You know the classic Twin Beech Model 18, right? It has twin tails, a tailwheel, and a bit of a pug nose. That is until Pacific Airmotive took it into its Burbank shop and created a tricycle-gear, single-tail, high-forehead pointy-nose business aircraft and commuter airliner in the 1960s from this pre-war design. Called the Tradewind […]
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Glacier Girl survives its own ice age
Any P-38 Lightning fighter of World War II is a crowd-pleaser. The Lightning called “Glacier Girl” amped that enthusiasm even higher at SUN ‘n FUN 2018. “Glacier Girl” was literally frozen in time from 1942 to 1992. Part of a flight of six brand-new P-38s and two B-17s heading to Europe to bolster American forces, […]
MZeroA offers free Private Pilot Blueprint book
MZeroA’s Jason Schappert was just 8 years old when he attended his first SUN ’n FUN. “This is my hometown airshow,” he says. “My parents would take me when I was little and now I do that with my kids. It’s a family tradition. SUN ’n FUN has a lot of meaning for us.” Of […]
Building Chris’s Bliss
Members of The Lakeland Aero Club are building an experimental Sonex Motorglider to fulfill a father’s promise. When Leslie Johnson made plans to build a Sonex Motorglider with his son, no one knew his son Chris had cancer. “The garage was set up with tools, supplies, workbenches, you name it,” said Lakeland Aero Club Director […]
Historic plane finds a home at an historic place
For Mike Cifelli, three’s the charm. The Long Island resident owns three airplanes: A Bonanza, a Piper Cub, and a 1942 Stearman. “The wife and I, we travel,” he explains. “The Bonanza is what we use to travel, but the Stearman’s just a plane that you can get in and, when you have no place […]
Video: Goodbye Fish-Eye
Our friends at FunPlacesToFly.com just posted this video, which shows a comparison between the Field of View Settings of Wide versus Linear on GoPro Session 5 cameras. “We mounted two cameras, side-by-side on the strut of our Cessna,” says Smitty Smith, the force behind FunPlacesToFly.com, “one set with a field of view of Wide and […]
Lyman Ward Military Academy makes the grade
Since 1898, the Lyman Ward Military Academy has been molding boys into men. New for the 2018-2019 academic year, the boarding school in Camp Hill, Ala., has added flight training to its list of activities and academic offerings. The three students enrolled in the nascent flight training program are at SUN ‘n FUN with two […]
Aviation photography tips from a pro
Millions of photographs will be taken during this year’s airshow season, with many shared online. Want to make sure your photos stand out from the crowd? How about a few pointers from a professional photographer who specializes in aviation? Hayman Tam is a long-time contributor to General Aviation News, who was gracious enough to offer […]
Hangar evokes Captain America
With a decorative star and patriotic blue front, you might think this hangar home is owned by Captain America. But it is actually owned by Jim Weitman of Weitman Excavation in Sherwood, Ore., along with his wife Star, who live on a private grass airstrip just outside of North Plains, Ore. The couple say flying brings […]