Late Registration Information
2024 RIO GRANDE CLASSIC REGISTRATION!
Welcome Pilots! You are invited to participate in Top Gun’s 2024 Rio Grande Classic event being held in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho, New Mexico May 24-27, 2024. The Rio Grande Classic will once again be a BFA/HACD sanctioned Southwest Regional and New Mexico State Championship competition. Entries for this event are limited to 50 pilots. We will be administering registrations on Watch Me Fly. The Initial registration period closed April 1st, 2024. We still have a few open pilot slots available. A Late Registration Fee of $25.00 will be charged at time of payment.
You will receive an email within the following week with instructions on how to finalize your registration with payment. You will not have to pay anything now. Entry fee will be $100.00. Our waiver requires that all Pilots must be members of Top Gun Balloon Club. Non-members will be given the option of joining as an annual member for $50.00 or as a single event member for $25.00 at the time of paying your entry fee.
All Pilots will Receive:
- Flying Privileges all Three Days under our Top Gun Waiver
- Propane all three days
- Special Pilot Gift Bag
- Registration Party on Friday at Brew Lab 101
- Monday Awards Ceremony
- Chance to be the 2023 RGC Top Gun Champion, HACD State Champion, and/or HACD Regional Champion
- Chance to win Cash Prizes:
- RGC Winners – $800 1st Place | $400 2nd Place | $200 3rd Place
- Regional Winners – $500 1st Place | $300 2nd Place | $100 3rd Place
- State Winners – $500 1st Place | $300 2nd Place | $100 3rd Place
Instructions:
Pilots registering for the event must already have a Pilot Profile or create one on WatchMeFly.net. When you create a pilot profile you will be able to save your application documents in your profile where you can use them again when you register for any other event using Watch Me Fly. After signing in to Watch Me Fly, click on Competitions at top of the page, then select Upcoming Competitions. Scroll down the page until you find Top Gun 2024 Rio Grande Classic. Click on the event name or logo, and then select Registration.
