For airport manager Margaret Pittman, the ever-changing nature of her work at Marion County Regional Airport (KMAO) in South Carolina, has been the best part of her more than three decades in the job. To demonstrate the variety of airport life she pointed to the aircraft parked in front of the terminal on the day General […]
Learning to manage an airport from the ground up
Melissa Huffman got her foot in the door at Virgil I. Grissom Memorial Airport (KBFR) in Bedford, Ind., a few years ago by cleaning up the place. Today, she is the airport assistant manager. Huffman said a chance meeting with Grissom Airport Manager Ray Sexton at the local store where she was working marked the […]
The Triple Tree ’15 experience
The organizers at Triple Tree Aerodrome in Woodruff, S.C., have a pleasant problem. Their annual fly-in has such a remarkably good reputation in the flying community that expectations for more and better activities grow with each successful year. And the recently completed Sept. 9-13 event was no exception. This year more than 320 planes flew […]
Tips from a backcountry flying expert
Mountain flying instructor Joe Kuberka drew one of the largest groups of the week for his Alaska presentation at this year’s SUN ’n FUN fly-in. The turnout for his session about flying from the Lower 48 to Alaska topped 75 aviators. With good humor and a lively photo presentation, Kuberka did not disappoint, honing in on safety and […]
MT-Propeller’s new prop a hit
German manufacturer MT-Propeller planned only an introduction of its newest model at SUN n’ FUN 2015. But sales began almost from the moment the five-blade MTV-27 model was placed on display. “We were just hoping to show the propeller at SUN ‘n FUN and hoped for sales later, but we sold eight of them priced […]
Visiting where it all began
The Wright Brothers National Memorial on North Carolina’s Outer Banks ranks at or near the top of practically every aviator’s list of must-visit destinations. The Memorial is also recognized as one of the nation’s top educational experiences for visitors of all ages. The Visitor Center, only a short distance north of the famed resort of […]
Modifying your Cessna for the better
The more we like our airplanes, the more it seems we want to modify them for the better. This is particularly true for Cessna owners whose aircraft may not have rolled through the hangar door with all the bells and whistles standard on newer planes. My 1956 Skyhawk is typical of this group and has […]