Fun Events
All events are part of the event fee. Everyone is encouraged to attend as many briefs as possible and participate in each evenings flying event. A FAST qualification is only required in the Formation Challenge event.
***Winners of the above challenges gets their team name engraved on the perpetual trophies***
| CARRIER LANDING COMPETITION |
 This is a spot landing competition with a little bit of flare. We have arranged to have a Navy LSO (Landing Signals Officer) on the side of the runway to grade your landings. The entire approach to landing from the abeam to the wires are graded. Points are evaluated for communication discipline, glide slope control until “in-close”, and the landing spot. |
If you don’t fly this event, you are welcome on the side of the runway for the event and in the tent after for the entertaining debrief where pilots landings are critiqued in good fun. See if you pick up what the LSO notes in his debrief. |
| BOMB DROP COMPETITION |
 This year's bomb drop competition will have a new form of ordinance. We will be dropping rubber chickens! Your Red Star Pilots Association volunteers have solicited the Porterville Chamber of Commerce and asked for a small donation to our event and in return the company sponsors a chicken. The chicken that lands closest to the target wins an airplane ride! Bring your "A" game to the competition and see if you can win for the locals of Porterville!  There will be a brief prior to the event covering safety items and technique to ensure you have the best chance of winning the event. Sign up during your registration so we can match you with a chicken. Don't choke it. |
| FORMATION CHALLENGE |
 The formation challenge is the culmination of our training of the All Red Star event. The goal is to allow the FAST patched members to strut their stuff by competing for bragging rights for the entire next year. There is a perpetual trophy as well as individual awards that are given out at the Saturday night banquet. This year's competition has not been decided by the judging committee, but years past have tested your formation skill by having canned sequences that were disclosed prior to the event, sequences which were handed out 2 hours before takeoff, random teams with pilots whom have never flown together, as well as a scenario where the formation was required to split up, find ground target, then return overhead, join within sight of the judges and then perform a sequence. We are all curious what the judges will come up with this year! |
