Piper Aircraft had people guessing at AOPA Expo when it announced that a new product was forthcoming. Were they going to jump into the LSA pool, as many expected? “We’re not bringing back the Cub,” Mark Miller, director of the company’s corporate communications, said during the Expo, which was held earlier this month in Hartford, […]
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Columbia production to remain in Oregon if Cessna is successful bidder
If Cessna Aircraft Co. is the successful bidder for Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing Corp., the plant will stay in Bend, Ore., Cessna CEO Jack J. Pelton said at AOPA Expo. Pelton noted that the Columbia workforce, with its experience in composite construction, is in the region and that Cessna’s manufacturing facilities in Kansas are at capacity, […]
What’s in your hangar?
How would you like it if you were on the waiting list to get a hangar at your airport and you knew that one of the current tenants used his hangar to store his motor home, a pool table, and parts of a car and old furniture — everything but an airplane? Chances are that […]
Kansas Air Tour begins to take shape
Plans for the 2008 Kansas Air Tour continue to evolve. The tour, which is slated for April of 2008, is, in part, a re-creation of the All Kansas Air Tour of 1928. “We wanted to fly the original route, but that is not possible,” noted Ed Young, director of aviation for the Kansas Department of […]
Search for Fossett suspended
About a month after Steve Fossett disappeared over the Nevada desert, the Civil Air Patrol suspended its search for the millionaire adventurer and pilot. Fossett disappeared Sept. 3 when he flew from a private airstrip in Yerington, Nev., in a Bellanca Decathalon and failed to return from what was supposed to be a three-hour flight. […]
Organization gives missing airmen their last flight home
If you want someone to hear your message, you have to get that person within earshot. At shows like AirVenture, placing an attractive airplane in your display area often does the trick. It helps if you can get your hands on a vintage airplane, because there is something about those older models that make aviators […]
The racer’s choice
With the completion of the 44th annual Reno Air Races (see story on page 27) and the Gathering of Mustangs and Legends in Columbus, Ohio, (see that story in our next issue), the P-51 has gotten a lot of attention in the last few weeks. During World War II, the P-51 Mustang earned a reputation […]
New GA terminal on tap for New Bern, N.C.
Spring will bring a new general aviation facility to Craven Regional Airport (EWN) in New Bern, North Carolina. The bid for construction of the 4,000-square-foot general aviation terminal was recently awarded to local contractor Brydge and Lee Inc. The facility will house FBO Tidewater Air Services, Inc. “The new facility will be twice the size […]
What the well-dressed airplane wears?
It is not unusual to see notes left on airplanes during AirVenture, but intimate articles of clothing are something else all together, which is why this red brassiere caught our eye. We’re not sure if it was placed there as an invitation, a statement or something else — perhaps a way of protecting the cowling?