Look at What’s
Happening at EAA Member Village
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AirVenture's
Member Village is the place where all EAA members learn more
about their association's services and benefits. |
At Member Village, there
are endless reasons for EAAers to visit, and come back again and again
throughout the week of AirVenture. You can join or renew your
membership; get answers to virtually any EAA or AirVenture question;
attend special members-only events; visit exhibits for all the EAA
member programs, benefits and services; see unique aircraft displays;
try out flight simulators; check e-mail at the Internet Cafe while
enjoying a cup of coffee from the new Starbucks Cafe; follow progress of
an airplane building project at the new Homebuilders Workshop; or
reserve the flight of your life on the EAA B-17. And that’s just
scratching the surface.
Members not only receive
member rates on admission, special discounts and perks throughout the
week, but once inside the gate they can enjoy an area overflowing with
exclusive services and benefits; the EAA Member Village, which enters
its third year at AirVenture.
Members will receive a
"Perks Book" when they first enter AirVenture that includes
coupons to win great prizes at the Village. The Member Village is open
on the day before AirVenture opens and stays open from 8 a.m. until
after the special events in the Village are complete each day. The three
tents that comprise EAA Member Village are located in the heart of EAA
AirVenture, just west of AeroShell Square.
North Tent Features
See the Diamond DA-40, which one lucky member who joins or renews will
win for a two-year lease period. Also see the custom Harley-Davidson
VRSCA V-ROD motorcycle complete with a custom EAA logo paint scheme that
members who recruit others to join EAA are eligible to win.
The popular Wheel of Fun
is back this year, where members can use one of their perks coupons to
spin the wheel and answer a trivia question to win a prize. The Hegy El
Chuparosa airplane from EAA AirVenture Museum will be on display,and you
can get a stamped AirVenture postcard to send home to family and friends
for a $1 donation to EAA Young Eagles.
Other North tent
features: The popular Internet Cafe’ and new Starbucks Cafe’; EAA
publications area, where members can have their photo printed on the
cover of either Sport Aviation or Sport Pilot magazine
covers; a penny drop of 1.25 million pennies commemorating the new Young
Eagles milestone; and a silent auction featuring aviation memorabilia
and products with proceeds benefiting EAA’s youth education programs.
To celebrate the 50th
birthday of the Cessna 172, we’ll have a color-by-number project for
the kids right beside several simulators, including the Wright Flyer
simulator. Chapter members will want to stop by the chapter thermometer
and place a dot on their state with their chapter number.
Representatives from EAA’s regional fly-ins will be on hand to provide
information on their events.
South Tent Features
The South Membership Tent in the Village features our new Homebuilders
Corner where we’ll be constructing an airplane with all materials and
tools provided by Sonex Ltd. And every day we’ll have a special
presentation for non-pilot members called "Now You Can Fly!"
with information on how you can become a sport pilot. Special prizes and
surprises will also highlight these sessions, and American Legend
Aircraft Company will have a Legend Cub on display.
Members can also purchase
AirVenture rides on the B-17, plus sign their names and put pins on the
popular member map showing where you come from.
As always, EAA Member
Services team is on hand to help with questions. Those who join or renew
will receive the member reward receive the popular map light, which
debuted at last year.
The other tent, located
west of the South tent and kitty corner from the North, has EAA
merchandise featuring Caribbean-themed apparel. EAA members receive a 5
percent discount on purchases when they present their EAA membership
card.
EAA’s member benefit
partners displaying at Member Village include Falcon Insurance, with the
EAA Aircraft Owned and Non-Owned insurance plans; AirFleet Capital, with
the new EAA Aircraft Financing Program; Ford Motor Company featuring the
Partner Recognition/member pin program for purchasing Ford Motor company
vehicles; John Deere Company with equipment discounts for members and
their popular gator giveaway; Hertz Rental Cars featuring gold card
status free for all EAA members; and EAA FlightPlanner, the free flight
planning service through AeroPlanner for members.
Our newest partner
programs will also be introduced this year at Member Village: Enterprise
Rental Car will have a virtual car rental counter with vehicles onsite
to rent; and US Bank, EAA’s new VISA card partner, will feature the
new EAA credit card program with exciting new aviation discounts. All
EAA partners offer wonderful prizes when members use their perks
coupons.
EAA Member Village is the
only place you can win tickets to the world aviation premiere of the
movie, Flyboys, which takes place on Wednesday night. Tickets for
EAAers wishing to see public screenings of the movie, OneSixRight on
Friday night are also available at the Village.
After Hours and
Special Guests
Country music star Aaron Tippin visits the Village at 2 p.m. Tuesday for
a Q & A session. Member After-Hours events start after the air show
and this year will feature Burt Rutan on Wednesday, Sean Tucker on
Friday and Mike Melvill on Saturday evening.
Paul Hamm, Olympic
medalist, and IRL racer Dario Franchitti, will sign autographs in the
North tent on Tuesday. Also see many of the AirVenture air show
performers throughout the week, meeting and greeting and signing
autographs.
Member Village Camper
Member Village Camper is already open, serving the membership needs of
those already on site with an Internet Cafe, wristband sales, and lots
of AirVenture information. It’s located just south of the Volunteer
Park flagpoles.
LSA Mall
What’s being
called a "suburb of the Village, the EAA LSA Mall will feature more
than 30 different light-sport aircraft, all collected in one convenient
spot and located just north of AeroShell Square. The LSA Mall is
sponsored by Land Rover.
