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NBAA’s annual business-aviation convention is coming up next month, and retired US Airways Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger will be a featured speaker. Sullenberger will talk about aviation safety, leadership and training during the event, taking place Nov. 17 to 19 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Also coming up soon is Redbird’s Migration, held in San Marcos, Texas, Nov. 3 to 4. This annual event brings together flight-training professionals and industry leaders to network and share information about flight-training techniques, new technology, and business operations. Also, AOPA has announced the dates and sites for next year’s Fly-Ins, with four new sites.
The fly-ins for 2016 will be held at Beaufort, North Carolina, on May 21; Bremerton, Washington, on Aug. 20; Battle Creek, Michigan, on Sept. 17; and Prescott, Arizona, on Oct. 1. Each event begins on Friday night and features free camping, a pancake breakfast on Saturday morning, and a full day of events, displays, seminars and vendors. Admission is free. AOPA began the regional fly-ins in 2014, and since then they have held 10 events and hosted more than 27,000 people.
Also, helicopter pilot Chuck Aaron announced his retirement from airshows this week, in an Instagram post. Aaron is the only helicopter pilot in the United States certified to perform aerobatics in a helicopter. His last show will be at the Red Bull Air Race in Las Vegas on Oct. 17-18. “I will continue to be a pilot of course,” Aaron wrote, “but I’ll be done with the airshow circus.”
