AOPA’s marketing muscle boosted Akron’s “Props and Pistons” fly-in in 2025, helping to attract more publicity, visitors, and sponsors. But AOPA doesn’t participate in regional fly-ins just for the P.R. These people are on a mission to enhance aviation safety. I chatted with Paul Deres, vice president of AOPA’s Air Safety Foundation, and asked him to explain AOPA’s commitment in these small, community fly-ins.
