Lt. Col Bill Powley, a retired Air Force officer and mentor to thousands of Air Force Junior ROTC cadets, has been named winner of the 24th annual A. Scott Crossfield Aerospace Education Teacher of the Year Award. Powley will receive the award, along with a $1,500 cash stipend, at the National Aviation Hall of Fame […]
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1/4-scale flying boat replica at Florida Air Museum
A 1/4-scale replica of the Benoist XIV Flying Boat circa 1914 will debut at the Florida Air Museum at SUN ‘n FUN on Sunday, July 18. The replica comes to being from a partnership between the Florida Air Museum and students from Polk County Public School District’s Central Florida Aerospace Academy and was funded by […]
Cessna supports Special Olympics airlift
Cessna Aircraft Co. will have a Mobile Service Unit on standby to assist Citation owners participating in the 2010 Special Olympics USA National Games. Citation customers are donating their aircraft, pilots, and fuel to transport some 800 athletes and coaches from across the nation for the competition in Lincoln, Neb. Citations will deliver athletes on […]
Sam Graves to speak at Oshkosh Teacher’s Day
Missouri’s Congressman Sam Graves will be a featured guest speaker at the Build A Plane Teacher’s Day during AirVenture Oshkosh on Monday, July 26. Graves, a long-time pilot and aircraft homebuilder, is an active member of the House General Aviation Caucus. Build A Plane, a non-profit aviation education organization, in cooperation with the General Aviation […]
Museum opening to feature Capt. Haynes, B-17
SIOUX CITY, IOWA — Captain Al Haynes, pilot of United Airlines Flight 232 (which crash landed at the Sioux Gateway Airport in 1989) will be on hand at the grand opening of the the MidAmerica Museum of Aviation & Transportation‘s new facility located at Harbor Drive and Expedition Court, just north of the Sioux Gateway […]
Classic jets in Oshkosh Warbirds lineup
A variety of classic military jets, including the North American T-2 Buckeye (pictured above), are among the hundreds of Warbirds to be showcased at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010, July 26-Aug. 1. Other jets scheduled to appear are a North American F-86 Sabre, Douglas A-4B Skyhawk, Lockheed T-33 T-bird, Aero L-29 Delfin and L-39 Albatros, Cessna […]
Alaska controllers using NextGen
Air traffic controllers in Alaska are now officially using Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) technology to improve safety and efficiency in Alaska’s rugged terrain. The system — Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) — is a core technology under NextGen. “NextGen technology is already helping make aviation safer and more efficient,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray […]
Streaming live from Farnborough
Can’t make it to this year’s Farnborough International Airshow? You can see all the action on your computer or smartphone, courtesy of Flightglobal and FLIR Systems, who are teaming up to stream live video from the show. FLIR officials will use the Star SAFIRE HD, which will be based in the Flightglobal Media Chalet sited […]
Backcountry airstrips get a boost
Congressmen Denny Rehberg (Montana), Allen Boyd (Florida), Vernon Ehlers (Michigan), Mike Simpson (Idaho) and Walt Minnick (Idaho) have jointly introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives supporting recreational aviation and backcountry airstrips on America’s public lands. “With 147,000 square miles, there are plenty of places in Montana that you just can’t get to by […]