2025 Schedule

Completed April 25- One Day Chichester Central School STEM/ Enrichment Day at Concord SkyHawks- 9-1, Approx. 12-15, 8-12 yr old middle schoolers.  For details please contact Concord Skyhawks President and LM, Dan Weed 603-848-3188.  A few of us from the ADOT team will be there to help out on this great educational outreach opportunity. Recap on FB

* Rescheduled, Date TBD * (Original date April 26th)

Plum Island Airport, Newburyport, MA-

"Aviation Day" Plum Island Airport, 24 Plum Island Trpk, Newbury, MA An airport Open House w/ Flight4CF to support the Flight School, the historic Airport (*first in New England!), AMA, and PIARCF- Plum Island Airport RC Flyers (home/ host club) plans to participate. *This is a great season opener outreach event!  Wonderful host club, PIARCF participation, collaboration with Flight4CF and full scale/ military operations with an estimated 2000 visitors.  Come check it out. RC Simulators, Static displays, Demonstration flights, Control Line, Introductory Flights for all ages with instructors!

**Event Change Notice**  

Rich Little from Flight 4 CF has rescheduled the event due to weather forecast and participant commitment issues. New date is TBD.  I'm proud and pleased to report that from the start the ADOT team has been ready, able, and registered with volunteers!  Thank you team.

Thank you to all who have committed to this event.  This is New England so "flexibility is the key to air superiority!" We look forward to the rescheduled date to come together with Flight 4 CF.

Daren

* Rescheduled, Date TBD * (Original date May 17th)

May 17,Southbridge Municipal Airport Aviation Expo, Southbridge, MA- w/ Flight4CF  *CD: TBD  Requires a team of at least 4 for static, sim, flight demo and Intro flying.  Would prefer at least 1 volunteer from last year.  Will brief.  REGISTER TO VOLUNTEER for SOUTHBRIDGE HERE

**Event Change Notice**  

Rich Little from Flight 4 CF has rescheduled the event due to weather forecast and participant commitment issues. New date is TBD.  I'm proud and pleased to report that from the start the ADOT team has been ready, able, and registered with volunteers!  Thank you team.

Thank you to all who have committed to this event.  This is New England so "flexibility is the key to air superiority!" We look forward to the rescheduled date to come together with Flight 4 CF.

Mother Nature is not being nice to us so far with a wet spring.  We will regroup and try to fill the schedule with some club visits.  Check back often.

May 17, Saturday- Wings, Water, Wheels Open House, Winn Aero, Laconia Airport, Laconia, NH :  STEAM- developing hands on experience.  Plan on static, simulator, promo materials and Q&A.  *Will require at least 2 volunteers, we will brief and supply some materials to volunteers. 

REGISTER TO VOLUNTEER for LACONIA HERE

**Event Rescheduled. Date TBD**Unfortunately mother nature continues to plague our event schedule.  With rain over the past 11 weekends it has been difficult to pull off an event.  Organizers have decided to reschedule this event but the new date is TBD. Please Check back often as our schedule does change on occasion as we try to fill in for delayed, cancelled or rescheduled events.  Thank you.

May 29, Thursday- Aviation & Maritime STEM Expo at Logan Airport : Static, Sim, Educational Outreach at Delta Hangar.  Good time last year. *This is an invitation event from Massport and we are limited for volunteers- Andy, Daren, Steve Brehm, and Doug Thompson will be representing the ADOT, D1 and AMA.

Exhibitor setup - 06:00-08:00

Coffee & muffins for presenters - 08:00-09:00

Students arrive and depart - 09:30-12:30

Lunch for presenters and departure - following 

Jun 7, Saturday- Rochester, NH Skyhaven Airport Wings n Wheels- w/ Flight4CF  A flying and static/ interactive event. As usual we will plan to be nimble and flexible to provide whatever we can for the participants. We are helping to transition this airport event from a fair to air focus. CD-TBD min 5 voluteers req'd.   REGISTER TO VOLUNTEER for ROCHESTER HERE

Jun 28-29, Saturday- Sunday- Mt. Washington Airport, Whitefield, NH Airshow-w/ Flight 4 CF fundraiser. *A 2 Day Event this year!  It's been a few years since our last time at Mt. Washington which was a successful outreach in the early days of the ADOT team.  Our friend/ partner Rich Little will be running airshow ops.  Details so far: Typical ADOT presence- Promotional tent, RC simulators, Static displays, Area Club promotional space, select flight demonstrations, select Intro Flights, Spectator engagement and Q&A- Entertain- Educate- Engage.  Will need at least 5-10 volunteers for the two day event. CD- TBD.  See ADOT Team Outreach FB Group, District 1 FB Group postings or reach out to Daren Hudson, Doug Thompson, or Andy Argenio to volunteer for this and all our events.  REGISTER TO VOLUNTEER for MT WASHINGTON HERE

Aug 2, Saturday- (Rain date Aug 3) RC Propbusters Neighborhood Funfly- ADOT Team members, Ed Demming, President and CD/ LM Steve Pickering are inviting ADOT members and others to come check out this successful annual public outreach event.  More details to come.

SEP 6-7, Saturday- Sunday- Thunder Over NH Airshow, Pease ANGB, Pease Airport Portsmouth, NH Our second Thunder Over NH show and 3rd time at Pease for STEM.  *Flight demos and Intro flying this year. 

-RC Flight Demos from 10:00AM to Noon both days 

-Static and STEM display for the remaining time 

All pilots will need to be briefed and familiar with entire operation prior to event day. No add-ons the day of possible due to complexity and risks

CD- Daren Hudson.  ** We will need a full team of volunteers for this 2 day major event that will include static and flying at two separate locations.  Please reach out to Daren Hudson, Doug Thompson, or Andy Argenio if interested. 

REGISTER TO VOLUNTEER for PEASE AIRSHOW HERE

SEP 28 , Sunday- 10:00-2:00, Concord Wings & Wheels, Concord Airport, Concord, NH Our 11th year as the "Wings"!  CD- TBD 8-10 Volunteers req'd *More details to come   REGISTER TO VOLUNTEER for CONCORD HERE

Oct 4, Saturday- Hampton Airfield Celebration of Flight, Hampton, NH- w/ Flight4CF

CD- TBD 5-10 Volunteers req'd

REGISTER TO VOLUNTEER for HAMPTON HERE

Recaps of past EVENTS- What we've done!

2024: A Fantastic second "official" year of ADOT Events!

Completed- April 27 Plum Island Airport, Newburyport, MA- Aviation Day Open House w/ Flight4CF to support Flight School, Airport, AMA, and PIARCF club- CD-Daren Hudson, Plum Island Airport RC Flyers (home club) plans to participate. 

*Great 2024 season opener outreach event!  Wonderful host club, PIARCF participation, collaboration with Flight4CF and full scale operations with an estimated 2000 visitors.

Learn More     EVENT RECAP on FB     VIDEO Clips of EVENT

Completed- May 4 Southbridge Municipal Airport Aviation Expo, Southbridge, MA- w/ Flight4CF CD- Doug Thompson

*A wonderful inaugural event at Southbridge Airport.  Manager looking forward to 2025!

Learn More    EVENT RECAP on FB  Video Recap of event

Completed- May 18 Pease Air National Guard Base 157 th ARW STEM Open House- Static, Interractive (Sims, FPG9s) ages 12-20, potential 2500 participants!

EVENT RECAP on FB    FB REEL

Completed- May 23 BOS Logan FAA MASSPORT Aviation Expo, Delta Hangar Logan Airport- D1VP Andy Argenio, AVPs: Daren Hudson, Doug Thompson and Steve Brehm joined our friends at Northeast FAA AVSED and about 100 other STEAM exhibitors welcomed 2500 invited Boston, MA area HS students for a static and interactive (RC simulators and videos) event.  We were able to gather much feedback about knowledge of AMA outside our community as well as networking with educators and other exhibitors.

Event Recap on FB   Event Walk through YouTube video

Completed- Jun 1 Rochester, NH Skyhaven Airport Wings n Wheels- w/ Flight4CF  A flying and static/ interactive event. As usual we will plan to be nimble and flexible to provide whatever we can for the participants. We are helping to transition this airport event from a fair to air focus. CD-

Learn More     Event RECAP Video on FB   

Completed- Jun 15 Seacoast Airfield Aviation Day, Eliot, ME- w/ Flight4CF  CD- Doug Thompson

Event RECAP on FB    Event Video

Completed- Jul 19 Winn Aero ACE Camp, Laconia Airport, Laconia, NH- Outreach Team Coordinators Doug Thompson and Daren Hudson attended this one day educational outreach and were able to network with several interesting STEAM based exhibitors and HS students.  Event Recap on FB

Completed- Aug 17 Lawrence Airport National Aviation Day, Lawrence, MA- w/ Flight4CF Coordinator- Wayne Watjus  Event Recap on FB

Completed- Sep 7 Girl Scouts of Maine/ America- Maine Girl Scouts Aviation Badge Event- Collaborative effort with AMA D1 ADOT, UMA (Univ. of Maine Augusta) and Ed Cormier with FAA AVSED- Aviation & Space Education Program at Brunswick, ME Airport campus. ADOT Event Coordinator and AVP Doug Thompson reports a very successful, collaborative and networking day that will certainly be expanded in 2025 to involve more scouts and GSOA leadership to move the Aviation Badge initiative forward.Nice work Doug!

Completed- Sept 14-15 Beverly Airshow, Beverly Airport, Beverly, MA- w/ Flight4CF CD- Daren Hudson Learn More  Event Recap on FB   YouTube Event video

Completed- Sep 29 Concord Wings n Wheels, Concord Airport, Concord, NH-

CD- John Yassemedis Event Recap on FB

Completed- Oct 10 2nd Annual Aerospace Career Fair, Laconia Airport, Gilford, NH-

The D1 ADOT joins more than 50 aerospace exhibitors from 9-1 (invited guests) 1-3 (general public).  Co sponsors: Winn Aero, Laconia Airport and Sky Bright Aviation.  Come see Doug Thompson and Daren Hudson at our static, simulator/ interactive, Q&A Exhibit. Event Recap on FB  Event Walk Through YouTube video

Completed- Oct 19 Hampton Airfield Celebration of Flight, Hampton, NH- w/ Flight4CF CD- Daren Hudson Event Recap on FB  Event Video on Youtube