Over Labor Day weekend, nearly 100 students from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta descended upon Dekalb-Peachtree Airport to load food and supplies destined for victims of Hurricane Katrina into GA aircraft owned by Angel Flight of Georgia volunteers. The students and Angel Flight officials bought more than $50,000 in food, medicine and bedding over the three-day […]
Let the good times roll
“I joke that when I was growing up, my mother always wanted me to be a good corporate wife,” says Gretchen Jahn, “because at the time that was one of the career options available to young women.” But, says Jahn, who is now CEO of Mooney Airplane Co., her parents let her know that was […]
‘Memphis Belle’ to Dayton
After 59 years in her namesake city, the B-17 “Memphis Belle” is on the move. The Memphis Belle Memorial Association is giving the airplane to the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The first B-17 to complete 25 missions during World War II, the “Memphis Belle” was named after a […]
Pilots pitch in for hurricane relief
Pilots from all over the United States are donating their time, airplanes and resources to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. Shortly after the magnitude of the disaster became known, aviation organizations were deluged with requests from pilots who wanted to know how they could help. Most were told to contribute money to the Red Cross […]
California’s Buchanan Field saved from developers
Plans to demolish Buchanan Field Airport (CCR) in the San Francisco Bay area and replace it with an urban village have been withdrawn because developers were not able to find suitable land for a replacement airport. Redeveloping the property, which included creating a community with 6,000 new homes, was first suggested by Shapell Industries in […]
‘Memphis Belle’ finds new home in Dayton
After 59 years in her namesake city, the B-17 “Memphis Belle” is on the move again. In spring of this year the Memphis Belle Memorial Association made the decision to give the airplane to the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Strictly speaking, the airplane […]
History comes alive
Do you have a family member who served in World War II? Did you ever dress up in his or her uniform and ask about the war? There are some people who don’t outgrow the urge to try on uniforms – except now they are the ones telling the stories. They call themselves living historians […]
L-19 recovered from Minnesota lake
A 47-year-old mystery in Minnesota’s Green Lake was solved Aug. 13 when divers recovered a Cessna L-19 that’s been in the water since 1958. Capt. Richard Carey, a pilot in the National Guard, was flying over the lake in October 1958 when he radioed that he was low on fuel and had hit something. The […]
Engine malfunction grounds last airworthy Lockheed Constellation
Maintenance checks are supposed to uncover mechanical issues on the ground before they become emergencies in the air, so in that respect the recent engine run up of the Airline History Museum’s Lockheed Constellation was a success. The aircraft, known as “The Star of America,” is the only airworthy Constellation left and the star attraction […]