BAC Fest 2026 Washington DC Sept 16-20 th 2026

[JOHNNYXRAY]

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BAC fest 2026
September 16-20, 2026
Leesburg Executive airport (KJYO), Leesburg, VA

Wednesday September 16, 2026
begins with checking in and picking up Swag
Hotel bar at 6 PM for happy hour (drink tickets provided)
Night gathering with food and drink near hotel or at hotel

Thursday September 17, 2026

Made to order Breakfast @ Hotel in AM
8am Fly out /Shuttle out to AOPA tour
Below is the schedule they have set for when we arrive.
10:30am- Meet with ASI’s Mary Kuehn
11:00am- Meet with Medical’s Anita Fetzer
11:20am- Tour of HQ with Emma Reckley whom you have spoken to and myself
11:45ish- Tour/Visit the NACC with Thomas Coldwell
Planes and shuttles leave Frederick to Follow
Drive /Fly Back to JYO Shuttle
Bluemont Vineyard 1PM -5 , drinks and food
Shuttle To IFLY Skydiving
IFLY SKYdiving 5:30 -8:30PM Pizza and Drinks
(Shuttle to Hotel)

# pilots and passengers will be transported to and from airports. Leesburg, and Frederick


Friday September 18, 2026

Made to order Breakfast @ Hotel in AM
8am Shuttle out to Arlington Cemetery Stop
DC Smithsonian museums Metro stop and drop off
Shuttle to USMC Museum.
On your own till 3PM
3:30 PM Shuttle to Hotel for Happy Hour

6:30 PM Shuttle to Perch Putt Food and Golf
10:30 PM Shuttle to Hotel


Saturday September 19, 2026

Made to order Breakfast @ Hotel
Shuttle to Dulles Air and Space Day tour with docents in 10AM -1230 and 2 pm return to hotel
General assembly meeting to be held 3:30 -4:30PM

5:15 PM shuttle to DC
630 PM Board the Odyssey in Washington, DC and enjoy a plated brunch with a gourmet 3-course dinner. Relax at your private table and take in the views with curated background music.
DC monument van tour on the way back to the hotel after the cruise.


Sunday September 20, 2026

Made to order Breakfast @ Hotel in AM
Departures all day.







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[N6008L]

I'm sure, John, that you will do your customary extraordinary job with the arrangements.

 

[CalifDan]

I just booked my flight. I figure that airfares are not probably heading down in the next few months, perhaps longer. Flying into IAD, let me know when the hotel is selected.

 

[Bulletman70]

My goal this year is to arrive in the Musketeer! The scheduled events are looking good there JP!

 

[jhbecker]

Great itinerary JP !! We'll be there.

 

[N6008L]

I urge everyone to arrange their schedule to visit the Flying Circus on Sunday. I went to the Flying Circus with John and the BAC years ago. It was arranged perfectly, and I would not hesitate for a minute to go again.

For those who are unfamiliar, the show is a barnstormer's act. There is a show associated with it, and it's entertaining for non-pilots as well.

I can be there Friday through Sunday.

 

[corcoran]

Margie and I will probably do an extended road trip from Boston.
I can see the same cast of characters lining up already. I certainly can't leave them alone at BACFest26 unsupervised. It's those people from west of the Mississippi that are to be watched carefully.

BACFest is the best deal in aviation and everyone should try to attend.

 

[jhbecker]

It wouldn't be a BACFest if someone wasn't there to drop all the Rs. But then again, Robin has been working on me to stop adding an R to Washington for 48 years.

 

[mdunlevie]

Some people can get silly when they get down low east of the Mississippi and there's all that oxygen. They are blessed to have Margie and Tom watching out for them. Semi-quoting TC you will have a great time at BAC Fest.

 

[JOHNNYXRAY]

March 31 update in the process of getting the hotel details confirmed. I will know in the next couple of days. I will have a code and link for registration

Embassy Suites by Hilton Dulles Airport
13341 Woodland Park Drive Herndon, VA

Room rate will be $159 night plus tax to include breakfast and airport shuttle. Has indoor pool and hot tub. Bar also. I am working on extended stay at club discount.

 

[JOHNNYXRAY]

https://www.hilton.com/en/book/rese...=2026-09-20&groupCode=CES91F&room1NumAdults=1

 

[jhbecker]

Rooms reserved. However ever place on the Hilton web site and emailed acknowledgement where the cost of the 4 night stay should be shown say "Confidential Price". So no clue what taxes will be added.

 

[N6008L]

I noticed that too. Perhaps it is so confidential they won't even tell you.

 

[N6008L]

Room rate will be $159 night plus tax to include breakfast and airport shuttle. Has indoor pool and hot tub. Bar also. I am working on extended stay at club discount.

I think that's pretty good! In comparison, a one night stay in a doom room at UWO is $175.00. A dorm room....

 

[corcoran]

The reservation has been confirmed (A SUITE?)
Margie Corcoran has arranged for Tom Corcoran to join her at BACFest26. He has not yet agreed to behave.
I hope the people from Colorado will be there as well as the experienced pilots from California and the islands near Seattle.
We east coasters have you outnumbered, so we feel safe... as long as we get our quota of sealevel oxygen.
The wild cards are the flatlanders from the midwest like Nebraska and Iowa. We don't know which side they will come down on.

 

[a2324pilot]

Tom, when people for Nebraska and Iowa visit the coasts we stick out like a sore thumb. There isn’t anyway we can fit in.
I will be flying the Sierra, so just clear me a little airspace, I will join the pattern, and drop in.

 

[CalifDan]

Ya just have to leave the long white socks you are wearing with your beach shorts at home.

 

[a2324pilot]

I have long black socks.

 

[CalifDan]

Well, it tends more formal on the east coast, so the black socks should work.

 

[Bulletman70]

Using the $159 discount Club link for the hotel only shows a room with 2 double beds. They offer a king outside of the club discount but it is $243 a night! Is this correct?