Aero Club of PA

08/01/2026

08/01/2026

It’s almost time for breakfast! 🚨

Join us for our annual Doug McLeod Memorial Fly-In & Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, August 8th between 8:30 AM until 12:00 PM. This is a perfect way to get your morning running with delicious pancakes, getting to interact and meet members our local community, and check out unique types of aircraft that’ll be on display!

If you plan on eating, pancakes cost $10 ($5 for children)!

We will also be providing free airplane rides through our Young Eagles program for children aged between 8-17 years old! Flights are first come first served! Some restrictions may apply! If you are a pilot looking to fly some of our Young Eagles participants during the event, or have any questions about Young Eagles flights, please contact Harry Murphine at [email protected] for details!

IF FLYING IN: Please remain SOUTH of the field for skydiving activity and DO NOT OVERFLY THE FIELD! USE RIGHT TRAFFIC for runway 9! CTAF/UNICOM is 122.8. No touch & goes! Always check NOTAMs prior to attending!

For more information on this event, please contact our Chapter President, Mark Schmid by texting 609-221-6623 or email [email protected]!

08/01/2026

Air Fest, Sat, Sept 5, 9AM ~ 4PM

Rain Date: Sept 6

The Aero Club of PA and EAA Chapter 216 are invited to fly in to the annual NAS Wildwood Museum "AirFest" any day, Sept 3-6. Sign up required. Most of us will fly in on Sat, September 5, rain date Sunday Sept 6.

Stay tuned for more details and a sign up form. We will send arrival information to participants.

See USNASW.org

07/05/2026

June 2026 News from the Air Race Classic, with our local Eastern PA Chapter of the 99s participants coming in with incredible results! Thank you to Alison Chalker for this report:

The Air Race Classic is an annual cross country air race. Participants are women of all ages, backgrounds and professions, flying a wide variety of airplanes. Racers arrive a few days prior to the start of the race for pilot briefings and airplane inspections. The race itself is four days, and is flown in VFR in daylight hours. The teams race against their own handicap, so whichever team beats their
handicap speed by the most, wins. After 2 days of inspections, debriefings, and meetings with the scorer and the judges, the winners are announced at the final banquet.

Over the years, many EPA Chapter members have raced in the ARC.
The 2026 Air Race Classic began in St Louis Regional Airport and terminated in Mt Vernon Outland Airport, and this year’s route covered a total distance of 2400 nm with 8 en route stops. In a challenging race, only 11 competition teams completed out of a
total of 46, including both EPA Chapter teams.

The EPA Chapter teams put in superb performances.

In spectacular news, Alicia Sikes and Nancy Rohr (Classic Racer #9, “Over the Moon”) won first place!!

Congratulations also to Mary Wunder and Joanna Bergey Shisler (Classic Racer #15, “Wunder where we are going”), who won 8 leg prizes!

Linda Evans was flying as Photo Crew (Classic Racer #148), transporting the race photographer as needed. Since Alicia had to leave before the banquet, she also brought Nancy home to Wilmington DE, carrying with them the large poster of Alicia that attended the Awards Banquet with Nancy in place of the real Alicia.

07/05/2026

07/05/2026

Will you be there to experience seaplanes splashing in and taking off from the Delaware River?

07/05/2026

The Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum wishes fellow Americans and especially the Greater Philadelphia Region a Happy 250th Birthday!

07/05/2026

In Horsham, Pennsylvania, just north of Philadelphia, aviation history comes alive at the Harold F. Pitcairn Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum and the Delaware Valley Historical Aircraft Association. In his article, Adam Estes explores how dedicated volunteers preserve The Keystone State’s aviation...