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Join over 700 seaplane pilots, seaplane fans and SPA members for live music, food, beer, raffles, a fund raising auction and just a darn good time at this year's Oshkosh  

AirVenture.

Dinner: Enjoy roasted corn along with brats, beans, cake, beer, water, and soda. Corn roasts are outdoor celebrations traditional to Wisconsin. The best meal to experience while attending AirVenture!

Where and When:
The event starts at 6PM local time on Thursday July 27
The event takes place at 885 Ripple Ave., Oshkosh, WI 54901, which can be accessed by public roads and/or by going through the last gate on the Southwest side of Wittman Regional Airport (AirVenture) by the seaplane parking area.

Corn Roast Ticket Prices:                                                                                      Member (adult) tickets are just $35
Youth tickets for those under 21 are $20
Non-Member tickets are $50

This event is known to sell out. We highly suggest purchasing your tickets in advance. You can purchase tickets by calling our office at 863-701-7979, in person at either our main booth in Hangar C or our seaplane base booth at AirVenture, or choose the easiest option online by clicking here...

Entertainment: Change of Pace

Bob and Jeff's show has been described as a cross between Jimmy Buffett and the Smothers Brothers. Half music. Half comedy. Half sing-alongs. Half ridiculous toasts. And half audience involvement make for a total experience much larger than the sum of its parts.

Live Auction Items

Three Day Intensive Seaplane Training Course including Dunk Tank Training: Provided by Southern Seaplane

There is no finer safety course around than Southern Seaplanes three day safety course. This course includes an intensive and detailed classroom training of specific performance considerations, potential maintenance problem areas, a full day of extremely realistic dunk tank training, and flight training all designed to make you and your passengers safer. The course is for training in a Cessna 185 Amphibian. The value is $2,280.00. This is now a FAA Part 141 approved training course.


Seaplane rating with Coeur d'Alene Seaplanes

The rating includes up to six hours of training in the gorgeous mountains of North Idaho, with over 50 lakes and 4 major rivers on which to play. Aircraft is a 1946 Piper Cub Super Cruiser on straight Edo 2000 floats. Included is the course book, ground lessons, and GoPro in-flight recordings. Seaplane Pilots Association Field Director, Mike Kincaid, will be donating his FAA check ride fee and will photograph the lucky winner on Hayden Lake!


Two Night Stay at the Hammondsport Hotel 

The Best Western Plus® The Hammondsport Hotel is perfectly nestled in at the southern tip of Keuka Lake and located in what was voted by readers of Budget Travel as the "Coolest Small Town in America"!


Seaplane Rating with Cubs Floats and Fun

Cubs Floats and Fun seaplane rating consists of up to seven hours of flight instruction, two hours of ground instruction, the Cubs Floats and Fun Seaplane Training Manual, and Step up to Floats 2. Located in Louisiana as well as Texas. Check ride provided by Lyle Panepinto.


Multi-Engine Seaplane Rating with Richard Johnson in an AirCam: Provided by Richard Johnson 

What is one of the few things that are rarer than a seaplane pilot, a multi-engine seaplane pilot. Bid to win a multi-engine seaplane rating in an AirCam with Richard Johnson in sunny Winter Haven, Florida. Flying the acrid is a life altering experience in itself, even better are the bragging rights that will come with a multi-engine seaplane rating.


Vermont Seaplane Rating

Seaplane Pilots Association Vermont Field Director Doug Smith, is donating SES training & rating, including J-3 on EDO 1400 floats, 6 hours of training with a CFI, a 1 hour check ride, including my examiner’s fees gratis.

Location is at Middle Hero Seaplane Base

in Lake Champlain, 20 miles north of Burlington, VT, in the island town of

Grand Isle, VT 05458. Training is in the 100-mile X 16 mile wide Lake Champlain, with work in many bays and both the Vermont and the New York side of the lake. It includes pre-arrival PowerPoint slide show and a list of oral study questions to the recipient. The add-on rating can be

to a Private or Commercial, as there is no difference in the training or requirements.


Full Day Guided Fishing Charter with World

Record Holder and Third Generation Fishing Guide Captain Mark Futch. Seaplane

Flight with Mark and (2) Night stay in Boca Grande.


3 days, 2 night stay at Bimini Big Game Club Resort and Marina. Round trip flight with Tropic Ocean Airways.

Experience first class service with Tropic Ocean Airways as they transport you on your chartered flight from their executive facility of Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (FLL) to Bimini Big Game Club Resort and Marina in the Bahamas on a Tropic Ocean Airways seaplane for 3 days and 2 nights.


Lightspeed Tango Wireless Headset.

For pilots looking the clean up cockpit clutter without sacrificing premium features and performance, the cable-free convenience of Tango is the answer. The first premium wireless aviation headset, Tango delivers outstanding noise cancellation and renowned Lightspeed comfort, in addition to full Bluetooth integration and a brilliantly conceived user interface. Value $800


Raffle Items

As always there will be many raffle prizes to win at the Corn Roast. Lots of SPA products like seaplane parking signs, shirts, hats, PFD's, and flight jacket. More items from Seaplane Pilots Association supporters will also be included.

2017 Corn Roast Official Sponsors

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