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When something bad happens, a lot of people can let it get them down. Not Jason Newburg, who took something bad and turned it into victory. The Edgewater, Florida, aerobatics performer bought a Pitts Special S-1 in Jamaica. When it arrived in Florida, he found it had been damaged in shipping. The plane, now named […]

It all started for Jeff Laskin when he was in first grade in Chicago. “I was so excited about wearing a ‘Mighty Mouse’ costume for Halloween,” he recalls. “I remember jumping off the desks pretending to fly until the teacher ‘grounded’ me.” But that teacher couldn’t ground his dreams of flight. Those dreams were put […]

The 2007 hurricane season will be one of “above-average” activity, according to Dr. William Gray of Colorado State University, one of the best-known and most accurate forecasters. Gray’s “early season forecast,” issued Dec. 8, predicts 14 named storms, seven of which will become hurricanes. Three of those will be major hurricanes, meaning category 3, 4 […]

The Tuskegee Airmen never lost to enemy fighters a bomber they were escorting. That has been accepted as fact for 61 years, since the end of World War II. On Dec. 10, however, Tuskegee Airmen Historian William F. Holton told the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser that Air Force records show at least a few bombers escorted […]

Unison Industries has begun new starter-generator upgrade and exchange programs. Aircraft owners who currently have a non-Unison starter-generator can buy a new upgraded starter-generator from Unison at 43% or more off market price. They just send in their old starter-generators, repairable or not, in “as removed” condition, and Unison’s distributors will send them a new […]

It was 16 years ago when Ray and Celeste Shefland, along with some pilots at Nary National-Shefland Field Airport in Nary, Minn., had the first Tree of Hope toy collection. Since then, pilots have collected thousands of toys for hospitalized children in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. Those pilots hope to spread their annual holiday […]

“There’s something about learning to fly that makes you feel as if nothing is impossible. It is a rewarding accomplishment no matter what, but if you are facing some physical challenges, that feeling of accomplishment is increased,” says James Kaler, president and founder of Able to Aviation. “Flying gives you a whole new perspective.” And […]

When the name “Lindbergh” is mentioned most people immediately associate it with Charles Lindbergh, the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic. Most history books give cursory, if any, mention of his round-the-world flights made after the Atlantic crossing and rarely do they mention that his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, accompanied him. Those that […]

Making a list, checking it twice… The Practical Test Standards used for Santa’s check ride 1) Flight at various airspeeds 2) Chimney avoidance 3) Rooftop takeoffs and landings using low and high drag configurations. 4) Navigation using pilotage and dead reckoning 5) Use of checklists 6) Application of Naughty and Nice list 7) In-flight refueling […]