Beech Party 2026

[wjknight]

wjknight added a new event:

Beech Party 2026

Registration is now Open!
Join us for Beech Party 2026 at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum in Tullahoma, TN (KTHA) on 8-10 October 2025!
This is the showcase event for the Beechcraft Heritage Museum and is one of the greatest fall aviation events anywhere.

Beech Party 2026 | Beechcraft Heritage Museum

beechcrafthm.org

Registration is now open
Museum Members - $45/day
Division Members (BAC) Members - $45/day
Guests - $60/day
Youth (18 and under) - $25/day
Children 11 & Under - Free!

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[wjknight]

Hey Members, just a reminder that Beech Party 2026 is coming up fast.
If you've never been to the Beechcraft Heritage Museum, then this is the event to attend.
Everything you would ever want to know about the Beechcraft line of aircraft or the Beech Aviation Corporation right from the original production of the Travel Air to present day is located at this world class museum in Tullahoma, Tennessee.
In addition, this is the annual migration of all things Beechcraft including our members and their Beech Aero Center aircraft to Tullahoma..
Who knows, you may even see a flying specimen of the Beechcraft Starship!

Don't forget to purchase a museum membership for $50 and save $45 off the price of an all event Beech Party ticket!
The $50 annual membership gives you free admission to the museum all year long which includes a free guest pass for your co-pilot!
It gives you 10% discount at the BHM Gift Shop.
It gives you reduced Beech Party registration fees, and
It gives you access to the amazing Semi-annual Museum Magazine featuring articles from the Beech Aero Club!

The all event ticket includes your daily admission, including lunch and dinner tickets for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
The Friday Bourbon tasting and the Saturday morning Beech Park Breakfast are extra, but I assure you they are well worth the cost.
Wednesday night is the Meet & Greet and the Beech Aero Club dinner to welcome all of our members to Tullahoma.
Be sure to visit the Beech Aero Club N2303Z Musketeer "3Z"exhibit in the Bost Hanger.
Be sure to book the Saturday Beech Park Breakfast and be present for the Grand Opening of the amazingly restored Beech Aero Club Lodge!!

I'm looking forward to seeing many of our members in Tullahoma this year. Let's make this year the best Beech Party ever!

Preflight Complete

Where was your aircraft tied down at Beech Party?

 

[GregJohnson]

BeechParty is always great fun.
Here's where I was tied down, and Mr Dunlevie used one of the tent cots! And a great time was had by all.

 

[AVIATOR_]

Looking forward to attending Beech Party in a few days. If you have never been you are missing out. Even if you just make a day of it. You will have a good time. Talking to Bob Trader yesterday a member in my region. He will be attending his first Beech Party. He will be camping by his plane.

 

[A23ABobP]

Weather looks great. I'll get there a day early on Tuesday. Looking forward to it.

 

[BoDriver77]

BeechParty is always great fun.
Here's where I was tied down, and Mr Dunlevie used one of the tent cots! And a great time was had by all.

Beautiful Sundowner, Greg!

 

[BoDriver77]

Wish I was with you guys this year. Perhaps next year. The Schedule of Events looks very interesting:
Schedule of Events 2026

 

[wjknight]

Heading to Edmonton today. Will take the midnight express to Nashville via Toronto. Pick up the rental early morning and should be in Tullahoma by lunch Tuesday. See you all there.

 

[AVIATOR_]

Checked in at the Holiday Inn. Headed to the airport.

 

[trumpet nelson]

I completed a short video of my Beech Party 2026 trip. Enjoy !

 

[wjknight]

Here is an event report for Beech Party 2026.
Attendees: Jeff Knight, organizer and host, Nelson Amen, Bob Prange, John Redmon, Bob Trader, Mike Harding, James Gallagher, Larry Wilkinson, John Persinger, Sean Lusk, Andy Fishback, Shelby Smith, Kenneth & Nancy Oliver.
14 attendees - 13 members & 1 spouse
5 aircraft - 2 fixed gear & 3 retracts

Overall, this was a great event with a moderate turn out of Club members. We had a member’s dinner at the Whiskey Trail BBQ Restaurant on Wednesday night to kick off BAC Beech Party. The remainder of the events were as per the Beech Party schedule.

Thursday and Friday members of the Beech Aero Club cooked and served breakfast for the campers using the facilities at the Beech Aero Club Lodge. This was a huge hit with the campers, and we have been asked to please do this again next year.

Friday morning was the official ribbon cutting of the “Beech Aero Club Lodge”. This was well attended by many guests and club members alike and was a highlight for the Club. Speeches were given by Charles Parish, President of the Beechcraft heritage Museum, Jeff Knight, President of the Beech Aero Club and John Hurst, the builder and craftsman who completed the work. Jeff and John Hurst cut the ribbon.



Jeff participated in the Club to Museum Panel discussion held in the Chianchette Hanger that allowed attendees to ask questions of the panelists regarding the various clubs (BAC, Staggerwing Society, Beech 18 Group, American Bonanza Society, etc.) and how we became partners with the Beechcraft Heritage Museum. This panel was well received.
Jeff again presented “Mouse Hunt” in the Olive Ann Chapel. This was lightly attended, partly due to the weather and mostly due to the limited attendance of non BAC musketeer owners. Once information was passed regarding individual attendees aircraft, Jeff shifted focus to a short history of the BAC and the benefits of membership in our Club.

The Saturday morning Beech Park Breakfast was moved indoors to the Chianchette hanger due to the weather. Regardless, a good time was had by all and there was tons of food!
The Museum Membership AGM was held in the Bost Hanger with Jeff Knight and John Redmon representing the BAC. The Beech Aero Club was thanked for our generous donation to the renovation of the Beech Aero Club Lodge and for our continued sponsorship of Beech Party. Jeff presented a short report on the happenings of the Beech Aero Club which was well received.

Several members needed to leave early due to hurricane Isaias and the weather associated with that system. For the most part, high winds, heavy rains and low ceiling predominated the Tullahoma region from early Friday evening through Sunday, with some folks not leaving until Monday morning. In true BAC/BHM fashion we adapted and ensure that everyone was well taken care of and aircraft were protected.

Again this year Beech Party 2026 was a great event. Now that we have our own BAC footprint with the Beech Aero Club Lodge, I’m looking to market the Beechcraft Heritage Museum as a year round destination, including perhaps conducting a maintenance clinic or other such BAC activity in the June timeframe, and Beech Party of course is a “must do” event for all our members.

Looking forward to seeing all of you there next year!