Kissimmee Air Museum, located at the Florida’s Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) will have a visiting VIP (Very Important Plane) during the holiday season: The Collings Foundation’s rare F4U-5NL Corsair. Its distinctive gull wing design and prestigious combat history make the Vought F4U-5NL Corsair one of the most famous fighters built during World War II and […]
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Florida Air Museum gets grant for restoration/preservation activities
The Florida Air Museum on the Sun ‘n Fun campus on Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL) has received a $30,000 grant that will be used to build facilities to support its aircraft restoration and preservation activities. The grant, awarded by the Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust, will be used to enhance existing facilities at the museum’s […]
Have a story about flying in Canada’s North? Add it to Ice Pilots website
Reality television’s latest stars are the people and planes of Buffalo Airways, featured in the new History Television series, Ice Pilots NWT. Bringing a new dimension to reality television, the Ice Pilots NWT website, introduces an interactive story map to which visitors can upload personal stories about flying in Canada’s North. In addition to these […]
Super Drifter updated
After buying all the rights to the Drifter series of light aircraft kits, Lockwood Aircraft has been delivering kits, but also evaluating the design. Drifter is widely known as a hard-working recreational aircraft and a common use is flying on floats. With a new change, Lockwood Aircraft officials say they have noticeably improved the flight […]
Is your airport on the endangered list?
For the past 10 years I have been hearing from readers concerned about their airports. Usually it begins with a phone call from someone who is upset because “they” are trying to close the airport. Sometimes “they” have names. Other times they don’t. The names and locations of the airports change, but often the issues […]
Zenith responds to airworthiness freeze
The fatal crash of a homebuilt Zodiac CH-601XL last month has prompted the FAA to freeze the issuance of new airworthiness certificates for the design. The accident was the sixth attributed to an in-flight break up. The timing of the crash is poignant, as it came one day before the FAA issued a Special Airworthiness […]
Aircraft Spruce offers holiday shopping
Aircraft Spruce has a selection of portable GPS, pilot supplies, headsets, avionics, instruments, wheels, tires, oil, filters, books, DVDs, and aviation software — more than 60,000 product relating to aviation for those on your holiday gift lists. Within the Pilot Supply section of its website, a gift section is available where products are sorted by […]
Ironshore enters aviation insurance market
Ironshore Specialty Co. is entering the aviation insurance market, according to a report at BusinessInsurance.com. The story notes that Ironshore will offer coverage to general aviation, airlines, aviation manufacturers, airports, aviation refuelers, FBOs, and corporate aircraft.
Today’s Waco: A winning combination
An open cockpit airplane is fun, whether it was built last week or 50 years ago. But when you take a classic design and make it from modern materials, you have a winner all around. That’s the formula pursued by the Waco Classic Aircraft Co. in Battle Creek, Mich. “The Waco harkens back to a […]