Mooney Summit X

We are excited to welcome you to Tampa September 12-13, 2025 for Mooney Summit X!

Our Airport Day will be held at Peter O. Knight Airport (KTPF) on Friday, September 12th, followed by Safety Day held at the Conference Center at Tampa Int’l Airport (KTPA) on September 13th and concluding with our traditional Banquet and Silent Auction at American Social downtown Tampa.

We invite you to plan to fly into Peter O. Knight Airport (KTPF) for the event. Atlas Aviation will be our host, generously offering special discounts for the Mooney Summit participants.

ABOUT

The mission of the Summit is to elevate safety, “Better the Breed” and to raise funds for the Bill Gilliland Foundation that supports downed Mooney pilots and their families. Our team has put together an insightful, safety-rich program and we have secured great venues for our conference and events!

REGISTRATION

Registration is now open! The early registration rate is $149.00 (including a non-pilot guest) and is available through August 15th, after which it goes up to $199.00. This fee benefits the Bill Gilliland Foundation and helps offset expenses not covered by sponsors. The registration for you and a non-pilot guest includes the majority of meals (lunch and BBQ dinner on Friday as well as breakfast, lunch and banquet dinner on Saturday).

SCHEDULE

The Summit will begin at noon, on September 12th with Airport Day at Peter O. Knight Airport (TPF) where we will showcase our exhibitors and will have an exciting and engaging format with a number of activities and seminars. We will end the day with a delicious BBQ.

Safety Day will be held at the newly built state of the art event space at the Tampa International Airport (TPA) on Saturday, September 13th. We will have a number of industry leading Mooney and safety speakers. We will conclude the day with the Evening Banquet at American Social on the river downtown, where we will hold a silent auction and prize drawings.

HOTELS

Westin Tampa Waterside will be our headquarters hotel, it is a short ride to both TPF and TPA and is connected to the American Social where our Banquet is being held. Rooms are also available at the Tampa Airport Marriott, which is convenient to those flying into Tampa International Airport (TPA) commercial and is just steps away from the conference space in the terminal. Please be sure to book by August 11th to take advantage of the highly discounted rate of $189.00.

MORE DETAILS

Conference agenda and other details will be published soon!

We look forward to welcoming you to Tampa!

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Thank you Liam Hawkins and The Mooney Anomaly for sharing this invite message and for returning to the Mooney Summit in 2025. We still have the same Saturday and Sunday plan as described in the video that we were planning for 2024, before being interrupted by Hurricane Helene.

Friday BBQ Musical Performance

Mooney Summit is excited to welcome Singer/Songwriter and Mooney Owner/Pilot Ernie Halter to perform at the Friday evening BBQ.

Listen to his latest hit single “Rock Your Wings” on Spotify.

Thank you Alex Skijus for sharing your passion about the upcoming event. We still have the same Saturday and Sunday plan for 2025 as described in the video. We were forced to cancel last year’s Summit due to Hurricane Helene.


Listen to Dan Bass, Josh Kunz and Alex Gertsen talk about Mooney Summit X on the September 7, 2024 episode of Just Plane Radio.



Bill Gilliland Foundation

The Bill Gilliland Foundation has been established by the Mooney Summit, Inc. to provide emergency crisis intervention and financial assistance for downed Mooney Pilots’ immediate families. Your tax deductible donation will be used 100% to help those at the time of their greatest need. Unique in General aviation, Mooney owners are set apart by their caring and compassion thru the Bill Gilliland foundation

 
 

Mooney Summit X Event Sponsors

To Become one of our industry leading sponsors, simply click HERE for more information or email sponsorship@mooneysummit.com! We look forward to having you on board and becoming part of one of the best GA charity events!

The Mooney Summit X Sponsors and Exhibitors are:

Hillsborough County Aviation Authority - Facilities at Peter O. Knight Airport (TPF) and Conferencing Center at Tampa Int’l Airport (TPA) as well as event support at all levels

Atlas Aviation - Airport Day facilities Peter O. Knight Airport (KTPF) and discounted rates to Mooney Summit attendees

Kelly Aerospace - Cooking and Sponsoring Friday lunch and BBQ dinner

Aerox - Saturday breakfast sponsorship, exhibitor, presenter and event support at all levels

Ernie Halter - Musical performance at the BBQ dinner Friday

Oasis Aero and Weep no More, LLC - TBD

Premier Aircraft - TBD

MooneyMover - Silent Auction donation and event support at all levels

Robin Gilmore - Event Videography

Wings Insurance - Exhibitor and presenter

We have a great team of corporate and individual sponsors that really help make the Mooney Summit a reality. Thanks so much to these fine organizations and companies

 

The Mooney Summit X Silent Auction Donors:

Bose - A30 Aviation headset #BoseAviation #BoseA30 #FlywithBose #WhyIFly

CAV Systems - 55 GAL drum of TKS fluid plus shipping to you

Lightspeed - Delta Zulu headset

MooneyMover - MooneyMover electric tug

Oasis Aero - Annual Inspection

RPM Aircraft Service - Oil and Filter Change at RPM Aircraft Service in Gaithersburg, MD (KGAI)

CIES Corp - TBD

John Liskey - TBD

McFarlane Aviation Products - TBD

Concorde - TBD

NBAA - 2 chances of VIP ticket plus guest to NBAA regional Event in Florida in February 2025.

Aerox - TBD

International Avionics, Inc. (IAI) - TBD

Registration and bidding for the Mooney Summit X Silent Auction is easy, simply go here or scan the QR code and click “register”





 

The Mooney Summit X Raffle Prizes:

Raffle tickets are $25 each or 5 for $100. A $150 or more raffle purchase comes with a commemorative limited edition Mooney Summit X challenge coin.

Mooney Pros, Inc. - TBD

Lift Aviation - TBD

Inspector tools – TBD

RPM Aircraft Service - Case of Oil and Oil Filter

Aircraft Spruce - TBD

McFarlane Aviation - TBD

Tempest - TBD

Josh Kunz - Hand Made Wooden Mooney Clocks

Each $25 USD donation made to the Mooney Summit to help offset the cost of producing the event will get you one raffle ticket! Excess funds will be added to the Bill Gilliland foundation. You can make a tax deductible donation to the Mooney Summit, Inc. also, simply PayPal as a gift to Iwannadonate@mooneysummit.com

Thanks to all these great companies and the great people running them who make our aviation lives a little better