Anchorage aviation trade show

Anchorage, Alaska – The Alaska Airmen’s Association’s Great Alaska Aviation Gathering will take place Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5. Alaska’s premier event for flying enthusiasts and families as well as the state’s largest aviation tradeshow, the Great Alaska Aviation Gathering is held at the FedEx Maintenance Hangar at Anchorage’s Ted Stevens International Airport and offers free admission to the public.

Nearly 300 exhibitors will showcase state-of-the-art aviation technology, products, safety, innovations and more.

The show will feature more than 70 indoor and outdoor static displays of a wide range of aircrafts, including sport, general aviation, experimental, commercial, corporate and military. Attendees are in store for a special treat with this year’s featured historic aircrafts – a vintage Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero used in World War II; and a restored 1931 Fairchild American Pilgrim, a workhorse of an aircraft on loan from the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum.

Adults are sure to appreciate the Great Alaska Aviation Gathering’s historic exhibits, knowledgeable speak