Events - Future Events View

NMPA‘s Board meets quarterly. Any members are welcome to join.

Tentative Date only.

Presented by Cliff Chetwin.

The NMPA Mountain Flying Seminar is a condensed version of the eight hour, online ground school that will be offered later this fall. The seminar will be on Friday, April 33, 2021, and will briefly cover tools necessary to understand and plan for the unique and rewarding challenges of mountain flying. WINGS credits will be offered for those who register and attend this seminar. Due to COVID-19, the 2020 clinic will be online only and not include the optional cross-country flights.

Fly in or drive in and join us in a spring work party.
Location TBD, but likely Me-Own. If Me-Own not possible, then Timberon will be the location.

Come and join our fellow pilots at Timberon, and help install a cable barrier to keep vehicles from encroaching on the runway.
More details to come.

Plan to join us for our annual business meeting and enjoy some social time with fellow members. Time TBD. More info to follow.

Save the date for this breakfast fly-in.

Join NMPA at the World‘s Greatest Aviation Celebration from July 26 - August 1, 2021. Expect NMPA as a Forum presenter, promoting FLYING in NEW MEXICO!

Save the date for NMPA‘s premier backcountry fly-in.
Plans are to resume the fly-in at Reserve Airport(T16)in the Gila National Forest, with fly-outs to 6 Gila area airstrips.

The ninth annual "Southwest Aviation Weather Safety Workshop" (SAWS) returns to Albuquerque! For Aviators and Controllers - free admission. Brought to you by the Albuquerque Air Route Traffic Control Center Weather
Service Unit, as well as the National Weather Service Forecast Offices in Albuquerque, Phoenix, and El
Paso.

Friday evening social dinner and all day Saturday workshop.

Please monitor SAWS website for details:
https://www.weather.gov/psr/saws9 If questions, email SR.SAWS.Workshop@NOAA.gov

The NMPA Mountain Flying Clinic consists of an eight hour online ground school on Friday, covering the tools necessary to understand and plan for the unique and rewarding challenges of mountain flying. The curriculum includes mountain flight planning, aircraft performance, mountain weather, aeromedical factors, risk management & survival, mountain communications, and mountain flight maneuvers. For more details of past clinics, click on the "Mountain Flying" tab on the NMPA Home page.

This announcement mainly serves as a calendar place holder for the date of the clinic. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and possible state-imposed restrictions on public gathering, it is unknown whether the Fall Clinic will be online only, or a combination of online and in-person instruction, and whether the option flight instruction portion of the clinic will be allowed. Registration will be opened at a later date as the situation becomes more clear during the summer of 2021.

The NMPA Mountain Flying Clinic consists of an eight hour online ground school on Friday, covering the tools necessary to understand and plan for the unique and rewarding challenges of mountain flying. The curriculum includes mountain flight planning, aircraft performance, mountain weather, aeromedical factors, risk management & survival, mountain communications, and mountain flight maneuvers. For more details of past clinics, click on the "Mountain Flying" tab on the NMPA Home page.

This announcement mainly serves as a calendar place holder for the date of the clinic. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and possible state-imposed restrictions on public gathering, it is unknown whether the Fall Clinic will be online only, or a combination of online and in-person instruction, and whether the option flight instruction portion of the clinic will be allowed. Registration will be opened at a later date as the situation becomes more clear during the summer of 2021.

Details TBA Date tentative.
NMPA typically participates with a booth in the Exhibit Hall and Backcountry Flying WINGS Seminar

The NMPA Mountain Flying Clinic consists of an eight hour online ground school on Friday, covering the tools necessary to understand and plan for the unique and rewarding challenges of mountain flying. The curriculum includes mountain flight planning, aircraft performance, mountain weather, aeromedical factors, risk management & survival, mountain communications, and mountain flight maneuvers. For more details of past clinics, click on the "Mountain Flying" tab on the NMPA Home page.

This announcement mainly serves as a calendar place holder for the date of the clinic. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and possible state-imposed restrictions on public gathering, it is unknown whether the Fall Clinic will be online only, or a combination of online and in-person instruction, and whether the option flight instruction portion of the clinic will be allowed. Registration will be opened at a later date as the situation becomes more clear during the summer of 2021.

Join us October 2-10, 2021, for the 49th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta presented by Canon in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The 2021 theme is "Time Flies!" Start your planning for the festivities which all start on Saturday, October 2, and include the awe-inspiring Mass Ascension!

October 2 - 10, 2021 Time Flies! For 9 days in October, Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta creates an enchanted world of special shape rodeos, twilight balloon glows and vibrant balloon-filled skies. 2021 marks the 49th annual fiesta.