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Hiller Aviation Museum makes good use of their helicopter for festive occasions, from holding Halloween pumpkin drops to providing a dramatic arrival for holiday luminaries such as Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. To mark Thanksgiving, the helicopter will once again go aloft, this time for a “Turkey Toss,” but no actual turkeys — nor people on the ground — need fear this event.
The “Turkey Toss” takes tongue-in-cheek inspiration from a famous episode of the 1970s sitcom “WKRP,” about a radio station’s Thanksgiving promotion gone afoul. In the episode, the station’s boss sends live turkeys out of a helicopter in flight, billing it as a turkey giveaway.
The museum’s event page features dialogue and a clip from the show, in which viewers are told that the “WKRP” turkey drop involved a hail of the massive birds “bombing” a shopping center and sending customers screaming. However, the feathered friends taking a short flight from Hiller’s helicopter will be small, squishy turkey-shaped toys, according to information about the event.
Families can also take part in a turkey “hunt,” searching for turkeys hidden throughout the museum. Those who find all the hidden turkeys win a prize.
Nov. 27, 11 a.m.- noon, at Hiller Aviation Museum, 601 Skyway Road, San Carlos. hiller.org.
