Five state-managed airports in Washington state — Woodland, Lower Granite, Stehekin, Easton and Sullivan Lake — are slated to receive a new airport layout plan (ALP) during the next two years. This is the first step toward making five, 10 and 20-year plans for improvement projects at these airports. To develop the ALPs and narrative reports, […]
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Free pilot refresher course offered at GMU March 29
Has it been a long time since the last time you’ve flown? Would you love to regain your knowledge and get ready for summer? Stratos Aviation will be conduct a pilot refresher course on Saturday, March 29, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm in the Greenville Downtown Airport’s main terminal building’s first floor conference room. […]
Million Air Houston slates grand opening
HOUSTON – Million Air Houston (HOU), part of the UVair FBO Network, will celebrates the opening of its new FBO facility at Hobby Airport with a grand opening event March 21. Planned events include runway fashion shows, display of aircraft and luxury cars. The recent reconstruction more than doubles the size of Million Air’s ramp, with […]
Soaring Expo at Museum of Flight
SEATTLE — Soaring Expo, the Seattle Glider Council’s annual celebration of the world of silent flight, is at The Museum of Flight the weekend of March 22-23. Special exhibits include full-size gliders, radio-controlled gliders, flight simulators and a full-scale mock-up of a revolutionary glider being developed to break the world altitude record for unpowered aircraft. […]
Missed by history: Jerrie Mock
Quick, name the most famous female aviator of all time? Of course your answer was Amelia Earhart, a revolutionary figure in aviation with a tragic story to boot. However, blogger Todd McClamroch contends that Jerrie Mock should have been in your decision set. Wait … Jerrie Who? On March 19, 1962, Mock, an airport manager in […]
‘Follow’ Jerrie Mock’s historic solo flight around the world — 50 years later
To help celebrate Jerrie Mock’s 50th anniversary as the first woman to fly solo around the world, you can follow her “progress” on Twitter and Facebook. From March 19 to April 17, the folks behind Fly 38Charlie, a book about Mock’s adventures, will post updates of where Jerrie was, 50 years ago, on her record […]
CAP joins search for missing Malaysian airliner
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – “It’s a normal search and rescue mission,” said Lt. Col. John Henderson of Civil Air Patrol’s role in the search for missing Malaysia Airline Flight 370. Henderson, a radar analyst for the U.S. Air Force’s 84th Radar Evaluation Squadron (RADES) at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is vice commander […]
TBM 900 unveiled
DAHER-SOCATA has unveiled the newest member in its TBM family of single-engine turboprop business aircraft – the TBM 900. Developed during a more than three-year program involving 160,000 research and development hours, along with 200 hours of flight testing, the TBM 900 has been certified and will be ready for deliveries beginning this month, according […]
Honoring 50 years of flight for ‘Steady Ed’
Fifty years were put into context for Semiahmoo. Wash., pilot Ed Brown recently when he was awarded the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award by the FAA. According to a report at NorthernLight.com, Brown, 76, has been in the flying business since the early ’60s. His career began in the cockpit of an Ercoupe but eventually landed […]