Every year I put together a list of airplane raffles, this year is no exception. This list will be updated as new raffles are announced. I am not including sweepstakes type contests just traditional raffles. This is a crowd sourced list and it is on you to determine the legitimacy of each raffle. Good luck!
| Organization | Airplane | Cost | Date |
| 1940 Air Terminal Museum | ’58 Champion 7FC | $50 | Drawing 9/18/21 |
| ’80 Piper PA-28 | $55 | Sold Out | |
| ’45 J-3 Cub | $50 | Drawing 8/14/21 | |
| EAA Museum Raffle 1 | C&D Replica PA-18 | $100 | |
| ’72 Grumman | $75 | Drawing 7/17/21 | |
| Ernie Hall Museum | ’48 Cessna 140 | $40 | Entries Close 10/21/21 |
| Flight Club 502 | ’46 Piper PA-12 | $75 | Entries Close 9/10/21 |
| ’72 Cessna 172M | $50 | Drawing 8/15/21 | |
| Mass Air & Space | ’70 Thurston Amphib | $65 | Drawing 6/30/23 |
| Oklahoma Airmen | ’40 Aeronca TC-65 | $50 | Drawing 11/18/21 |
| $50 | |||
| Ron Alexander Youth | ’38 Aeronca Chief | $50 | Entries Close 11/2/21 |
| Swift Museum | 30k LyCon-20k cash | $50 | Drawing 10/2/21 |
| Texas Barnstorming Museum | Vans RV-12 | $100 | Drawing 10/1/21 |
| Western Aeroplane Museum | ’46 J-3 Cub | $100 | Drawing 9/11/21 |
| Wings for Humanity | ’61 Piper Colt | $50 | |
| $75 | |||
| $75 | |||
| Wings of the North | ’41 Piper J-5 | $50 | Drawing 9/18/21 |
2022 Raffles
| Organization | Airplane | Cost | Date |
| Alaska Airmen | Carbon Cub FX-3 | $65 | Drawing 5/8/2022 |
| American Flight Museum | ’47 NA Navion | $55 | Drawing 6/6/2022 |
| Flying Wings of Louisiana | 1st & 2nd Place-Cessna 150’s | $100 | Closes 10/22/2022 |
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The American Flight Museum Raffle for the PA-28-180 has ended. They have a new Raffle underway now for a Cessna 172H, link below:
https://rafflecreator.com/pages/15439/1966-cessna-172h-airplane-raffle
JJ thanks for letting me know, I just updated it.
We would like to add a raffle to your list. The LaPorte airport is doing this raffle to replace an annual pancake breakfast. Our official start is April 1 and the drawing will be held on August 15 during the last day of a B17 visit to LaPorte. The web site is laporteacraffle.com We have links to the Aero Club and airport sites on this page.
Thank you for this list.
Raffle committee.
I added your raffle to the list, best of luck
The Ranger Airfield raffle tickets are sold out.
It looks like American Flight Museum has pulled the Cessna 172H raffle and the link is dead. I suspect it had to do with the questionable engine history on that airplane and I applaud them for doing this.
They are now raffling a very pretty 1980 Piper Warrior II with 68 hours SMOH. The new link is:
https://rafflecreator.com/pages/15439/1980-piper-pa-28-161-warrior-airplane-raffle
I am not sure what they are doing about those of us who had purchased tickets for the Cessna but I suspect they will let us know
I updated the list, thanks for the update Ben
Do you know if there was ever a resolution for those of us that purchased tickets for the Cessna? I was never notified or contacted? Thanks!
Yes they got back to me. Here is what they said:
“Any tickets you purchased for the Cessna 172H will keep the same ticket number and be valid in the [new] drawing. If you would prefer a refund for the tickets you have purchased please let me (American Flight Museum) know and I can process a refund for you.”
Thank you!
Wings of Hope sold out within about 4 hours.
Wings of Hope raffle sold out in under 5 hours, drawing on June 1st.
Another for the list
The plane in the La Porte aero club is not registered to them, I am always suspicious of such things, and could easily be incorrect but, I did look for the N number online. ???
Space- thanks for letting me know. One of their members reached out to me to be put on the list. I can only attest to the fact that the communication appeared legit to me, but I am no Columbo. You could try reaching out to them directly to verify things club website
I’m no Columbo either. But N333AE has the same serial number. And the web has a dramatic photo of an inverted Skyhawk resting on a taxiway in Iowa. NTSB report says it got blown over by high winds; substantial damage; no injuries.
really great detective work; yeah as others have said about this in the comments here, as long as it was repaired to spec and has lots of hours since then (which it appears to be), I am not concerned as this situation is not uncommon. I just wish they did a little better paint job with the new N-number lol, but I guess I can use some of the $20K for repainting 🙂
The Alaska Airman raffle for the PA-18 Super Cub has sold out.
Guess I should have read all the comments before I purchased a $60 ticket for the 172. Hope they refund!
I wouldn’t feel too bad about buying that ticket. I wish LaPorte would have been more forthcoming about the damage history but it does look like the damage has been long repaired and the plane comes with $20,000.
I was upset too but man for a $60 ticket I would still feel pretty good about winning it.
And special props to JEH (aka Columbo) for some damn fine investigative work.
I agree with Ben on this one. My club has purchased planes with significant damage before, as long as it has been repaired to specification and has since accrued 100’s if not 1,000’s of hours then I don’t personally see what there is to worry about. But of course everyone has their own view on this one.
Annnd most of all we are talking about $60! You can win the plane and just sell it off, pay some taxes and still make a good chunk of change.
LaPorte Aero should have been more transparent about the 172M that they are raffling off. Changing the N registration number to hide the accident/incident is devious. I did buy a few tickets before finding out the history of this aircraft. Had I know about the incident, I would have Not purchased the tickets.
The records are a little confusing but it looks like the N number change was done by John Byrdak way back when the damage happened. I don’t think LaPorte had anything to do with that.
Now…could LaPorte have included this in their raffle promotion? I guess but if your the one writing the promotion for your charity raffle, that’s a tricky little detail to work in. If you entered a raffle for a classic car your probably not going to see anything about that cars damage history in the raffle promotion. At least LaPorte posted the serial # for all to Google. That doesn’t mean they get a total pass on this but “devious” might be a little strong.
Now that I’ve had time to chew on this I honestly consider this raffle to be one of the best on the list due to the $20000 cash that comes with it. Yes it was damaged 13 years ago but we’ve talked about that. Not having to come up with $10K-15K in taxes to collect your prize is huge.
It would be interesting to see how the taxes are handled on these raffle prizes. Federal and state income taxes, possibly along with sales tax would be owed based on the value reported on the prize. I wonder if the organization has to issue a Form 1099 or W-2G establishing the taxable value of the prize. Would there be some requirement to pay the income tax (or 25%) before claiming the prize or would the winner just pay all those taxes on their Federal, state and local 1040 forms at tax time. It seems like these taxes would end up costing about 1/3 the value of the prize.
Noncash Prizes: For noncash prizes, the winner must pay the organization 25% of the fair market value of the prize minus the amount of the wager. Example 3: Jason purchased a $1 ticket for a raffle conducted by X, an exempt organization. On October 31, 2004, the drawing was held and Jason won a car worth $10,000 (fair market value). Because the prize exceeds $5,000 and the fair market value of the car is $10,000, the tax on the fair market value of the prize is $2,499.75 [($10,000 minus $1 ticket cost) x 25%)]. Jason must pay $2,499.75 to X to remit to the IRS on his (Jason’s) behalf. X would indicate the fair market value of the prize ($10,000) in box 1 and the amount of the withholding tax paid ($2,499.75) in box 2 on Form W-2G.
Partial Wings of Hope results posted. Supposedly only 5,000 tickets sold, and I don’t math good, but maybe someone can help explain how there are 16,520 sequential numbers between the first and second prize winners?
Grand Prize: #537964400621
Second Prize: #537964384101
Third Prize: Pending*
Fourth Prize: Pending*
Not sure there is any wrong-doing here, but this sure looks fishy to me.
I reached out to WoH and here’s the explanation they provided:
The raffle ticket numbers you receive are your transaction number, followed by the number of tickets you purchased. For example, if you bought one ticket and your number was this:
#757575757571
What it literally is, the transaction number followed by the number of tickets purchased. It helps to insert a hyphen like this: #75757575757-1.
Using the same example, three tickets are sold, they would look like this:
#757575757571
#757575757572
#757575757573
OR
#75757575757-1
#75757575757-2
#75757575757-3
Using the same example, 10 or more tickets are sold, they would look like this:
#75757575757-9
#75757575757-10
#75757575757-11
In previous raffles, we simply sold tickets consecutively, however we would encounter technical issues during high traffic times.
Does anyone have info regarding Raffle 4 V.E.T.S. drawing today?
I just read their site again. It looks like the drawing is 30 days after they close, so being that they close today 6/30/21 I would expect the raffle then. There is also a phone number on the site if you have questions. This is just my interpretation I have no connection to that org.
Hello Pat could you please remove closed on the raffle post. People are able to purchase tickets at this time. Thank you!
I dont know why the Raffle Creator site for the Raffle for Vets is still active but the raffle is definitely over. The website says “We have a winner…” and it clearly states that it ended on June 30th.
Pat,
I have some new information on upcoming raffles
The Massachusetts Air and Space Museum is raffling off a amphibious 1970 Thurston Teal Airplane (N501ME), Tickets are $65, and the raffle starts on 07-23-2021 | END DATE: 06-30-2023 more info found here https://massairspace.ourraffle.org/?fbclid=IwAR3UB8jfNBvZwcB5PoO0nIODvyY8sgjj_mkWlbNWVzi5TfdFJdgWfZJX8NE
Flying Wings of Louisiana has announced they will be raffling a 1970 Cessna 150L (6515G) in 2022, details “coming soon”
The Texas Barnstorming raffle has already happened
The Wings of Hope raffle for the ’70 Cessna 172K has sold out.
According to email to ticket purchasers the Oklahoma Airmen ’40 Aeronca TC-65 was raffled off on Sept.11. That is earlier than the date listed in the table.
Jim thanks for the info. Many raffles will draw earlier if they sell out earlier. For example this one said:
Point of information, Wings of Hope raffles sell out the same day they open. Apply early.
Flying Wings of Louisiana just launched their new raffle where both the First and Second prize are Cessna 150’s! I haven’t seen a raffle like this before where there are TWO different planes that can be won!
https://rafflecreator.com/pages/26397/flying-wings-of-louisiana-airplane-raffle-2022
Flying Wings of Louisiana just launched their new raffle where both the First and Second prize are Cessna 150’s! I haven’t seen a raffle like this before where there are TWO different planes that can be won!
https://rafflecreator.com/pages/26397/flying-wings-of-louisiana-airplane-raffle-2022
Thanks for posting this on the list Pat!
Just FYI, Flight Club 502 prize for 2021 was awarded, per a notice on their home page, https://www.flightclub502.org/.
Hello Pat thanks you so much for posting the Flying Wings raffle. However, could you please change the raffle date to read drawing date instead of closes date. At first glance people might think it’s closed. Thanks again and keep up the great work.