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Sep
30
Mon
Jet Rally – Best In The West (BITW) @ Buttonwillow Elk-Hills Airport
Sep 30 @ 7:00 am – Oct 6 @ 2:00 pm

WELCOME TO THE 33rd. ANNUAL BEST IN THE WEST JET RALLY 2024 (Tentative Dates)!

ONE OF THE LARGEST JET SHOWS IN THE WORLD!

CELEBRATING 32 YEARS OF AMERICA’S FAVORITE JET SHOW!

BUTTONWILLOW ELK-HILLS AIRPORT, BUTTONWILLOW, CA

AMA SANCTION #?

6-Flight Lines, Food On Site, Spectator Seating, Camping on Site, 3,260 X 50 Foot Paved Runway, No obstructions No Restrictions, 1200 foot Ceiling, RV Parking on Site (No Hook-Ups), On Site Thursday Night Taco Night, On Site Friday Night Pilots Dinner, On Site Saturday Night Banquet Awards Dinner and Auction With 36 Spectacular Awards Including The “Prestigious” The Colonel Robert E. Thacker Award, all in our huge 40 X 80 Enclosed Tent on site. Best in the West will be a 6 day event, Tuesday October 12th. through Sunday October 17th, 2021.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Best In The West Jet Rally is a non-competition AMA-Sanctioned event.  This is an open, fun-fly event with very few restrictions.

All Registered Pilots planning to operate a turbine-powered model must have a Valid AMA Card and must be a CURRENT Turbine Waiver holder.

   

If you plan on only flying Electric or Gas ducted fans, you must only be AMA Current. Please have this information ready before you register, or at the Registration Table.

All Non-Waiver Pilots, MUST fly on the buddy box system. If you would like to have a Turbine Waiver Pilot and CD sign you off, this may be done from Tuesday or Wednesday by 6:00 PM. Please have all AMA papers with you. Please contact Joe for waiver time.

Best in the West 2021, the 32nd. Annual will be another great show as in the past. Come and join the many in attendance from all around the

United States and many from around the World.

We encourage everyone to RV and Camp at the field as there are many fun things going on during the after hours, BBQing, Night Flying!

Join “The Cali Crew” and see how we do it!

America’s Favorite Jet Rally!

BITW 2023

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