The 35th annual Copperstate Fly-in, held at Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ) in Casa Grande, Ariz., Oct. 25 to 28, attracted hundreds of aircraft ranging from ultralights and classic designs to homebuilts, helicopters and warbirds. Those who sought information or were in the market for anything from a new airplane to new flight planning software […]
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CubCrafters pays for tailwheel endorsement
As part of a new advertising campaign, CubCrafters officials said the company will credit the cost of a tailwheel endorsement toward the purchase of a new Sport Cub S2 or Top Cub. Dubbed “Only in a Taildragger,” the campaign runs until the end of January 2008. Training may be performed in either the customer’s new […]
Red Tail Project launches teacher’s kit
If you want to teach children about aviation history, you have to make it interesting. That’s the goal of a new teachers’ kit developed by The Red Tail Project, a not-for-profit group dedicated to preserving the history of the Tuskegee Airmen and to inspiring children today through their story. The Tuskegee Airmen were African-Americans who […]
Buzzzz…….
“If the younger generation doesn’t learn to fly, what’s going to happen?” — Anna Pennington, 85, a long-time North Carolina pilot “Thank goodness for DUATS.” — AOPA President Phil Boyer, in talking about the many failures of Lockheed Martin’s FSS “A lot of people in GA don’t get involved in politics, but when something like […]
New school tapped to train air traffic controllers
The FAA has tapped nine additional colleges and universities to train students to be air traffic controllers. There are now 23 schools chosen by the FAA to participate in the Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI) program. The CTI program is part of a broader effort by the agency to recruit, train and hire controllers […]
Excel-Jet sues FAA for Sport-Jet crash
Excel-Jet Ltd. has filed suit against the FAA over the crash of the company’s Sport-Jet prototype last June at the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport. In its filing, the Colorado Springs-based company claims air traffic controllers caused the June 22, 2006, crash when the plane was cleared for takeoff behind a de Havilland Dash-8-200 in violation […]
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. […]