The auction for Sporty’s Cessna Citation Mustang (serial #13) successfully ended at 1:15 pm on June 8 with the winning bidder paying $3,117,000 for the aircraft. It was anticipated that the winning bidder, who has requested anonymity, would take delivery of his brand-new Cessna Citation Mustang in Independence, Kansas, by the end of June. Training […]
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Greg Turton found a way to beat the heat – and started a new company: Artic Air takes off as poilots clamor for poratble air conditioners
Necessity is the mother of invention. Just ask Greg Turton, an Atlanta businessman who owns a Cirrus. Often spending 30 minutes or more waiting to take off in the crowded Atlanta airspace, he realized he needed air conditioning, but at $25,000 to $30,000, it was just too expensive. “I wouldn’t pay that much for it,” […]
FAA R&D bills moves through Congress
While other major FAA programs are bogged down in Congressional controversy, reauthorization of the agency’s research and development projects appears to be sailing through the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. Subcommittee Chairman Mark Udall (D-Colo.) introduced the Federal Aviation Research and Development Reauthorization Act of 2007 late in June. It reauthorizes some existing projects, […]
Do-it-yourself publishing: Have a burning pasion to tell a story of flight?
Publication of aviation books has been something of a “cottage industry” almost from the beginning of manned flight. No less a figure than Benjamin Franklin self-published one of the first accounts of manned balloon flights, which he witnessed from the streets of Philadelphia. While not exactly a book – pamphlet might come closer – it […]
Beechcraft celebrates Bonanza’s 60th year: Company to commemorate75th anniversary at Oshkosh
Hawker Beechcraft Corp. will celebrate two milestones at this year’s AirVenture in Oshkosh: The 60th anniversary of the Beechcraft Bonanza and the 75th anniversary of Beechcraft. The celebrations begin with the Bonanzas to Oshkosh arrival on Saturday, July 21. More than 100 Bonanzas and Barons of all models will make the annual trek from Rockford, […]
Doctors pressured to ‘go along’ on Horace Williams closure: University continues push to shut down the North Carolina airport
Doctors at the University of North Carolina’s Area Health Education Center (AHEC) say they have been pressured to go along with the university’s controversial plan to close Horace Williams Airport (IGX) in Chapel Hill. The on-campus field allows doctors to fly to far-flung areas of the state quickly and efficiently. The university wants to close […]
Wolf Aviation Fund awares grant to WingsOverKansas.com
The Wolf Aviation Fund has awarded a grant to Wings Over Kansas, a website located at WingsOverKansas.com, for developing Aviation Education Pioneer lesson plans to help students and teachers explore aviation and aerospace in the classroom. The lesson plans, added monthly, cover the subjects of history, language arts and technology. Each lesson plan includes learning […]
5000th Citation takes off
Cessna has delivered the 5,000th Citation business jet — a Citation X — accounting for nearly half of all jets delivered by U.S. manufacturers. “The 5,000th Citation is an exciting milestone to reach in our 80th year of business,” said Chairman, President and CEO Jack J. Pelton. Cessna entered the jet market in the late […]
Triple ace Robin Olds dies at 84
Triple ace and Air Force brigadier general Robin Olds, considered among the best fighter pilots of all time, died June 14 at his home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He was 84 and suffered from congestive heart failure. A flamboyant aviation legend, Olds was a fighter pilot both in World War II and Vietnam. He shot […]