Do you think you could take a business idea from concept to the display ground at AirVenture within a year? That’s just what the folks at Eagle Aviation LLC did. It helped that the company is based in Oshkosh, noted Paul Klomhaus, owner. “The company has only been in business for six months now,” he […]
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Would you like mustard with that?
Each Saturday, Sporty’s Pilot Shop at Clermont County/Sporty’s Airport (I69) in Batavia, Ohio, welcomes visitors with a cookout. Guests are invited to chow down on hot dogs and do a little shopping. Since they started serving up the dogs in 1992, they’ve fed a lot of hungry aviators. How many you ask? Earlier this summer, […]
His claim to fame: From movies to Charles Lindbergh, Alan Hoeweler’s 1927 Waco is ‘pretty famous’
Even if Alan Hoeweler of Cincinnati, Ohio, hadn’t had his 1927 Waco taperwing on display as part of the National Aviation Hall of Fame’s “Best of the Best” contest at AirVenture, the airplane would have gotten a lot of attention from the air show crowds. The first-ever Best of the Best competition featured five vintage, […]
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“We’re still wrecking airplanes pretty much the same as we always did, we’re just more creative in the information that we ignore.” — Avemco Insurance Co.’s Jim Lauerman “We’ve watched people drool over new aircraft, then hear a big sigh, followed by ‘If only I could afford it…’” — Andrew DeMond, president of iFly, a […]
Third time the charm? Symphony to get new owner next month, but who?
A new owner for Symphony Aircraft, which filed for bankruptcy last year, is expected to take over operations next month. But the big question is who? A bid for the company, which has been in liquidation for the past year, was made earlier this year by a Canadian firm. If all goes well, that firm […]
Nationwide ADS-B contract awarded: System expected to be operational by 2010
A team led by ITT Corp. is the winner of a contract to develop the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system nationwide. ADS-B, dubbed the future of air traffic control by FAA officials, is expected to enhance safety by using signals from the Global Navigation Satellite System to pinpoint air traffic. “This signals a new era […]
Seawind down but not out: One financial backer lost but alternative funding still being sought
Dick Silva, president of Seawind Aircraft, said on Sept. 13 that the company has suspended operations after losing one backer, but is seeking replacement funds. So far, about 70% of what is needed to resume operations has been committed, he told General Aviation News. Operations were suspended after the mysterious crash of the Seawind 300C […]
Sport Pilot: By the numbers
It has been three years since the Sport Pilot/Light Sport Aircraft rule was finalized. In that time there has been continual growth in the number of LSA manufacturers and importers, as well as in the number of people earning Sport Pilot certificates. The Experimental Aircraft Association, one of the key organizations that spearheaded the development […]
An Appreciation: William T. Piper Jr., a pleasant man of accomplishment
He was a son of William T. Piper, who made the Piper Cub a synonym for any airplane that was neither military nor an airliner, but he did not live in the shadow of his more famous father, having made his own, if less-known, name in aviation and beyond. Bill Piper Jr., a man of […]