STRATFORD, Conn. — Members of the Connecticut Air & Space Center Museum have begun the process of cleaning and restoring the historic Curtiss Hangar at Sikorsky Memorial Airport.According to museum officials, the Curtiss Hangar is an integral part of Connecticut’s aviation history, a site visited by aviation pioneers such as Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Howard […]
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Airship Ventures folds
On Nov. 14 Airship Ventures, operator of the world’s largest passenger airship, announced it was ceasing operations immediately. Airship Ventures, founded in 2007, brought a Zeppelin NT (“New Technology”) airship to the USA for flight-seeing, science missions, media and advertising operations. Since 2008 the airship Eureka operated out of Moffett Field in Sunnyvale, Calif. The […]
CALPILOTS Nov./Dec. newsletter online
The November/December 2012 edition of the California Pilots Association newsletter is online and can be downloaded here.
Tree of Hope collection day this weekend
Toy collection for the Tree of Hope in Minnesota is slated for this Saturday, Dec. 1. Tree of Hope was started 23 years ago by Ray and Celeste Shefland, who noticed that there were many children who spent time in the hospital over the holidays. The pilots asked their aviation friends to help bring some […]
TBM annual gathering breaks records
The ninth convention of the the TBM Owners and Pilots Association (TBMOPA) surpassed all previous records with the presence of 95 TBM 700s and TBM 850s for its annual gathering, which was held this year at Amelia Island, Florida. The TBMs landed at Fernandina Beach Airport, and some 275 total attendees participated in the Oct. […]
Aero-Space Reports signs on as AOPA strategic partner
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has signed a new Strategic Partner agreement with Aero-Space Reports, Inc., an aircraft title and escrow service. The Oklahoma City-based company becomes AOPA’s third Strategic Partner, joining Enterprise Holdings (Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental, Alamo Rent A Car) and Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co. “The outstanding customer service […]
Spokane Airways shutting down
Spokane Airways, which provides private aircraft maintenance, flight training and small aircraft charters at Spokane International Airport in Washington state, is closing its hangar doors after 25 years in business. According to a report at the Spokesman-Review, owner Dick Chastek, 80, is retiring at the end of December and closing a business he’s helped run […]
ACONE aviation safety lecture series kicks off
The First Annual Reese Dill Aviation Safety Lectureship Series Celebration, sponsored by the Aero Club of New England (ACONE), kicked off Wednesday, Nov. 14, with a presentation by Patty Wagstaff, six-time member of the US Aerobatic Team, gold, silver and bronze medalist, and first woman to win the title of US National Aerobatic champion. The […]
Bluegrass gathering for International Cessna 195 Club
Story and Photos By KEVIN GARRISON Low ceilings, wet-gusty weather and cool temps did not keep dozens of beautiful Cessna 195s and their owners from flying to Frankfort, Kentucky, for their 42nd yearly gathering on the last weekend of September. Nothing sounds quite like a round engine. Capital City Airport (FFT) was bathed in the […]