The Lindbergh Foundation recently launched the “Lindbergh Partners” program, aimed largely at aviation companies, which provides corporations with opportunities to become part of the Lindbergh legacy. “The Lindbergh Partners program is an effort that achieves two important objectives,” said John King, co-chairman of King Schools and recently elected chairman of the board of the Lindbergh […]
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From Secret Navy Bomber to Flying Camper
The Beech 18 was a workhorse during the war years. “It has been estimated that 90% of American bombardiers and navigators in World War II were trained in military model Beech 18s,” according to Jane’s Encyclopedia of Aviation. The aircraft was sturdy and versatile. It could be configured as a bomber trainer (the M18R and […]
CAF directory moves to Red Cross
Bob Rice, president of the Commemorative Air Force, has taken a position as executive director of the American Red Cross of Southwest Texas. He had been CAF president since 1992. Replacing him is Stephan C. Brown, a former Army aviator and private pilot with more than 1,800 hours logged in military and civilian aircraft. Brown […]
Talk about a fish story!
You know that you are immersed in aviation when your company’s pet fish is placarded and lit up by a spotlight made from the piston of an aircraft engine. Betty the Beta lives in a bowl in the lobby of Sporty’s Pilot Shop in Batavia, Ohio.
FlyElite launches podcast
The Elite SimCast is now live and online at FlyElite.com/Podcast. The first SimCast features Elite’s President and CEO John Dixon in an in-depth interview discussing the history of the company, Microsoft Flight Sim X and the RC-1 Advanced ATD. Upcoming guests include Capt. Bob Coffey, a long-time Elite user and designer of the Elite RC-1; […]
Bush TFR ‘kills’ a fly-in
Some of the pilots flying to the annual Hagerstown Fly-In in Maryland in antique airplanes without radios found themselves in unexpected trouble Oct. 7. At least a dozen flew into airspace they didn’t know had been restricted for a visit by President Bush to a memorial service for firefighters. According to the FAA, an unusually […]
DayJet launches service
DayJet officially launched its air taxi service this month in Florida. The company boasts signing up more than 1,500 business travelers for its start-up fleet of about a dozen new Eclipse 500 VLJs. DayJet is Eclipse’s largest customer, with a five-year order for more than 1,000 Eclipse 500s. Inaugural flights took off from DayPort facilities […]
FAA wants aircraft equipped for ADS-B by 2020
The FAA has issued a notice of proposed rule making that spells out initial equipment requirements for the Next Generation of air traffic control. The proposal would require all aircraft flying in the nation’s busiest airspace to have satellite-based avionics by 2020, enabling controllers to track them using Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B), which is […]
Son of astronaut to follow in fathers footsteps
Famed game developer Richard Garriott, son of former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, soon will follow in his father’s footsteps. He’s started preparations for a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in October 2008. That mission will be the first in a series that will accommodate commercial activities aboard the ISS, such as scientific and […]