On July 28, 2007, the left wing of a Taylorcraft BF12-65 seaplane separated from the aircraft about 25 minutes after takeoff. Both the pilot and passenger were killed in the crash. Although the National Transportation Safety Board has not yet ruled on the cause of the crash, during the preliminary investigation it was discovered that […]
Copperstate Fly-In
The 35th annual Copperstate Fly-in, held at Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ) in Casa Grande, Ariz., Oct. 25 to 28, attracted hundreds of aircraft ranging from ultralights and classic designs to homebuilts, helicopters and warbirds. Those who sought information or were in the market for anything from a new airplane to new flight planning software […]
Red Tail Project launches teacher’s kit
If you want to teach children about aviation history, you have to make it interesting. That’s the goal of a new teachers’ kit developed by The Red Tail Project, a not-for-profit group dedicated to preserving the history of the Tuskegee Airmen and to inspiring children today through their story. The Tuskegee Airmen were African-Americans who […]
What to do when your world turns upside down
To many, the name Rich Stowell is synonymous with aircraft upset training, which should really be called “What To Do When Your World Turns Upside Down.” Stowell, author of the recently published “Stall/Spin Awareness,” was the National Flight Instructor of the Year in 2006 and the first CFI to become a Master Flight Instructor of […]
Changing the world — one plane at a time
If you eat, sleep and breathe aviation — especially its history — then you will enjoy “50 Aircraft That Changed the World,” a coffee-table book from Ron Dick and Dan Patterson. It chronicles some of the technological marvels of aviation, starting with the Wright brothers’ 1905 Flyer, through the two World Wars, through the development […]
Take a guided tour through GA’s most popular high-performance planes
There comes a time in every pilot’s life when he or she has the urge to fly — and later buys — an aircraft with retractable landing gear. The pilot who is serious about the experience would do well to read “Flying the Light Retractables,” by LeRoy Cook. The 130-page book contains information about a […]
What’s in your hangar?
How would you like it if you were on the waiting list to get a hangar at your airport and you knew that one of the current tenants used his hangar to store his motor home, a pool table, and parts of a car and old furniture — everything but an airplane? Chances are that […]
Kansas Air Tour begins to take shape
Plans for the 2008 Kansas Air Tour continue to evolve. The tour, which is slated for April of 2008, is, in part, a re-creation of the All Kansas Air Tour of 1928. “We wanted to fly the original route, but that is not possible,” noted Ed Young, director of aviation for the Kansas Department of […]
Search for Fossett suspended
About a month after Steve Fossett disappeared over the Nevada desert, the Civil Air Patrol suspended its search for the millionaire adventurer and pilot. Fossett disappeared Sept. 3 when he flew from a private airstrip in Yerington, Nev., in a Bellanca Decathalon and failed to return from what was supposed to be a three-hour flight. […]