A few minutes after midnight on December 6, 1953, four F-84D jet aircraft of the Georgia Air National Guard 128th Fighter Bomber Squadron crashed on their approach to Dobbins Air Force Base near Marietta, Georgia. Recently, a historic marker was placed near this site, to mark the crash and the subsequent findings that changed aircraft […]
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AOPA launches GA promotion featuring Harrison Ford
General aviation is an economic engine that pumps $150 billion into the United States economy each year, states an April 20 AOPA news release. In local communities, it brings outside business in, and lets local businesses extend their reach. It provides more than a million jobs nationwide and it provides services to all Americans through […]
Memorial Day forum slated at Flying Heritage Collection
A special Memorial Day forum at Paul G. Allen’s Flying Heritage Collection will feature a panel of veterans and military experts discussing the pivotal role that World War II bomber crews played in the outcome of the war. During the forum, slated to begin at 11 a.m., veterans will be honored at a ceremony. Veterans […]
Air show to benefit Alan Henley April 18-19
Alan Henley, the lead pilot of the AeroShell Aerobatic Team, was injured at home in July of last year when a chin-up bar gave way. He is paralyzed from the chest down. The idea for a benefit was born as the AeroShell team flew in a three-ship formation at last summer’s AirVenture. The image disturbed […]
6th annual Chili Fiesta fly-in set
If you like chili, grass airstrips or, better yet, both you’ll want to be at the Massey Aerodrome and Museum on May 9. Massey Aerodrome, which delights in its designation as MD1, is a turf airstrip in the northeastern corner of Maryland’s Eastern Shore where three retired airline pilots and a group of volunteers have […]
Where business aviation thrives
According to the Gulf News, published in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates business aviation sector is growing at a rate of 18% a year as the country becomes a hub for regional and international markets. “The current and projected growth of our aviation sector defies the odds of the global economic slowdown,” Sultan Bin […]
Wartime enemies meet again at Heritage Park dedication
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 […]
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 […]