EVENTS

SPRING SAFETY REFRESHER

GMAG

Great Minnesota Aviation Gathering

May 16-17, 2025

Buffalo MunicipalAirport (KCFE)

Buffalo, Mn

See you there!

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"Saturday Morning Coffee and WINGS

Flying Yourself To Canada By Land And Sea"

Sponsored by the MN FAASTeam

WATCH REPLAY HERE

Saturday May 17, 2025 8:30AM CDT

AOPA Rusty Pilots Seminar

Great Minnesota Aviation Gathering GMAG

Buffalo , MN (CFE)

Cost: Free for AOPA members. Join AOPA for $89 and attend for free or pay $89 (plus 5% credit card processing fee) without joining.

REGISTER HERE

PIG ROAST

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August 10

Surfside Seaplane Base logo featuring a cartoon seaplane with smiling face and pontoons, set against a blue background with orange and black accents, and text indicating establishment in 1946.

Surfside Seaplane Base (MN24 )
Lino Lakes, MN

Will you be using the turf strip at MN24?

Click HERE for the procedures !

MSPA SAFETY SEMINAR

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Madden’s Resort on Gull Lake ( M16 )
Brainerd, Minnesota

September 19-20

2025 KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Colonel Frederick “CJ” Sturckow, USMC (Ret.)

A man wearing a black cap with a NASA logo, looking to the side in a dimly lit environment.

Our guest speaker for this evening commissioned into the United States Marine Corps in December 1984 and received his naval aviator wings in April 1987. He flew the F/A-18 Hornet and attended the US Navy Fighter Weapons School (AKA “Top Gun”). He was deployed to Sheik Isa Air Base in Bahrain and flew 41 combat missions, leading 30 airplane strikes into Iraq and Kuwait. He then attended USAF Test Pilot School and tested the Hornet at Naval Air Test Center Pax River. Selected as a NASA astronaut, he flew four space shuttle missions to the ISS. He then retired from NASA and has flown six spaceflights with Virgin Galactic.

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SEAPLANE PILOTS ASSOCIATION EVENT CALENDAR

SPECIAL EVENTS

2025 Annual Moberg’s Air & Seaplane Base Fly-In

August 22-24, 2025

Friday Night 5-7pm - Brats, bonfire after, underwing camping
Saturday Morning 8am - Fly out to Grand Rapids for breakfast Saturday Lunch - Hamburgers, beans, underwing camping. Saturday Dinner 5-7pm - Rib dinner, corn on the cob bonfire with live music