Aviation and football fans alike turned out in droves to participate in Hiller Aviation Museum’s “Flying Football Fun Fest” before today’s Super Bowl. Children ran around with parachutes, similar to how some athletes train, remote-controlled robots controlled by children and adults participated in the Bot Bowl, and guests toured planes, among other activities, before the finale of hundreds of miniature footballs dropped via a low-flying helicopter.

According to the museum’s website, “Join the excitement of the big game as the Hiller Aviation Museum explores the combination of football and flight in a family-friendly extravaganza!” The fest was included in the regular admission price.

Miniature footballs are dropped out of a helicopter during the “Helicopter Football Drop” during the “Flying Football Fun Fest” at Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
Children race to grab miniature footballs during the “Helicopter Football Drop” during the “Flying Football Fun Fest” at Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
Children race to grab miniature footballs during the “Helicopter Football Drop” during the “Flying Football Fun Fest” at Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
A child grabs miniature football during the “Helicopter Football Drop” during the “Flying Football Fun Fest” at Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
Jacob Harper, 6, from Burlingame, participates in a “Parachute Training Run” during the “Flying Football Fun Fest” at Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
A plane takes off in front of onlookers during the “Flying Football Fun Fest” at Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
Zander Wood, 5, from Union City, wearing a Buffalo Bills’ Josh Allen jersey, jumps up to launch a rocket during the “Flying Football Fun Fest” at Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
Leah Pepito, 3, from Belmont, wearing a San Francisco 49ers’ Brock Purdy jersey, participates in a “Parachute Training Run” during the “Flying Football Fun Fest” at Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
People look at an Aero Commander 500-U “Shrike” airplane during the “Flying Football Fun Fest” at Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
Leo Pepito, 11, from Belmont, wearing a San Francisco 49ers “Faithful to the Bay” jacket, exits an Aero Commander 500-U “Shrike” airplane during the “Flying Football Fun Fest” at Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
Robots controlled by participants roll around the floor during “the “Bot Bowl” during the “Flying Football Fun Fest” at Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
Robots controlled by participants roll around the floor during “the “Bot Bowl” during the “Flying Football Fun Fest” at Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
People record a helicopter during the “Helicopter Football Drop” during the “Flying Football Fun Fest” at Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)