“Success breeds success,” says Georgetown Country Airport Manager Jim Taylor said, pointing out that the airport is on a winning streak of attracting new businesses to the 680-acre former World War II military training base located between Myrtle Beach and Charleston in South Carolina.
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Tips for an aviator’s visit to a coastal South Carolina town
An aviator’s visit to Georgetown, South Carolina, properly begins in the air.
Beech Party 2023: Celebrating 50 years
“It was another epic event with more than 140 aircraft and more than 800 guests from Japan, California, Maine, Florida, Texas, and many more of our states across the nation,” said Jody Curtis, the museum’s executive vice president.
Warm weather welcomes San Francisco Fleet Week crowds
A brief heat wave provided unseasonably warm conditions for the expected 1 million spectators gathered in San Francisco to enjoy the 2023 Fleet Week festivities and watch the weekend air show that is the highlight of the event.
Video: A good old-fashioned fly-in
Just posted to YouTube is a short video with highlights from Ranger Airfield’s 16th Old School Fly-In & Airshow.
Many happy returns for long-time Reno air race fans
As the final flag comes down in Reno for the National Championship Air Races, veteran reporter Frederick A. Johnsen looks back at the many years of racing in the Nevada desert.
Fly-in turns into work party
While the four-day event is typically an annual gathering of EAA Chapter 631 and friends from the Recreational Aviation Foundation, many of those attending found time to help out with some projects on the airfield.
Sock it to me
After reading a magazine article back in 2016 on the risk of “hangar rash” damage to the thin, trailing edges of composite propeller blades, David Ortero decided — “before even closing the magazine” — to buy covers to protect his new Whirlwind GA200L. The only problem was, that in scouring the internet, it appeared that nobody made such a thing. So Ortero simply went to his workshop and made his own.
Vintage Bardahl Special has some new tricks
The 2023 National Championship Air Races attracted a number of vintage racing aircraft to the final event held at storied Reno/Stead Field (KRTS), including the pristine white P-51D Mustang known as the Bardahl Special.