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Thank you for considering financial support for the 2025 Lincoln Airport Wings & Wheels Community Expo. The Expo’s goal is to provide a fun, family-oriented, and educational experience for local and regional residents and visitors. 

The 2023 Airport Open House was an outstanding success, with over 7,500 guests coming through the airport gates to see hot air balloons, various aircraft, and sports- classic-exotic cars. Last year, the event was negatively impacted by unseasonal rain on Saturday morning, which limited both aircraft and audience attendance. Despite the unfavorable weather, however, thousands of guests still came through our gate to see several scores of aircraft and over 200 display cars. 

For 2025, we are ramping up the on-site action and regional guest outreach and expect 10,000+ guests from the Lincoln area and the surrounding communities to enjoy the event. 

The Expo will be regional in scope, with terrific promotional opportunities for sponsors. 

This year’s festivities will start on Friday evening, August 22nd, with gourmet food trucks and a ‘moonglow’ hot air balloon light show. Throughout the evening, a local band will play all the best hits from yesterday and today.

Saturday will begin with an early morning hot air balloon rise, followed by arriving aircraft for static displays and flybys and hundreds of display vehicles of all types. The bottom line is that there will be more aircraft, cars, hot air balloons, and food and artisan vendors. 

For 2025, we have added a VIP Experience package with a special entrance gate, preferred parking, Friday night dinner in the VIP tent, use of the VIP tent for the Saturday event, and an option for a Friday night tethered hot air balloon ride. 

General parking will be free for both days. Show entrance tickets will be only $5 per person for the Friday night event and $10 per adult for the Saturday show, with no charge for youth under 18 on either day. 

The city of Lincoln is again sponsoring the event, with major support from the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce and local pilots associated with the Lincoln Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). 

Community events of this scope are complex and expensive to produce. The goal of the Wings & Wheels Community Expo is to offer a family-friendly, modestly priced experience to our local and regional area guests. The city of Lincoln is again contributing significant public safety and public works services to the event, and the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce is providing significant staff time. However, many other expenses still need to be covered, such as fuel for certain types of warbird aircraft, propane for hot air balloons, marketing/promotion costs (e.g., Jumbotron, sound systems, etc.), and Youth Zone expenses… And this is where your company or organization comes in. 

Advertising your services at the Expo. We are again partnering with Rocket TV for their Jumbotron, integrating that visual experience with a professional sound system that is carried throughout the display area. 

Sponsorship benefits. Sponsorship participation will give your business valuable local and regional exposure. The International Council of Air Shows survey indicates that air event attendees are a much sought-after purchasing group.

We would appreciate your commitment as soon as possible for financial planning

purposes.