AviPro Aircraft Ltd. has retained Keith Vasey as sales manager for the Bearhawk four-place, utiltity aircraft Quick Build kit. He also will be handling wing sales for the two-place tandem Patrol. Vasey’s background includes extensive aircraft sales experience with Mooney, Elliott Aviation and Galvin Flying Service over the last 10 years. For more information: 877-528-4776 […]
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Planning for Copperstate Fly-In begins
Since its first event in 1973, the Copperstate Fly-In has been bringing together aviation enthusiasts in the southwest United States. The 2009 event will be held in Casa Grande, Ariz., Oct. 22-24. More than 50 commercial exhibitors will showcase the latest aviation products, while more than 350 aircraft, including more than 200 show planes vying […]
NBAA expressing LASP, security concerns
On April 6, National Business Aviation Association President and CEO Ed Bolen continued his pressure on officials at the Transportation Security Administration, reiterating the organization’s concerns about the controversial Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP) proposal. LASP would overlay the airline security regime onto tens of thousands of businesses all across the country. If left unchanged, […]
B-36 Peacemaker restoration on Flickr
Photographs of the huge B-36 bomber being restored at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson have been posted on Flickr at the Kens Aviation site. In the early Cold War years, the Convair B-36 was the symbol of American ability to deliver nuclear weapons anywhere in the world. Belief in its deterrent ability […]
The importance of a pilot’s license
“It is not often that a story comes up in the news where the pilot has died and the plane made a successful landing at a nearby airport,” wrote Jonathan Heckman for his Aviation Buzz Web site on April 13. “In most instances, when a small craft loses the pilot, the aircraft is lost as […]
A B-17 flight for World War II veterans
The Liberty Foundation‘s beautifully restored B-17, “Liberty Belle,” is expected to make her first visit to Hillsboro Airport at Portland, Oregon, on April 20. The Hillsboro airport will be one of the most important stops on the 2009 tour, thanks to a generous offer made by a Portland man. While asking to remain anonymous, the […]
Aviation history coming back to Sioux City
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 […]
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 […]