The Warner Museum of Aviation and Transportation finally broke ground on April 13, after 20 years of overcoming obstacles to its preservation of the past and bringing aviation history home to Sioux City, Iowa. It’s been a long journey. “We had an air museum for four years before 9/11,” said WMAT Board of Directors member […]
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Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame Class of 2009 enshrined
On Saturday, April 18, four men with Michigan connections will be enshrined in the Air Zoo’s Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame. In the same ceremony, Duncan Aviation will be presented with the “Spirit of Flight” award, which highlights the outstanding achievements of aviation/space organizations. From a small Beechcraft distributorship in the 1950s to providing avionics […]
Passenger lands King Air after pilot dies
A passenger landed a twin-engine plane at Southwest Florida International Airport after the pilot died in flight, saving four lives, according to an April 13 Associated Press report in The Miami Herald. Federal Aviation Administration officials said the pilot died after takeoff in a King Air from Marco Island Executive Airport on April 12. The […]
Soo Aviaton pilot acted “beyond belief” in emergency landing
A flight instructor acted “beyond belief” when his plane’s engine seized and he had to make an emergency landing north of Sault Ste. Marie on April 9, according to an April 12 report in The Sault Star. Terry Bosman was flying with a student during a flight lesson in a Cessna 152 operated by Soo […]
Did Cessna Citation crash from pushing wrong button?
The 2007 crash of a Cessna Citation flying a University of Michigan medical team may have resulted from the copilot pushing the wrong button, says Max Trescott in an April 12 Detroit Free Press article. While the final NTSB report has not been issued, preliminary data include the possibility that the copilot turned on the […]
777th Boeing 777 delivered
If you believe in lucky sevens, you’ll be happy to fly aboard the Boeing 777 delivered to Air France on April 10. Tail number F-GZND (remember that, superstitious readers) is the 777th 777 turned out by Boeing. The new 777-300ER also is the first painted in a new Air France livery. Air France operates one […]
Nevada Legislature reconsidering safety at North Las Vegas
The Nevada State Senate has scaled back a resolution which originally called for Congressional action authorizing the Clark County Department of Aviation to usurp federal authority over local airspace. The current version calls for the formation of a “stakeholders group” to “enhance overall flight safety in the area.” The resolution came about owing to complaints […]
South Texas crash follows engine problem
A small plane crashed and burned in an orange grove near Edinburg, in South Texas, shortly after taking off early on April 9, killing the one person onboard, according to Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino s, who said the plane appeared to first clip power lines in Edinburg before going down. The 1979 Cessna 210 […]
Lancair’s Evolution completes major testing phase
Lancair International Inc., a manufacturer of high performance kit planes, recently successfully completed a lengthy series of pressurization tests of its new Evolution aircraft. The testing cycle surpassed by two-fold the aircraft’s design requirement, according to officials with the Redmond, Ore.-based company. The Evolution pressure vessel, a fully conforming production unit, included the main cabin […]