Membership Benefits
Upon joining Silver Wings Fraternity, you will receive (or be able to) :
- An attractive permanent Membership Certificate for your wall.
- A wallet-sized full-color permanent laminated Membership Card.
- A distinctive “Silver Wings” lapel pin.
- Four quarterly issues of the SLIPSTREAM newsletter with each years paid dues. Please see the Sample Newsletter under Downloads.
- Purchase Silver Wings Fraternity logo patches suitable for your blazer or flight suit, and other items offered. Please see the Merchandise Order Form page under Downloads.
- Attend our Annual Convention/Reunion every October. It’s a 3-day program of great aviation speakers, tours of interesting sites, hangar flying, and lots of food and refreshments. Corkey Fornof is our Keynote Banquet Speaker this year! See the Convention Brochure and Registration Form under Downloads.
- Visit and enjoy our Hospitality Cottage at the Sun n’ Fun International Fly-In & Expo during the airshow and whenever official events are scheduled.
- Purchase the highly-coveted Silver Wings Fraternity 50-Year Gold Card and 50-Year Silver Lapel Pin with Gold Star and Silver Wreath if you soloed a powered aircraft more than 50 years ago.
- Visit and join a Chapter, and enjoy fellowship and camaraderie with the members. If there is not one near you, we will help you form one. Please look under Chapters/Meetings for one near you.
Please Note: Membership in Silver Wings Fraternity and any Membership Benefits are a privilege and not a right. All memberships are subject to our National By-Laws and Standing Rules. Silver Wings Fraternity makes no warranties or guarantees, expressed or implied. Silver Wings Fraternity is not liable for any damages, consequential or otherwise, other than a refund of any current years dues.
President's Column
On behalf of the National Board of Directors of the Silver Wings Fraternity, I welcome members and visitors to our website, and I thank you for your interest in our organization. I invite you to explore our site to learn more about our Fraternity.
Our organization is dedicated to all things aviation, and we have a lot of fun along the way. We have something to offer pilots and aviation enthusiasts of any age and any skill level. We are also dedicated to getting young people started in aviation through our Aviation Scholarship Program.
If you are interested in hanging out with aviators, then you will fit right in. I invite you to click on the Downloads tab and select National Membership Application. Just fill it out and mail it in.
Click on the Chapters/Meetings link to find a Silver Wings Fraternity chapter that meets near you. Start making your plans to attend our 2012 Annual Convention/ Reunion next October. Information on dates, location and events will be available soon.
Finally, visit us at our Cottage on Clubhouse Row in the middle of the Sun n’ Fun campus next Spring. We look forward to meeting you.
Blue Skies! Jim