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Modesto Formation Clinic - 2025
About this event
Please join us for a NATA Formation clinic in Modesto, CA from October 23-26, 2025. Fall in Central California brings milder temperatures and excellent flying weather.
All NATA members are invited to attend the clinic, but only Formation Members are permitted to fly as PIC. Training will be offered in
Supported Aircraft Types assuming sufficient resources for each type are available. Other aircraft types may participate in the clinic at the discretion of the Training Officer, but supported aircraft types have scheduling priority. Contact the organizers to confirm aircraft of your type are expected. NATA check rides and QPRs are only conducted in Supported Aircraft Types.
Trainees must review our
Formation Training Program before attending, paying particular attention to their specific aircraft requirements and the associated aircraft "Type Supplement." First-time clinic participants may find this
Clinic Newbie Checklist useful.
Arrival day is Thursday Oct 23, 2025. Trainees must attend the ground school at 1300 and should arrive by noon. There will be a ground school quiz afterwards. Training will begin with a mandatory safety/standardization briefing at 0800 on Friday.
The daily schedule will be:
- 0700 Shuttle from hotel to KMOD/CAF
- 0730 IP Meeting
- 0800 Flights brief / formation flying
- noon Lunch available
- 1700 Flying secures / happy hour(s)
- 1800 Dinner
- 2000 Shuttle back to hotel
Please review ALL of the registration steps below before proceeding:
- REGISTER ONLINE. Begin by clicking on the Registration button, supply the requested information and pay the registration fee. If you intend to fly as PIC and have current FAST credentials, you may register as PIC - Proficiency flying. If your credentials have expired or you are working on a wingman or Lead qualification, choose PIC - Training requested. If you do not intend to fly as PIC at all (e.g., IP/CP, observer, photographer), register as Non-PIC. You may register friends and family as Guest. If you are not a Formation member, you will not see the PIC registration options. To acquire this ability you may upgrade your membership by writing to formation@flynata.org. Late registrants may not receive a T-shirt or name patch.
- TRAINING? NEW: Working on a wing or Lead qual? Credentials expired and need a requal checkride? You must register as "PIC - Training requested (Wing/Lead/requal)."
- INSURANCE. If intending to fly as PIC, you must upload a Certificate of Insurance (COI). You may do so by visiting My Formation Documents on the Formation+ menu. Full info available at: Clinic Insurance Requirements. Please do this NOW!
- HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT. NEW: Hold Harmless Agreements are now handled online (no need to sign and upload a form). To complete the registration process you will accept the terms of the Hold Harmless Agreement and provide an “online” signature. Guests attending the clinic will have the opportunity to sign this document in person.
- ALLOW TEXT MESSAGES. Clinic organizers may use text messages to relay information to participants during the clinic (e.g., weather-related updates). Please allow NATA to send you text messages by visiting the Contact Information tab in your profile, and checking the box under your mobile number in Other Contacts, towards the bottom of the screen. Review your Personal Contact Information here.
Other Information:
- TRAINEE PREPARATION. Pilots seeking training must comply with the aircraft readiness requirements in paragraph 5 of the Training Program. Please pay particular attention to the comms... we cannot conduct training in your aircraft if an IP cannot communicate with you and other aircraft in the flight. Also, note that an "Eval" flight is required for first-time clinic participants, and training materials must be reviewed prior to arrival.
- HOTEL. A block of rooms is reserved under "NATA Formation Clinic" at the Holiday Inn Express Modesto, 4300 Bangs Ave., 209-543-9009. $160 before taxes.
- MEALS. Your registration includes a meal plan. Snacks, water, soda, coffee, iced tea available all day. Lunch and dinner included Thursday (BBQ pork lunch, dinner Tri-Tip, chicken), Friday (dinner street tacos), Saturday (Ribeye steak). Breakfast Danish/Breakfast bars/Fruit/Coffee-juice-water included Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Cash Bar open 5pm-9pm daily, with 2 beer/wine drinks included per day per registrant.
- FBO, FUEL & OIL. Discounted fuel from a truck. Contact in advance or upon arrival to set up fuel account. Leo Quinones at Modesto Jet Center: leoq@modestojet.com, 209-577-4654. They do not keep our oil in stock, so you must pre-order your oil (you must take all the oil you order and pay when you settle your fuel account).
- RENTAL CARS. Shuttle service included in registration, but Enterprise, Avis, Budget, Hertz rental cars available through Modesto Jet Center. Call 209-577-4654 and ask for Leo.
- OTHER. CAF Hangar ramp can accommodate a large number of warbirds. Gated and secure. Bring your own tie-down ropes.
Clinic Organizer(s)
Dan Kirkland
Lead
Doug Schuster
Safety
Chuck Wahl
Training
John P Flippen
Training
Ann-Marie Loos
Admin Support
Category
Formation Clinic
Registration Info
Registration is required before Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Payment In Full In Advance Only
See event details for required documents. Only PIC registrants (Formation members) may pilot aircraft during the clinic. Non-PIC registrants (e.g., photographers, observers, instructors, Check Pilots) may not pilot aircraft at any time during the event. Either registrant type may bring non-member guests.
Registration cancellations will be accepted until Friday, October 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Cancellation Policy:
NATA does not issue refunds. If a cancellation is made within 30 days of the arrival day, the registration fee (minus the cost of any clinic merchandise included with the registration and any extra merchandise ordered plus shipping) will be credited to your account and applied to future NATA payments (e.g., membership dues or event fees). Cancellations made within a week of the clinic may or may not receive a credit for the dinner portion of the registration depending on the arrangements made with the restaurant. "No shows" are subject to forfeiture of all registration fees.
Late registrations made within four weeks of arrival day will probably not receive a name patch and may not receive a T-shirt.
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