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The Red Tail Project, a not-for-profit organization created to restore a P-51C Mustang and keep the history of the Tuskegee Airmen alive, recently received an unexpected financial boost from the Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association (COPA). It happened during the fourth annual migration of Cirrus pilots to the Cirrus Design Corp. headquarters in Duluth, Minn. […]

“From my front yard you can hear the airplanes going down the runway. Sometimes I’ll rush out to the airport to see what’s going on. I love being around old airplanes. I love the sound of them, I love wiping oil off of them.” — Jim Arlow, executive director, Olympic Flight Museum, Olympia, Wash. “Based […]

Officials in Florida are preparing to officially remove Opa-Locka West Airport (X46) from the list of active airports in the Sunshine State. The airport was badly damaged in October 2005 by Hurricane Wilma. The unattended facility sports two runways, 9-27 and 18-36. The airport sits on 420 acres. Sunil Harman, director of aviation planning in […]

It was 70 years ago, on June 25, 1936, when the first flight of the Bristol Blenheim bomber took place at Filton, near Bristol, England. It was the first all-metal, stressed-skin aircraft ordered for the Royal Air Force and was destined to play an important part in World War II. It was, interestingly, a private […]

Part of the fun of visiting an aviation museum is bringing home a keepsake – or two. Just as the exhibits vary from place to place, so do the popular items from museum gift shops. It’s not surprising that toy helicopters are the rage at the American Helicopter Museum in West Chester, Pa. “They are […]

A House panel charged with funding the FAA recently rejected the Bush administration’s proposed $1 billion budget cut for airport improvement spending. The Appropriations Committee’s transportation subcommittee recommended a congressionally authorized funding level of $3.7 billion for the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Under federal spending formulas, if AIP spending falls below $3.2 billion, annual entitlements […]

More than 10,080 business aircraft valued at $141.1 billion (in 2006 US dollars) will be produced over the 2006-2015 decade, predicted Teal Group analysts in their 16th annual world business aircraft production forecast. This compares to the company’s forecast last year that called for 7,417 business jets worth $106.7 billion to be produced in 2005-2014. […]

After flying all the way around the world and setting two distance records, the flight from Salina, Kan., to Chantilly Va., to deliver the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer for display in an aerospace museum must have seemed anti-climactic for millionaire pilot adventurer Steve Fossett. Fossett delivered the carbon fiber aircraft designed by Burt Rutan to […]

Brig. Gen. Robert L. Scott, who wrote the best-selling “God Is My Co-Pilot,” was at the bottom of his West Point class, but a World War II ace over China. In the fall of 1943, alone, he was credited with 13 Japanese aircraft shot down and another six probable kills. He died Feb. 27 at […]