Charles Stockton was unpacking Christmas decorations this year and discovered a copy of General Aviation News he picked up 15 years ago while traveling though Seattle. He and his lifelong friend, who was dying of cancer, were on a whirlwind one-year tour of the country. Boeing was on the list to see and while there […]
GA’s ‘five Ts’ for 2011
In the spirit of the aviation mnemonic that uses “the five Ts” to remember what comes next on an instrument approach, a report at AOPA.org noted that taxes, technology, training, tetraethyl lead, and tracking of aircraft by Internet users highlighted a checklist of issues facing general aviation in 2011. Check it out here.
NTSB sets agenda for hearing on airshow safety
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has set the preliminary agenda for a one-day hearing on airshow and air race safety. The hearing, which is open to all and free to attend (there is no registration), will be held Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. The NTSB has invited to the proceedings, titled “Air Race and Air […]
Kestrel may land in Wisconsin
Kestrel Aircraft Co. — led by founder and former head of Cirrus Aviation, Alan Klapmeier — may soon be building a manufacturing plant in Superior, Wis. According to the Superior Telegram, the Klapmeier has been in negotiations with the Wisconsin city since mid-July about the project. Read the full report here.
New WAI scholarships available
Despite the deadline to apply for a Women in Aviation International scholarship having come and gone, two new scholarships are now available for 2012. These new scholarships bring the total to 73 individual scholarships valued at $520,900 to be awarded to WAI members. “These generous scholarship sponsors don’t want to wait a year to award […]
LSA to fight fires in Ecuador
A fire fighting department located 8,300 feet above sea level in the Ecuadorian Andes has acquired a Flight Design Light-Sport Aircraft as its aerial support unit. With support from John Hurst and Jeremy Endsley of Sebring Aviation, the Basin Fire Department began operations at the Mariscal La Mar airport. Hurst and Endsley, representing the Southeastern […]
Inside look at Blackhawk sim
LiveAirShowTV got a rare opportunity to get an inside look at the only Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk simulator at Fort Hood, Texas. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bryan Lee, son of LiveAirShowTV President Jeff Lee, arranged for “flight time” in this full motion simulator. “This kind of training has been instrumental during our experience as Army Aviators,” […]
See the Focke Wulf-190 in flight
Germany’s infamous Focke Wulf-190, aka the “Butcher Bird,” will be the subject of Planes of Fame Air Museum’s first Living History Flying Event of 2011 Jan. 8. Although 20,000 FW-190 fighter planes were made during World War II, none had flown after the war until Focke Wulf Flugzeugbau began to manufacture new examples for collectors […]
World War I fighter pilot subject of museum lecture
On Jan. 14 at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Seattle author Don Ulmer will present a true story of love and war based upon his novella, “Where or When.” The presentation, “Voices of the Great War,” looks at the bittersweet tale about World War I aviator 1st Lt. Malcom Gunn and his childhood sweetheart […]