Wil Esbenshade submitted this photo and note: “While providing an Angel Flight for a special child, this picture shows contentment when surrounded by all of your lovies!”
10 tips for a successful introductory flight
Many comparisons can be drawn between an airplane and a snake. One of the more benign is how getting close to either both fascinates and frightens people all within a heartbeat. I’ve raised snakes and flown airplanes and over the years I’ve learned that there’s just one goal in introducing either to the public: Make people want to have a close-up experience with them again.
FAA weather cameras go live in Maine
The FAA is now hosting 18 camera sites in Maine on its Weather Camera website, with plans to add more sites through 2023.
Registration opens for museum’s summer camps
Registration is now open for a variety of educational, inspirational, and fun half-day Summer Camps exploring everything aviation and space for grades K-12 at the San Diego Air & Space Museum.
Five win Cascade Warbirds scholarships
For more than a decade Cascade Warbirds has teamed with several flight schools in the Puget Sound area to provide scholarship recipients with tuition, books, and supplies to complete private pilot ground school, and two introductory instructional flights. Successful completion of the Private Pilot Ground School will qualify a student to take the FAA Private Pilot Written Exam.
Picture of the Day: Sunset over the runway
Dominic Giese submitted this photo and note: “Sunset flight to Grimes Field (I74) in Urbana, Ohio, in a Piper P100i.”
KSOP director named NC airport professional of the year
Ron Manness, who has served as director of Moore County Airport four times, was recently honored.
New aircraft mechanic school in the works for KCVG
Construction has begun on a new aircraft mechanic training facility at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (KCVG) that is expected to open in 2024.
Run to raise funds for aviation museum
The event is a fundraiser to support the Aviation Museum of N.H.’s youth education programs, which include an upcoming summer camp and a high school student plane-building project.