military Tattoo. The event features live music, aircraft fly-overs and fireworks, and it takes place on the museum’s rear field from 8 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Cost is free. Contact: Sarah Swan, phone: 937.255.3286 • e-mail:
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• Website: www.nationalmuseum.af.mil .
July 28-August 3: AirVenture ’08, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Phone: (920) 426-4800 • Website: www.eaa.org .
August 29-31: Giant Scale Radio-Controlled Model Aircraft Airshow, National Museum of the United States Air Force, 1100 Spaatz St., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. For three days, giant-scale radio-controlled model jets, helicopters and warbirds will perform aerobatics and other flying demonstrations on the runway behind the museum. The cost is free. Contact: Sarah Swan, phone: 937.255.3286 • e-mail:
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• Website: www.nationalmuseum.af.mil .
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