While ASA is a company that sells to pilots around the world, it is also a small, family-owned U.S.-based business.
Five Iowa pilots honored with Wright Brothers award
It was a somewhat unusual day at the Keokuk Municipal Airport (KEOK)” on April 20, when five pilots received the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Awards: Cecil Schenk, Donald Lindholm, Arnold Spersflage, Dennis Morton, and Robert McDowell.
Children’s book born from family’s love of aviation
Her love of flying was inspired by her father, but the idea for her new book was from her son, who proudly proclaims to the world “My Mama is a pilot.”
First flight: Solar-powered Skydweller
Skydweller, an uncrewed solar-powered aircraft that has a wingspan greater than a 747, completed its first flight April 4, 2024. According to company officials, the aircraft, took off, flew, and landed by itself, without humans on board or in control, from Stennis International Airport (KHSA) in Bay St Louis, Mississippi.
High school program creates pilots
During the two-year program, the high school students earn their private pilot certificate and instrument rating — at no cost to their families.
The door man for hangars
Mike Schweiss, the founder of Schweiss Doors, says his company sells the “Cadillac of doors.”
A different kind of fly-in
Based off the Airbnb model, Fly-Inn.com lists properties for short-term rentals for general aviation pilots.
Preparing for your checkride
A new post on Sporty’s Flight Training Central offers six tips to help pilots prepare for their checkride, as well as a list of Do’s and Don’ts.
10 Best Aviation Museums in the U.S.
And while there are other “of course this museum is on this list,” there are some that may surprise you, such as the #2 pick, the TWA Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.