2025 MSAA Fly-In & Career Day

On April 19th, the MSAA hosted our second annual Fly-In and Career Day! This year's Fly-In was bigger and better!

Over 650 attendees and exhibitors came out to the MSAA Fly-In, an event hosted at Signature Aviation FBO and International Paper Corporate Hangar. We are deeply grateful towards our sponsors and exhibitors:

• Air Line Pilots Associaton (ALPA)

• Air National Guard

• AirVenture Flight Center

• Alpha Eta Rho Aviation Fraternity

• Army National Guard

• AviNation

• Collierville High School

• Federal Aviation Administration

• FedEx

• GoJet Airlines

• International Paper

• JasonAir

• Kore Aviation

• Lightspeed Aviation

• Magnolia Aviation Academy

• Memphis International Airport

• Memphis Soaring Society

• Middle Tennessee State University

• National Gay Pilots Assocation (NGPA)

• Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP)

• Piedmont Airlines

• Signature Aviation

• PSA Airlines

• Piper Aircraft

• Sporty's Pilot Shop

• Tennessee Business Aviation Association

• Textron Aviation - Beechcraft and Cessna

• University Aviation Association

• University of Memphis

• Vapor Global Aviation

• Women in Corporate Aviation

The main focus of each Fly-In is exploring a career in aviation, whether that is with the FAA, ATC, mechanic work, corporate aviation, or at an airline. This year, we hosted multiple airlines: GoJet, FedEx, Piedmont, PSA. GoJet even brought one of their fleet, a CRJ-550 for static display amongst the other aircraft ranging from trainer aircraft such as the Cessna 172, Piper Archer, RV-12, to military helicopters from the National Guard or a Caravan from FedEx.

Something new we incorporated this year were Speaker Sessions with aviation professionals! We featured Terry Blue: Memphis International Airport CEO, Kandy Bernskoetter: FedEx 767 Captain and WAI Member Board of Directors, and Jorge Gomez: Aviation Outreach Coordinator at UAA.

Preparation for this year's Fly-In started back in early October 2024. Since then, endless meetings, phone calls, and emails have been sent in order for the Fly-In to be able to come together once again. This whole event could not be possible without officers Cade Plunk, Brandon Carroll, Anna Leoni, Kolby Hilson, Jeremiah Croiset, Jose Saenz, and Chase Stephens. Thank you to our standup volunteers: G, Matthew, Connor, Sabrina, Geno, Mia, Macy, and Jordan! Officers featured below.

All photos featured here:

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