Northeast Florida Regional Airport (SGJ) has created a special website dedicated to the “Destination…Bahamas” event to be held on June 4 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. This is a free event, which will highlight ease of travel to and from the Islands of the Bahamas. The event is expected to attract not only the general aviation […]
WWI: The Air War
Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, Calif., will host a Living History Day Saturday, May 7, featuring “WWI: The Air War.” There will be five guest speakers moderated by historian J.R. Williams. The museum also will premiere a World War I documentary, “The Millionaires Unit,” presented by producers Ron King and Darroch Greer. World […]
Civil War exhibit at Curtiss Museum
The Conflict on Canvas: The Civil War Through the Eyes of the Artist will open at the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum Saturday, May 7. The exhibit will include paintings by several prominent local artists and prints from well-known American military artists. This second phase of the museum’s Civil War Exhibit will run through Sept. 5. […]
Paul Poberezny honored
When folks showed up for the annual Meet the FAA forum at Sun ’n Fun, they had no idea they would be part of a special tribute. After FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt spoke, Sun ’n Fun officials took over the podium and presented a tribute to Paul Poberezny, founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association, and […]
Price set for Flight Design C4
Flight Design’s new four-place plane, the C4, is being marketed with a global view. Customers will be able to choose from two engine options to best suit fuel availability and cost in their areas — a traditional aviation engine capable of running on auto fuel, or a turbo diesel engine operating on Jet A. And, […]
Flying for the Cure
A California father and his 12-year-old son are flying around the world in their homebuilt RV-8 to raise awareness about childhood cancers. After six years of building their own airplane, Julian, Calif., resident Stephan Armstrong and his son, Charlie, plan to fly their plane “SEE WORLD I” around the world to raise awareness for pediatric […]
Sun ’n Fun Radio goes global
Every year at Sun ’n Fun, a radio station run by volunteers keeps those attending the fly-in entertained, as well as up to date on what’s going on. This year it was especially important as the radio was used to broadcast emergency safety warnings about the tornado that hit the airport on Thursday, March 31. […]
Lycoming to power new Goodyear blimps
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will team up with another name rich in blimp history to replace its three U.S. airships with bigger, faster ones, according to an Associated Press story. The company will work with German manufacturer ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik to build three new blimps beginning in 2013. According to Lycoming officials, each blimp […]
Kansas governor proclaims May ‘Aviation Appreciation Month’
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has declared May “Aviation Appreciation Month,” noting general aviation in Kansas alone generates over $7 billion in economic impact annually, which is largely attributable to the presence of major manufacturing companies such as Cessna, Hawker Beechcraft and Bombadier. Selena Shilad, Executive Director of the Alliance for Aviation Across America (AAAA) stated, […]