Paradise City Full Schedule 2026
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| Monday · April 13 | Day | Event | Start | End | Speaker / Host | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | ✈️Arrivals Only (See NOTAM) | 7:00 AM | 7:55 PM | *End Time Sunset — Paradise City Air Ops | Flying |
| Tuesday · April 14 | Day | Event | Start | End | Speaker / Host | Type |
| Tue | 📋🎈Briefing – Hot Air Balloon | 6:00 AM | 6:15 AM | Forums Tent — Tom Warren | Briefing |
| Tue | 🎈Hot Air Balloon Launch *(Wind & WX dependent) | 7:00 AM | 7:15 AM | Paradise City Air Ops | Flying |
| Tue | 📋🪂Briefing – Powered Parachute / Paraglider | 7:00 AM | 7:15 AM | At Media Trailer — Paul Czarnecki | Briefing |
| Tue | 🪂Powered Parachute / Paraglider *(Air Ops Approved) | 7:15 AM | 8:45 AM | Paradise City Air Ops *(Wind & WX dependent) | Flying |
| Tue | 📋✈️Briefing – General Flight | 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Tue | ✈️General Flying Fixed Wing | 9:00 AM | 12:45 PM | Paradise City Air Ops | Flying |
| Tue | 📋✈️Briefing – General Flight | 9:00 AM | 9:30 AM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Tue | 🚫Runway Closed for Airshow | 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM | *End time approx — Paradise City Air Ops | Closed |
| Tue | 🎁Week of Giveaways | 4:00 PM | 4:15 PM | LP-14 Powrachute | Giveaway |
| Tue | 📋✈️Briefing – General Flight | 4:00 PM | 4:30 PM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Tue | ✈️General Flying Fixed Wing | 5:00 PM | 6:15 PM | *Start time approx — Paradise City Air Ops | Flying |
| Tue | 📋✈️🔥Briefing – Sunset Circus | 5:15 PM | 5:45 PM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Tue | 📋🪂Briefing – Powered Parachute / Paraglider | 6:00 PM | 6:15 PM | At Media Trailer — Paul Czarnecki | Briefing |
| Tue | 🪂Powered Parachutes / Paragliders *(Air Ops Approved) | 6:20 PM | 6:50 PM | Paradise City Air Ops *(Wind & WX dependent) | Flying |
| Tue | 🚫🔥Sunset Aerial Circus | 7:00 PM | 8:15 PM | Closed for Arrivals — Sunset Aerial Circus | Demo |
| Tue | 🔥STOL Invitational | 7:05 PM | 7:25 PM | Jon "Jughead" Counsell | Demo |
| Wednesday · April 15 | Day | Event | Start | End | Speaker / Host | Type |
| Wed | 📋🎈Briefing – Hot Air Balloon | 6:00 AM | 6:15 AM | Forums Tent — Tom Warren | Briefing |
| Wed | 🎈Hot Air Balloon Launch *(Wind & WX dependent) | 7:00 AM | 7:15 AM | Paradise City Air Ops | Flying |
| Wed | 📋🪂Briefing – Powered Parachute / Paraglider | 7:00 AM | 7:15 AM | At Media Trailer — Paul Czarnecki | Briefing |
| Wed | 🪂Powered Parachute / Paraglider *(Air Ops Approved) | 7:15 AM | 8:45 AM | Paradise City Air Ops *(Wind & WX dependent) | Flying |
| Wed | 📋✈️Briefing – General Flight | 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Wed | 📋✈️🔥Briefing – Manufacturer Demo | 8:45 AM | 9:00 AM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Wed | 📋✈️Briefing – General Flight | 9:00 AM | 9:30 AM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Wed | ✈️General Flying Fixed Wing | 9:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Paradise City Air Ops | Flying |
| Wed | 🎤Forum – 4-Stroke Rotax Maintenance Tips | 10:30 AM | 11:30 AM | Phil Lockwood — Lockwood Aviation (NE-23, NE-12) | Forum |
| Wed | ✈️🔥Manufacturer Demo | 11:45 AM | 12:45 PM | Paradise City Runway | Demo |
| Wed | 🎤Forum – Building & Registering Experimental Aircraft | 12:00 PM | 1:30 PM | Paul Mather — M-Squared (LP-23) | Forum |
| Wed | 🚫Runway Closed for STOL | 12:45 PM | 2:30 PM | Paradise City Air Ops | Closed |
| Wed | 🔥STOL Invitational | 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Jon "Jughead" Counsell | Demo |
| Wed | 🌅Hot Air Balloon Candle Burn | 1:30 PM | 1:45 PM | By the Paradise City Grandstands | Demo |
| Wed | 🎤Forum – Building a Trailer for Your Ultralight | 1:30 PM | 2:30 PM | Mike Ostrander — Air-Tech (LP-19) | Forum |
| Wed | ✈️General Flying Fixed Wing | 2:30 PM | 4:30 PM | Paradise City Air Ops | Flying |
| Wed | 🎤Forum – Fly a Weight-Shift Trike | 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Larry Mednick — Evolution Aircraft (LP-16) | Forum |
| Wed | 🎁Week of Giveaways | 4:00 PM | 4:15 PM | LP-14 Powrachute | Giveaway |
| Wed | 🚫Runway Closed for Airshow | 4:45 PM | 8:30 PM | Paradise City Air Ops | Closed |
| Thursday · April 16 — MOSAIC Day | Day | Event | Start | End | Speaker / Host | Type |
| Thu | 📋🎈Briefing – Hot Air Balloon | 6:00 AM | 6:15 AM | Forums Tent — Tom Warren | Briefing |
| Thu | 🎈Hot Air Balloon Launch *(Wind & WX dependent) | 7:00 AM | 7:15 AM | Paradise City Air Ops | Flying |
| Thu | 📋🪂Briefing – Powered Parachute / Paraglider | 7:00 AM | 7:15 AM | At Media Trailer — Paul Czarnecki | Briefing |
| Thu | 🪂Powered Parachute / Paraglider *(Air Ops Approved) | 7:15 AM | 8:45 AM | Paradise City Air Ops *(Wind & WX dependent) | Flying |
| Thu | 📋✈️Briefing – General Flight | 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Thu | 📋✈️🔥Briefing – Manufacturer Demo | 8:45 AM | 9:00 AM | Air Ops | Briefing |
| Thu | ✈️General Flying Fixed Wing | 9:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Paradise City Air Ops | Flying |
| Thu | 📋✈️Briefing – General Flight | 9:00 AM | 9:30 AM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Thu | 🎤Forum – EAA on MOSAIC | 10:30 AM | 10:45 AM | Margaret Colwell | Forum |
| Thu | 🎤Forum – Affordable Flying Expo | 10:45 AM | 11:00 AM | Jim Campbell | Forum |
| Thu | 🎤Forum – Deltahawk Diesel Engines | 11:00 AM | 11:15 AM | Jon Heup | Forum |
| Thu | 🎤Forum – Tecnam Aircraft | 11:15 AM | 11:30 AM | Jacob Fenton | Forum |
| Thu | 🎤Forum – Bristell | 11:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Lou Mancuso | Forum |
| Thu | 🎤Forum – Fielden Aero / Aero-Pup | 11:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Don Fielden | Forum |
| Thu | ✈️🔥Manufacturer Demo | 11:45 AM | 12:45 PM | Paradise City Runway | Demo |
| Thu | 🎤Forum – CubCrafters Carbon Cub UL | 12:00 PM | 12:15 PM | Brad Damm | Forum |
| Thu | 🎤Forum – Dynon Avionics | 12:15 PM | 12:30 PM | Michael Schofield | Forum |
| Thu | 🎤Forum – Air-Tech Ultralights and MOSAIC | 12:30 PM | 12:45 PM | Bever Borne | Forum |
| Thu | 🎤Forum – Synergy Air Aircraft Builder Assistance | 12:45 PM | 1:00 PM | Vaden Francisco | Forum |
| Thu | 🚫Runway Closed for Airshow | 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Paradise City Air Ops | Closed |
| Thu | 🎤Forum – Bearhawk Aircraft | 1:00 PM | 1:15 PM | Virgil Irwin | Forum |
| Thu | 🎤Forum – Phil Lockwood RV-916 Program | 1:15 PM | 1:30 PM | Phil Lockwood | Forum |
| Thu | 🎤Forum – ScaleBirds LLC P-36 Replica | 1:30 PM | 1:45 PM | Sam Watrous | Forum |
| Thu | 🎤Forum – Spirit SE-1 | 1:45 PM | 2:00 PM | Steve Wood | Forum |
| Thu | 🎁Week of Giveaways | 4:00 PM | 4:15 PM | LP-14 Powrachute | Giveaway |
| Thu | 📋✈️Briefing – General Flight | 4:00 PM | 4:30 PM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Thu | ✈️General Flying Fixed Wing | 5:00 PM | 6:15 PM | Paradise City Air Ops *Start Time Approximate | Flying |
| Thu | 📋✈️🔥Briefing – Sunset Circus | 5:15 PM | 5:45 PM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Thu | 📋🪂Briefing – Powered Parachute / Paraglider | 6:00 PM | 6:15 PM | At Media Trailer — Paul Czarnecki | Briefing |
| Thu | 🪂Powered Parachute / Paraglider *(Air Ops Approved) | 6:20 PM | 6:50 PM | Paradise City Air Ops *(Wind & WX dependent) | Flying |
| Thu | 🚫🔥Sunset Aerial Circus | 7:00 PM | 8:15 PM | Closed for Arrivals — Sunset Aerial Circus | Demo |
| Thu | 🔥STOL Invitational | 7:05 PM | 7:25 PM | Jon "Jughead" Counsell | Demo |
| Thu | 🌅Hot Air Balloon Candle Burn | 8:15 PM | 8:30 PM | By the Paradise City Grandstands | Demo |
| Friday · April 17 | Day | Event | Start | End | Speaker / Host | Type |
| Fri | 📋🎈Briefing – Hot Air Balloon | 6:00 AM | 6:15 AM | Forums Tent — Tom Warren | Briefing |
| Fri | 🎈Hot Air Balloon Launch *(Wind & WX dependent) | 7:00 AM | 7:15 AM | Paradise City Air Ops | Flying |
| Fri | 📋🪂Briefing – Powered Parachute / Paraglider | 7:00 AM | 7:15 AM | At Media Trailer — Paul Czarnecki | Briefing |
| Fri | 🪂Powered Parachute / Paraglider *(Air Ops Approved) | 7:15 AM | 8:45 AM | Paradise City Air Ops *(Wind & WX dependent) | Flying |
| Fri | 📋✈️Briefing – General Flight | 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Fri | 📋✈️🔥Briefing – Manufacturer Demo | 8:45 AM | 9:00 AM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Fri | ✈️General Flying Fixed Wing | 9:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Paradise City Air Ops | Flying |
| Fri | 📋✈️Briefing – General Flight | 9:00 AM | 9:30 AM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Fri | 🎤Forum – 2-Stroke Rotax Maintenance Tips | 10:30 AM | 11:30 AM | Phil Lockwood — Lockwood Aviation (NE-23, N-31, NE-12) | Forum |
| Fri | ✈️🔥Manufacturer Demo | 11:45 AM | 12:45 PM | Paradise City Runway | Demo |
| Fri | 🎤Forum – MOSAIC Marketplace & The FAA Rules | 12:00 PM | 1:30 PM | Scott Severen — President LAMA & Thomas Bhrem, FAA Orlando | Forum |
| Fri | 🚫Runway Closed for Airshow | 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Paradise City Air Ops *End Time Approximate | Closed |
| Fri | 🎤Forum – AutoGyro Flying | 1:30 PM | 2:30 PM | Bob Snyder — AutoGyro USA (LP-25) | Forum |
| Fri | 🎤Forum – Flying a Tree Hopper Ultralight | 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Brad Rose — Tree Hopper Ultralights (LP-15) | Forum |
| Fri | 🎁Week of Giveaways | 4:00 PM | 4:15 PM | LP-14 Powrachute | Giveaway |
| Fri | 📋✈️Briefing – General Flight | 4:00 PM | 4:30 PM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Fri | ✈️General Flying Fixed Wing | 5:00 PM | 6:15 PM | Paradise City Air Ops *Start Time Approximate | Flying |
| Fri | 📋✈️🔥Briefing – Sunset Circus | 5:15 PM | 5:45 PM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Fri | 📋🪂Briefing – Powered Parachute / Paraglider | 6:00 PM | 6:15 PM | At Media Trailer — Paul Czarnecki | Briefing |
| Fri | 🪂Powered Parachutes / Paragliders *(Air Ops Approved) | 6:20 PM | 6:50 PM | Paradise City Air Ops *(Wind & WX dependent) | Flying |
| Fri | 🚫🔥Sunset Aerial Circus | 7:00 PM | 8:30 PM | Closed for Arrivals — Sunset Aerial Circus | Demo |
| Fri | 🔥STOL Invitational | 7:05 PM | 7:25 PM | Jon "Jughead" Counsell | Demo |
| Fri | 🌅Hot Air Balloon Candle Burn | 8:15 PM | 8:30 PM | By the Paradise City Grandstands | Demo |
| Saturday · April 18 | Day | Event | Start | End | Speaker / Host | Type |
| Sat | 📋🎈Briefing – Hot Air Balloon | 6:00 AM | 6:15 AM | Forums Tent — Tom Warren | Briefing |
| Sat | 🎈Hot Air Balloon Launch *(Wind & WX dependent) | 7:00 AM | 7:15 AM | Paradise City Air Ops | Flying |
| Sat | 📋🪂Briefing – Powered Parachute / Paraglider | 7:00 AM | 7:15 AM | At Media Trailer — Paul Czarnecki | Briefing |
| Sat | 🪂Powered Parachute / Paraglider *(Air Ops Approved) | 7:15 AM | 8:45 AM | Paradise City Air Ops *(Wind & WX dependent) | Flying |
| Sat | 📋✈️Briefing – General Flight | 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Sat | 📋✈️🔥Briefing – Manufacturer Demo | 8:45 AM | 9:00 AM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Sat | ✈️General Flying Fixed Wing | 9:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Paradise City Air Ops | Flying |
| Sat | 📋✈️Briefing – General Flight | 9:00 AM | 9:30 AM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Sat | 🎤Forum – Flying a Powered Parachute | 10:30 AM | 11:30 AM | Bill Wallace — Powrachute (LP-14) | Forum |
| Sat | ✈️🔥Manufacturer Demo | 11:45 AM | 12:45 PM | Paradise City Runway | Demo |
| Sat | 🎤Forum – Technical Side of the QuickSilver | 12:00 PM | 1:30 PM | Bever Borne — Air-Tech (LP-19) | Forum |
| Sat | 🚫Runway Closed for Airshow | 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Paradise City Air Ops *End Time Approximate | Closed |
| Sat | 🎤Forum – Powered Paragliders (PPG) – Let's Talk! | 1:30 PM | 2:30 PM | Paul Czarnecki — Paradise City Media Team (PlanetPPG) | Forum |
| Sat | 🎤Forum – Shut Up and Fly! (Your Ultralight) | 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Shain Hammac — Shut Up and Fly Ultralight Club | Forum |
| Sat | 🎁Week of Giveaways – Grand Prize | 4:00 PM | 4:15 PM | LP-14 Powrachute | Giveaway |
| Sat | 📋✈️Briefing – General Flight | 4:00 PM | 4:30 PM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Sat | ✈️General Flying Fixed Wing | 5:00 PM | 6:15 PM | Paradise City Air Ops *Start Time Approximate | Flying |
| Sat | 📋🪂Briefing – Powered Parachute / Paraglider | 6:00 PM | 6:15 PM | At Media Trailer — Paul Czarnecki | Briefing |
| Sat | 🪂Powered Parachute / Paraglider *(Air Ops Approved) | 6:20 PM | 6:45 PM | Paradise City Air Ops *(Wind & WX dependent) | Flying |
| Sat | 🚫Runway Closed for Airshow | 7:00 PM | 8:30 PM | Paradise City Air Ops | Closed |
| Sunday · April 19 | Day | Event | Start | End | Speaker / Host | Type |
| Sun | 📋🪂Briefing – Powered Parachute / Paraglider | 7:00 AM | 7:15 AM | At Media Trailer — Paul Czarnecki | Briefing |
| Sun | 🪂Powered Parachute / Paraglider *(Air Ops Approved) | 7:15 AM | 8:45 AM | Paradise City Air Ops *(Wind & WX dependent) | Flying |
| Sun | 📋✈️Briefing – General Flight | 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | Forums Tent — Air Ops | Briefing |
| Sun | ✈️General Flying Fixed Wing | 9:00 AM | 12:45 PM | Paradise City Air Ops | Flying |
| Sun | 🚫Runway Closed for Airshow | 1:00 PM | 5:30 PM | Paradise City Air Ops | Closed |