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Upcoming Annual Celebration Themes
September 12 & 13, 2025
- "Flying and Forests"
September 11 & 12, 2026
- 50th Anniversary will honor "World Friendship through Flight"(International Year)
2027
- "Flying, Forest, and the Future"
2025 Event Schedule
2025 Theme "Flying and Forests"
Friday, September 12:
- 5:30 p.m. Registration check-in at the Cocktail Party.
- 5:30 p.m.- Friday Evening Cocktail Party at the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum, 16701 286th Road, Atchison KS 66002.
- The Amelia Earhart Hanger Museum is open. Muriel, the last remaining Lockheed Electra 10-E is the centerpiece to the museum. This is the same model airplane that Amelia flew on her final, fateful flight around the world. Fees to tour the museum, are $15 adults, $12 over 62 & veterans, 12 & under $8, and 3 & under Free. They have a wonderful gift shop in the lobby for souvenirs. https://ameliaearharthangarmuseum.org/
Saturday, September 13:
- 10:00 a.m. - Parade of Flags / Induction Ceremony at the Forest.
- Noon - Luncheon with keynote speaker, Angela Tanton. Luncheon will be at Elizabeth's restaurant, 121 North Fifth Street, Atchison, KS 66002.
- If you are staying the night, social supper, location TBA. This will be a time to mingle and network. Dinner will be on your own with menu ordering.
2025 Induction Luncheon Guest Speaker
Angela Tanton
Angela is an airline transport rated pilot with over 8500 very diverse hours. She began flying lessons in 1992, driven by a passion for adventure and exploration and now holds both Canadian and American licenses.
Throughout her career Angela has flown in her home country Canada, the Arctic, Myanmar, South Sudan, Saudi Arabia, the Maldives, Chile, Australia and the USA. Her aviation pursuits are as varied as the countries she’s flown in and consist of Canadian bush flying, airline ownership, aerial marine surveillance and pollution patrol, humanitarian flying, tourism, VIP transport and aerial firefighting.
Angela, has been active in mentoring and supporting other women in aviation. This includes several speaking engagements and advocating for the rights of women pilots. In 2003, while flying in the Maldives, she effected a change to the regulations to allow women to fly while pregnant and became the first to do so while carrying the first of her two sons.
Angela is a lifelong bush pilot. During her career she has connected the link between “flying and forests” with all living ecosystems. Angela is grateful for the opportunity to share her love of flying in wild places.
