Antique Aircraft Association Seeking Members With Airplanes That Hold Previous NAA Or FAI Records, Or Who Want To Set A New One

The Antique Aircraft Association (AAA) Invitational Fly-In scheduled for September 2nd through the 7th, 2015 will be featuring member’s aircraft that have set a recognized record. In an announcement made on the AAA website to members by Fly-in Chairman, Brent Taylor, and Air Power Museum (APM) President, Mike Gretz, members were advised this would be a special event.

The letter stated that over the past 60+ years the Antique Airplane Association has had many members whose accomplishments and flights were officially recognized by the National Aeronautics Association (NAA) and/or the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) as record flights. That list includes such famous names as Benny Howard, E.M. "Matty" Laird, Gen. Benjamin S. Kelsey, Duane Wallace, Kenneth Hunter and others. The Board of Directors of the Antique Airplane Association & the Air Power Museum has announce that the 2015 AAA-APM Invitational Fly-In at Antique Airfield will honor those record setting airplanes and their pilots with our "Join the AAA Record Breakers" fly-in theme.

To make the "Record Breakers" theme really come alive, AAA/APM will be sending out personal invitations to all AAA members who currently own and fly antique, classic & neo-classic aircraft which were record holding aircraft, be it altitude, speed, endurance etc. They have already have two Curtiss Robins (one of which is a famous endurance record holder while the other was the refueling plane on four different endurance flights) promising to attend.

In the post, AAA said this is the opportunity for any AAA member in any pre-1956 aircraft (with a standard airworthiness certificate) to "Join the AAA Record Breakers". In cooperation with the NAA, any AAA member that wishes can apply for (with the appropriate paperwork and fee to the NAA) a Sporting Performances license and set a point-to-point performance record from their home base to Antique Airfield if the flight is at least 50 nautical miles.

Those participating in establishing a record while traveling to the Fly-in will receive special recognition. This includes getting the checkered flag as they land, and parking in a special paddock where the official paperwork will be signed and photos taken. It’s hoped that representatives from the NAA will be on hand as well to act as the official observers of these flights.

The AAA also announce that the two featured aircraft for this year's 2015 AAA/APM Invitational Fly-in will be the Curtiss Robin and Stinson 108 series of aircraft. The Curtiss Robin is representative of the "Record Breaking" aircraft theme and will help commemorate this colorful era of aviation history, while the Stinson 108 is representative of one the most successful post-war aircraft produced.

AAA says this is a unique opportunity for members to commemorate those record breaking airplanes and pilots of the past.

(Image of Stinson 108 from file)

FMI: www.antiqueairfield.com/