Thousands of young people will take to the sky on Saturday, June 11, as EAA volunteers continue an aviation tradition – International Young Eagles Day. The annual event brings together kids and pilots as part of the EAA Young Eagles program, which was founded in 1992 and has provided more than 1.6 million free demonstration […]
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WASPs speak at Aerosim Flight Academy
Students at Sanford, Fla.-based Aerosim Flight Academy students received a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity recently when two Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) were guest speakers at their school. Two members of WASP, Bernice “Bee” Haydu and Shirley C. Kruse, came to the academy to talk to students and staff about being a WASP before, during and […]
Museum plans Father’s Day activities
The Museum of Flight in Seattle will be filled with family activities in celebration of Father’s Day, June 19. Admission is free for all fathers with a coupon available at Dunn Lumber retail outlets, or online. The day’s events are sponsored by Dunn Lumber and the Master Builders Association. Coupons will be available in at […]
Qref syllabi, checkride checklists now free
As a founding member and an early provider of member benefits of the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE), Qref is now offering PDF versions of its syllabi and checkride checklists at no charge. Acting on a recommendation from SAFE’s training reform symposium, Qref joins ASA, Sporty’s, and SAFE in providing free syllabi. According […]
New CEO at Cessna
Scott Ernest, the new CEO at Cessna Aircraft Co., brings with him to Wichita nearly 30 years of experience working for GE Aviation. According to a blog at the Wichita Business Journal, “while some may be somewhat surprised that Textron brought in an outsider to replace Jack Pelton, Ernest’s hiring will keep an aviation mind […]
GA Appreciation Month in Mississippi
The Mississippi House of Representatives’ recently declared May “General Aviation Appreciation Month.” General aviation in Mississippi alone generates about $860 million in economic impact annually, supporting over 1,563 jobs. “We commend the Mississippi House of Representatives for recognizing the vital economic impact general aviation has across Mississippi,” Selena Shilad, Executive Director of the Alliance for […]
Amanda Franklin dies
Airshow performer Amanda Franklin died late May 27. According to a story at AOPA.org, doctors at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio had been treating her extensive burns, injuries, and ensuing infections since a March 12 crash landing and engine fire during a show routine. Read the full report here.
CAP transports vaccines to Joplin
As relief supplies continue to pour into Joplin, Mo., in response to the devastating tornado that struck a week ago, a special delivery arrived courtesy of the Missouri Wing of Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force auxiliary. At the request of the Missouri-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team, 200 doses of urgently needed tetanus vaccine […]
Angel Flight Northeast celebrates 15 years
Angel Flight Northeast (AFNE) is celebrating its 15th year of service. AFNE was founded by Larry Camerlin, an avid pilot and retired business owner along with Eugene Loubier, the former president and CEO of a Massachusetts-based hospital, with the intent to provide adults and children with free transportation to access life-saving medical care. “We are […]