EAU CLAIRE, Wisc — U-Fuel, an aviation fuel systems provider, has named Kent Misegades its Aviation Sales Representative. U-Fuel introduced self-service fuel stations to aviation in the 1980s. Misegades has worked as an aerospace engineer for three decades and is an award-winning aviation speaker and writer. He is an authority on aviation fuels and co-author […]
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Apache Longbow at Copperstate
Copperstate Fly-In, slated for Oct. 21-23 at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport in Arizona, will feature the Air National Guard AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter among the aircraft on display at its 38th annual fly-in. The Longbow will be on static display during the fly-in and the soldiers who fly and maintain it will be available […]
GA: The largest airline in the world
Small airports often make big business possible. That was the message delivered by Victor Bird, director of the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission, at the Norman Chamber of Commerce’s annual Aviation Breakfast, held inside the OU hangar at Max Westheimer Airport, according to a report at NewsOK.com. During his talk, he compared general aviation to “the largest […]
Code of Ethics unveiled by Flight School Association
The Flight School Association of North America (FSANA) has released a new Code of Ethics. This code will help flight school owners, operators and managers to advance the business of flight training at their respective firms, association officials said, adding the Code of Ethics is the starting point for the FSANA Flight Training Accreditation Program […]
Nobles among us
Jamie Beckett is a CFI and A&P mechanic who stepped into the political arena in an effort to promote and protect GA at his local airport. I spent Friday and Saturday last week moderating a special event at Fantasy of Flight, the site of Kermit Weeks’ personal aircraft collection, in Polk City, Florida. The two-day […]
Flying Heritage Collection keeps ’em flying
An airplane that is flown on a regular basis stays healthy. The folks at the Flying Heritage Collection at Snohomish County Airport Paine Field (PAE) north of Seattle know this only too well. That’s what it holds Free Fly Days to show off the collection’s airworthy World War II aircraft. The collection, created by Microsoft […]
Old Rhinebeck air show dedicated to Glenn Curtiss draws crowds
Nearly 700 people came out to Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome for the air show Oct. 9 to commemorate the innovative spirit of Glenn H. Curtiss and his historic flight in the Albany Flyer from Albany to Manhattan in 1910. The show was produced and sponsored by the Hudson River Valley Institute (HVRI) and the Hudson River […]
Anonymous owner donates jet to bring dying man home
Anthony Napoleone is back home in Maine, thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor who granted the 28-year-old dying man’s wish by providing a private jet staffed with nurses and stocked with medical equipment and covering all expenses of his flight, according to a report at Salina.com. The story quotes Napoleone’s mother: “It’s amazing […]
Kestrel Aircraft takes off
Alan Klapmeier is back. The co-founder of Cirrus Aircraft is now at the helm of Kestrel Aircraft, a new company that plans to complete certification of the former Farnborough F1, a six-place composite turboprop that’s been under development in the United Kingdom since 2002. Klapmeier, known in the GA industry as a visionary, left Cirrus […]