CubCrafters has named Randy Lervold as its new General Manager. He will lead daily operations and drive long term planning for the company, which manufactures the Sport Cub S2, the Sport Cub, the Super Sport Cub, and the Top Cub. For more information: CubCrafters.com
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Disabled veterans contribute to Veterans Airlift Command
The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust recently awarded a $35,000 grant to the Veterans Airlift Command, itself a charity which coordinates a national network of volunteer aircraft owners and pilots to provide air transportation for medical and other compassionate purposes to wounded service members and their families. It was the second grant awarded […]
Museum exhibit honors World War II aces
Seattle’s Museum of Flight is the home of the American Fighter Aces Association and holds their collections and archives. Opening June 27, a new exhibit draws from that resource to portray the World War II military experience of fighter ace Maj. James C. Stewart and fellow pilots in the famous 56th Fighter Group, acclaimed for […]
Teenage girls learn about aviation
The Aviation Heritage Center of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, held its annual Fly Girls workshop during the week of June 22-26, an event designed to help introduce teenage girls to aviation. The 29 girls who attended were taught about aerodynamics, flight planning and weather, and were provided with tours of the airport before being given a […]
Klapmeier bids for Cirrus jet
Former Cirrus Design CEO Alan Klapmeier is making a bid to acquire the rights to manufacture and sell the Vision SF 50 single-engine jet, according to a June 26 news flash from the AVweb on-line newsletter. A source close to the negotiations, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AVweb that Klapmeier announced he has […]
Aerosmith Aviation celebrates 20th anniversary
This year marks the 20th year of business for East Texas-based completion center Aerosmith Aviation. The repair station, owned by Wayne Smith and Scott Moore, services a wide variety of business jets and general aviation aircraft. “We’ve come a long way since 1989,” says Sales and Marketing Director Joy Haugh. “Aerosmith’s paint and interior completions […]
Hartzell Aerospace debuts
Tailwind Technologies Inc. of Piqua, Ohio, has formed Hartzell Aerospace, which will serve as the consolidating platform for the aerospace companies Tailwind owns along with its general aviation business, Hartzell Propeller Inc. Tailwind has acquired a variety of aerospace-related companies, including Industrial Tube Company, Electrofilm Manufacturing Company and AcousticFab. These companies make engineered products for […]
Boeing 40-C’s homecoming
The only flying Boeing 40-C will participate in the annual Jim Wright Memorial Stearman Fly-in at the Cottage Grove, Ore., airport July 31-Aug. 2, hosted by the Oregon Aviation Historical Society (OAHS). Restored and flown by Addison Pemberton of Spokane, Washington, this is the only flying example of this historic line of aircraft that ushered […]
Tulsa Regional Fly-In cancelled
The 53rd Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In, scheduled for September 18 and19 at Bartlesville Municipal Airport (BVO), Bartlesville, Oklahoma has been cancelled, the airport’s management said on June 23. “The Bartlesville Municipal Airport, also known as Frank Phillips Field, will undergo a complete 6200 ft. main runway overlay beginning June 29 and extending into late October, […]