It takes a lot more than a coat of paint to restore a vintage warbird to award-winning status. According to Eric Hokuf, owner of Aircorps Aviation in Bemidji Minnesota, it’s important to transport people back to the time of the aircraft’s heyday. Hokuf’s shop did the restoration work on “Twilight Tear,” the P-51D that is […]
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AOPA urges vigilance as 9/11 approaches
With the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks approaching and aviation security in focus, AOPA is urging pilots to review steps to take to stay vigilant, keep their aircraft secure, and report any suspicious activity they observe around the airport. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued an advisory in which it said […]
The problem with predictions
Aviation International News blogger Jeff Burger writes an entertaining post about all the current predictions surrounding GA, noting: “Rarely a week goes by when I don’t receive a report outlining how quickly the corporate aviation field will rebound, how many business jets will be sold over the next few years or what percent of the […]
Happy Birthday, Paul Poberezny!
Experimental Aircraft Association founder Paul Poberezny celebrates his 90th birthday Sunday, Sept. 11. EAA will be celebrating on the AirVenture grounds most of the day Sunday, even promising to open ConocoPhillips Plaza for aircraft wishing to fly in to Wittman Regional Airport (OSH). Planned activities include a pancake breakfast, AirVenture Museum open house throughout the […]
Zenith builders to learn about engine choices
Two engine seminars will be held at Zenith Aircraft Co.’s 20th annual Open Hangar Day and Fly-In next weekend, Sept. 16-17) at its kit manufacturing facility in Mexico, Missouri. In addition to looking at Zenith’s planes and touring the factory, visitors will be able to learn about engine choices for powering the two-seat LSA-class Zenith […]
Flight Design delivers newest model
On Aug. 24, David Williams, of the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department traveled to Flight USA headquarters in Woodstock, Conn., to pick up the department’s new CTLE. He and Lt. Marsh Carter accepted the keys and flew the CTLE back to California. “The Tulare County Sheriff’s Department will be the first agency in the U.S. to […]
Embry-Riddle plans grand opening for new aviation complex
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will celebrate a milestone in its ongoing construction campaign — the completion of the final three buildings in the James Hagedorn Aviation Complex — with a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 9, in the courtyard of the complex at the Daytona Beach campus. The new, high-tech […]
Aviation High School grad lands at Dynon Avionics
Natalie Nason entered Seattle’s Aviation High School with its inaugural class in 2004 and graduated with that group in 2008. She then enrolled at Rocky Mountain College, majoring in communications, with a minor in business management/aviation, and graduated Magna Cum Laude in three years. Her first job out of college is with Dynon Avionics. Aviation […]
Fly the distance with NextGen: In the beginning there was fire
By JEFFREY BOCCACCIO. (This is the second in a series of articles looking at the impact of NextGen on GA pilots.) The Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) is rapidly approaching and, as astute pilots, we need to start preparing for what influence this new system may have on our day-to-day flying. Using the word […]