Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana, Calif., will host dozens of rare Porsche 356 sports cars as part of “Cars & Cockpits Day,” scheduled for Sunday, April 3, from 10-11 a.m. at the facility, located on the west side of the runway at John Wayne Airport in Orange County. The classic Porsche 356 vehicles will […]
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Great Bend, Kansas: The center of the aviation universe
If a coast to coast flight is in your future, chances are good that you’ll make a stop at Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD) in Great Bend, Kansas. “If you look at a map of the United States you will notice that Great Bend, Kansas, is just about in the dead center of the country. […]
That’s one way to find a hangar…
In this time of high-tech electronic advertising in the form of banner ads and email, it’s refreshing when someone takes a low-tech approach to getting the message out, like walking around a trade show with a hand-made sign. Spirit Olivier from Seattle Stair and Design spent the weekend of Feb. 26-27 walking around the Northwest […]
AOPA pays tribute to air traffic controllers
To a pilot in trouble, there is often no more helpful cockpit resource than the air traffic controller on the other end of the radio. That’s why the AOPA Foundation’s Air Safety Institute joined the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) at the annual Archie League Awards Banquet Wednesday night during NATCA’s annual Communicating For […]
Ron Hall named 2011 AEA Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
Ron Hall of Duncan Aviation has received the 2011 AEA Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honor bestowed on an Aircraft Electronics Association member. Hall grew up in the small town of Winfield, Kan., about 45 miles southeast of Wichita. It was there that he was introduced to the basics of electricity and electronics. As a […]
A pilot comes home late…
Thanks to General Aviation News columnist Ben Visser for forwarding along this story from a canard builders: A pilot comes home late… He left home about 8:30 a.m. to do some work in his hangar at the airport with his friends. On the way out the door he answered his wife’s “what time will you […]
Sun ‘n Fun commemorates 9/11 anniversary
Sun ‘n Fun will commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11 during this year’s International Fly-In & Expo, which will be held March 29–April 3 at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL) in Lakeland, Florida. Sun ’n Fun’s commemorative activities focusing on the events that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001, will lead up to – and be […]
AEA convention officially opens
Nearly 1,400 avionics manufacturers, dealers, installers and other general aviation professionals have converged at the 54th annual AEA International Convention & Trade Show, at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nev., scheduled from March 22-25. The AEA convention is the preeminent venue dedicated solely to the general aviation avionics industry. Not open to the public, […]
Cessna Pilot Center instructor named CFI of the Year
Judy Phelps of CP Aviation has been named Certified Flight Instructor of the Year for 2011 by the General Aviation Awards program. CP Aviation is a Cessna Pilot Center in Santa Paula, Calif. “All of us at Cessna are very proud of Judy for this honor, proud of her work as one of our nation’s […]