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Join Aviation Explorer Post 62!
East Hill Flying Club, Ithaca Airport

If you’re someone between 14 and 20 who loves flying or wants to learn more about the exciting world of aviation, then our post is for you!

Post 62 meets on second Sunday of each month at 3:00pm at the East Hill Flying Club
Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport, 62 Brown Rd. Ithaca NY. Unless, of course, we're off doing something...

We visit museums and airports, have guest speakers at our meetings to talk about what they’ve done in aviation - airline pilots or recreational flyers, instructors or students, controllers or drone pilots. We’ve visited local airports and air traffic control towers; gone to air shows; done ground school instruction… you’ll help plan what we do!

Here is our 2026 meeting and outing schedule

January - Calendar Planning and Saturday Morning TV  
February 7 - Scout Show in Nanticoke  
March 8 - Local Airplanes - we spent an afternoon exploring the hangars at the Ithaca airport. 
April 12 (Sunday) - Visit to the Glenn Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport

May 2 (Saturday) - Ithaca Tower Tour

June 6 (Saturday - rain date 7 Sunday) - Reading Mid-Atlantic Air Museum World War II Weekend - KRDG (rained out both days, unfortunately - we met at the Flying Club to look at a video and talk about our flight to Oshkosh next month - we'll try again in 2026)

June 21 (Sunday) - East Hill Flying Club Mother's Day Pancake Breakfast - help our sponsor

June 23 (Tuesday) - EAA Chapter 811 Hangar Block Party at Ithaca Airport 



July 11 (Saturday) (Rain Date July 12) - Geneseo Air Show

July 18 (Saturday) - Rick Reynolds' Perry City International airstrip fly-in BBQ

August 9 (Saturday) - Fly-out Meal (location tbd)
September 5 (Saturday) (rain date 6 Sunday) - EAA Chapter 811 Fly-in BBQ at Jack Henion's Airstrip on Iradell Road, Ithaca

September 13 (Sunday) (Rain date 20th) - Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome

September 19 (Saturday) - Airport Day at Ithaca Airport 
October 11 - Niagara Falls Fly-over 
November 8 - The Local FBO - Taughannock Aviation tour*
December 13 - Materials Science for Aviators

* = Outside speaker or facility. Subject to confirmation. 

Download a copy of our 2026 Schedule here (PDF)

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