April 16, 1972 is the date when U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Dan Cherry shot down an enemy plane piloted by Lt. Nguyen Hong My in the sky over Hanoi. On that day this year the two pilots were reunited as friends. The April 16 dedication of Aviation Heritage Park at Bowling Green, Kentucky, is […]
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USS Stockdale to be commissioned April 18
She’s not an aircraft carrier, which would be appropriate for the old Naval Aviator, but the Navy’s newest ship is named for the Navy’s highest ranking former resident of the Hanoi Hilton and embodies the spirit and patriotism of Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale, who received the Medal of Honor for his heroism as a […]
Newest airport security technology peers through clothes
“Forget the lost luggage, lousy food and tight- leg rooms. We are all going to go through the whole- body imager to show our naked-bodies in public, thanks to Al Qaeda,” warned Samuel Ampah writing in The Ghanaian Journal, of all places, on April 16. Ampah’s article concerns the Transportation Security Administration‘s introduction of “whole-body […]
Kansas Aviation Museum to open Boeing wing
Boeing and the Kansas Aviation Museum have become partners to renovate one wing of the museum, which will be renamed The Boeing Wing. The space will be used for rotating exhibits, the first of which will focus on the Boeing Radar Range story. The exhibit, which explains details of an experimental radar range once operated […]
Cirrus appoints Dauplaise vp-domestic sales
Cirrus Aircraft has appointed Jon Dauplaise vice president of domestic sales. He will be responsible for the Cirrus Aircraft North American direct sales team and the expansion of Cirrus sales in the United States and Canada. He joined Cirrus in December 2001, holding roles as corporate flight operations manager, regional sales manager-northern plains & Alaska, […]
Intrepid Museum named ‘Culture Spot’
NYC & Company, the official marketing, tourism and partnership organization for the city of New York, has named the newly restored Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum the “Culture Spot” for May. The museum, one of America’s leading historic, cultural and educational institutions, is located aboard the USS Intrepid, a 66-year-old aircraft carrier. The museum […]
Jack Hunter’s memory lives at the Blue Max Inn
Christine Mullen, owner of the Blue Max Inn, read about the recent death of the author of her inn’s namesake with great interest. “Jack Hunter was one of the past owners of the Blue Max,” she said, referring to the well-known bed and breakfast with double wraparound porches and views of downtown Chesapeake City, Maryland. […]
Galvin grows fleet
Galvin Flying Services in Seattle has added a Challenger 300 to its charter fleet. The fleet now totals eight aircraft, including King Airs, Lear Jets and a Challenger 604. The Challenger 300 seats nine passengers and has a range of 3,200 NM. The super mid-size wide body jet can travel from Seattle to anywhere in […]
Honeywell working on PC-12 avionics fix
Honeywell said on April 14 that it expects to have a fix in place by the end of the third quarter that will remove temporary restrictions placed on Primus-Apex-equipped Pilatus PC-12NG aircraft earlier in April. The European Aviation Safety Agency issued an emergency airworthiness directive against the integrated avionics suite on April 3, alerting operators […]