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 […]
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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, […]
Statue to honor aviation pioneer Ben Epps
A group of aviation buffs in Athens, Georgia, wants to give a pioneer Georgia pilot the recognition he deserves. Admirers and descendants of Ben Epps, an Athens native who, in 1907, became the first Georgian to fly, are planning to erect a statue of Epps outside Athens City Hall, across the street from the bicycle […]
Turbofan pioneer Sam Williams dies
Dr. Sam Williams, founder and chairman of Williams International, died June 22 at the age of 88, according to a statement issued by his company. The small, efficient fanjet engines that Dr. Williams developed are used widely on general aviation jet aircraft. The first of them, the FJ44-1A, was certified by the FAA in 1992 […]
Vintage plane prize in museum fundraiser
The 1940 Air Terminal Museum at Houston’s Hobby Airport will give away a vintage 1957 Cessna 172 July 18. Raffle tickets are available for $50 each. Ticket sales will end when 2,500 total tickets have been sold, or at noon on Friday, July 17, , whichever occurs first, according to museum officials. The winner will be drawn […]