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The sight of a C-17 doing low approaches at a civilian airport in the San Francisco Bay area generated a flood of panicked phone calls to authorities and the news media on Tuesday, April 26. The large transport, out of McGuire AFB in New Jersey, had come to Buchanan Field Airport (CCR) in Contra Costa […]

On May 28, 1943, the first class of Women Airforce Service Pilots graduated from Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. Now, 62 years to the date, the field will host another WASP first, the first WASP Memorial Day Fly-In. About 25 WASP from around the country are slated to attend the event, which will feature aircraft […]

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) will host its 15th Annual Fly-In & Open House at AOPA headquarters on the Frederick Municipal Airport in Frederick, Md., June 4. Thousands of members and other pilots are expected to attend the free event, which is the nation’s largest one-day fly-in event. Meanwhile, Bruce Landsberg, executive director […]

Would you like Glacier Girl to fly at your fly-in or air show? It’s possible, for a price. One of the rarest airplanes around, P-38s are not operationally inexpensive. According to Bob Cardin, operations manager for Glacier Girl, it costs $2,300 an hour to fly the grand old dame. That includes fuel, pilot salary and […]

A passenger on board a twin-engine private plane was forced to take over the controls and land the airplane when the pilot suffered a heart attack in flight. According to the Associated Press, the pilot, Douglas Reichardt of Henderson, Nev., filed a flight plan to San Diego on May 6. Reichardt and his passengers departed […]

The International Speedway Corp. is reportedly eyeing property south of Bremerton International Airport (PWT) in western Washington as a location for a track large enough to host NASCAR events. “We have been on their radar screen since 2003, but they have not made a proposal,” said Terrie Battuello, public information officer for Kitsap County. On […]

The age of the Light Sport Aircraft has dawned. Certification for ready to fly models began in the second week of April, just in time for the Sun ‘n Fun fly-in at Lakeland, Fla. The first two airplanes to get the blessing from the FAA are the Czech-built Evektor Sportstar and the German-made Flight Design […]

After more than five years in service as the flagship for the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles program, GlaStar N232YE was looking a little tired. So tired, in fact, that when the aircraft was returned to the factory in Arlington, Wash., last winter, the factory crew decided to do more than basic maintenance. “It has […]

Supporters of Light Sport Aircraft predicted that when the LSA Sport Pilot rule was published, there would be a boom in the light sport aircraft manufacturing industry. If that boom is happening, then one of the first companies to take advantage of it is Advanced Aero from Titusville, Fla. Joe Gagliano and his son, Chris, […]