Saturday, October 10, 2026 · 10 AM to 2 PM · Texas Air Museum, Slaton · Free admission Sat, Oct 10 · Slaton · Free

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Wheels, Wings,
and Warbirds
Trainers on the north ramp at Slaton Municipal Airport (F49)

For pilots

Taxi to the north ramp. CTAF 123.0.

Parking your airplane is free. Public hours 10 AM to 2 PM.

Talk on 123.0. Taxi to the north ramp. Park where they point you. After you park, walk in. No ticket.

Radio

CTAF 123.0

  • Taxi to the north ramp
  • Display arrival is free.

EAA Chapter 19

EAA Chapter 19 runs the contest table on the north ramp. Chapter literature is there too. Find it after you shut down. chapters.eaa.org/eaa19

Fun awards

Free for every airplane on the field. Fill out a quick card at the contest table: your N-number, year built, where you flew in from, total time, and useful load. Honor system. Plaques around 1:30 PM, with the spot landing awards.

  • Oldest airplane The earliest build year on the field.
  • Farthest flown in The longest trip to F49 that day.
  • Workhorse The highest airframe total time.
  • Featherweight The lowest useful load.
  • Best homebuilt The chapter's pick of the amateur-built airplanes.

Spot landing contest

$50 per scored attempt, unlimited. All of it goes to the EAA Chapter 19 scholarship. Twenty attempts fund one $1,000 scholarship.

  • Window 10:00 to 1:00. CTAF 123.0.
  • Announce “spot landing inbound,” then “spot landing short final.”
  • Pay on the ground after landing
  • Aiming-point markings on runway 18/36 (about 1,000 feet from the threshold). On or past the near edge of the bars counts. Short does not. Score is nearest foot past the bars.
  • Classes: tailwheel/STOL, tricycle single, twin, ag, overall. A class with fewer than 2 entries is not awarded.
  • An unsafe landing voids that attempt. Staff decide whether you can fly another.
  • Simple plaques.

Official rules and how we score