Is there a difference between making plans to close an airport and asking the FAA to release a sponsor from the covenants on its deed? That’s what the users of Bowerman Field (HQM) in Hoquiam, Wash., want to know. Last month the news that the Port of Grays Harbor was seeking a way to be […]
A Warhawk Resurrection: Warhawks Inc. makes grand debut with award-winning P-40
Aircraft restoration is very much a niche market. One of the newest shops to open is also geared to one of the most beloved warbirds. Warhawks Inc., in Granite Falls, Minn., is dedicated to the restoration of Curtiss P-40 Warhawks. The company made its debut on the warbird scene at EAA AirVenture this summer with […]
‘Texas Raiders’ finally gets a hangar of its own: B-17 could be back in the air by next summer
Being on a waiting list for hangar space doesn’t do your aircraft any good while it’s sitting out on the ramp exposed to the elements. Finding indoor space is particularly difficult when your airplane is 75 feet long and has a 103-foot wingspan. Members of the Gulf Coast Wing of the Commemorative Air Force know […]
When the media attacks
There probably isn’t an airport in the world that didn’t get a visit or a phone call from its local newspaper or television station in the wake of the crash of an SR20 in New York City on Oct. 11. The crash killed Yankee relief pitcher Cory Lidle, 34, and Tyler Stanger, 26, a flight […]
Taylorcraft Aviation LCC has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy
The paperwork, filed Oct. 13, lists 23 creditors who are seeking a combined total of $847,400. The city of Brownsville, Texas, is listed as the largest creditor with a total of $108,000 owed for back rent for city-owned hangar space at Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport. Other creditors include the Internal Revenue Service, First National […]
Taylorcraft evicted
City officials in Brownsville, Texas, have filed a notice to vacate on Taylorcraft Aviation LLC. The notice, filed Sept. 29, was effective immediately, but as of Oct. 12, when this issue went to press, Taylorcraft was still in its location at Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport. City officials note that the eviction process was begun […]
GAN medical columnist dies in air show crash
Dr. Guy Baldwin, General Aviation News’ medical columnist, died Oct. 4 during an afternoon performance at the Tucumcari Air Show at the Tucumcari Municipal Airport (TCC) in New Mexico. Baldwin, 60, from Tulsa, Okla., was an Aviation Medical Examiner and an accomplished aerobatics pilot. He often performed in air shows in his Extra 300L. According […]
Airplane crash starts wildfire
The crash of a small airplane started a fire near the California side of Lake Tahoe last month. The fire consumed 20 acres of Plumas National Forest. According to Forest Service spokeswoman Tricia Christofferson, smokejumpers responding to the blaze found the burned aircraft and the remains of two people inside. The aircraft was tentatively identified […]
A dragon you don’t want to slay: Indianapolis man’s RV takes flight with the wings of a dragon
Larry Boggs from Indianapolis is used to having a crowd of people standing around his RV Super 8 at air shows. He’s also used to comments like “I think it bit me.” That’s because his RV sports a design of a dragon hatching out of an eggshell — a design so realistic that Harry Potter […]