Purdue Aviation Day

Event Details

Fly-In Breakfast: 9:00am-11:00am ($8) (Register Here)
Main Event: 11:00am-4:00pm
Purdue University Airport
1401 Aviation Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47906

Contact information:

Michael Holbrook
holbroom@purdue.edu
714-342-0437

Alex Pegram
apegram@purdue.edu
317-459-8748

Parking: Guests have the option to either fly or drive into Aviation Day. For those who are flying in there will be plenty of parking, details about flying in can be found on our website. Driving into the event there will be crew members directing cars where to park once they arrive at the address above.

Aircraft Display List

A-10C Warthog

Envoy Air Embraer 175

Skywest Airlines Embraer 175

Searay

Decathlon

Including:

Boeing C-40 Clipper, Cirrus SR20, Cessna 172, Gulfstream 280, L3 Cub, Seminole, T6 Texan, and other military aircraft

Featured Guests

Thomas Kieffer

Purdue Alumni, Delta Air Lines

ALPA

The Day in the Life of an Airline Pilot

Mike Perez

Lighter side of Aviation

Dr. Thomas Carney

History of Purdue Aviation Technology

Kevin Coleman

Red Bull Air Race Challenger Class Pilot

Activities for Young Aviators

Hourly Activities

11:30-12:30

Pin the Propeller

1:00-2:00

Egg Drop Contest

2:30-3:30

Airplane Making Contest

All Day Activities

Airplane Friendship Bracelets

Airplane Temporary Tattoos

Airplane Coloring Books

Cloud in a Jar