Mark your calendars for the third annual Fly-in and formation training event in support of the Pell City Airport’s Aviation Career Day and Open House (KPLR) on Saturday October 12th 2024. The 4 day event is designed to get formation training and promote the many aspects and rewards of pursuing an aviation career to our local youth. We have seminars with presentations from Military Pilots, Airline Pilots, Corporate Pilots, ATC, FAA, Maintenance Professionals and Aviation Managers. We are planning to conduct a formation clinic starting on Wednesday afternoon. Additional details to follow.
The Fly-in is planned for the weekend October 18th-20th with fun flying over beautiful Lake Logan Martin in central Alabama just east of Birmingham with formation training available starting Wednesday October 16th. The weather is very nice this time of the year. Our goal is to keep this as a major east coast Formation/Warbird annual event. This will be our fourth year to incorporate warbird flying into the schedule. We will not have a wavier but most of the local pilots will avoid flying that weekend to support our operation. We will issue a NOTAM advising a high volume of formation flying at the airport. On Saturday October 12th at 12:00 – 13:00 we will showcase the event with a formation flyby program. Pell City / St Clair County KPLR is a great venue. Last year’s event was a great success and the local social media exploded with positive commentary as most had never seen any warbird formation flying.
We have great sponsorship and support and there will be no landing fee again this year. The local management is doing everything it can to support the warbird pilots who attend and want to ensure they come back every year! We have arranged the following:
We have arranged discounted fuel, rental cars (which will be delivered to our Ops Hanger) and discounted hotel rooms for the weekend. (10 min from airport) We are requesting that you provide us with your intent to attend as soon as possible so we can make sure we have enough food and drink for everyone. To sign up register here or contact David “R+10” Rothenanger at 317-201-0010 or email at davidrothenanger@aol.com For rental cars and hotel rooms contact them directly to make your reservations. Hotel: Details coming soon but likely at the Hampton Inn. Standby for a great rate. You must call to reserve under this rate, just say "Warbird Fly-in": Hampton Inn Pell City 220 Vaughan Lane Pell City, AL Ph: 205-814-3000 https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/pectyhx-hampton-pell-city/ Rental Cars: A limited number of rental cars (10) are available through Enterprise. You must call the local office directly to assure your car is delivered to the ramp. To do so call 205-338-8045 and press the "*" key from the voice menu to be directed to the local office. Let them know you are with the "Warbird Fly-in" Enterprise Rent A Car 606 Martin St S. Pell City, AL Ph: 205-338-8045 / press * from main menu https://www.enterprise.com/en/car-rental/locations/us/al/pell-city-551p.html 2024 Pell City Airspace Plan 2024 Pell City Parking Plan