The third annual Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association Migration, known as M3, is set for June 3-5 in Duluth, Minn. There will be educational seminars and more than 60 vendors exhibiting products available for Cirrus aircraft.
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DaimondFest set for June 23-25 in London, Ontario
DiamondFest, the annual gathering of Diamond Aircraft owners, is set for June 23-25 in London, Ontario. Attendees can tour the factory, get demonstration flights, and attend technical sessions offered by Diamond’s vendors, as well as get front-row seats for the London International AirFest.
Aircraft Spruce East to hold open house May 21
Aircraft Spruce and Specialty’s eastern outlet at Falcon Field in Peachtree City, Ga., will hold an open house May 21. A number of manufacturers representatives will be on hand to demonstrate and explain the use of their products. There also will be prizes for attendees, free hot dogs and sodas, and the pilot who flies […]
FAA employees file suit to stop outsourcing of FSS operations
Nearly 800 flight service specialists filed a lawsuit March 31 to stop the FAA from contracting out their jobs. In February, the FAA awarded a $1.9 billion contract to Lockheed Martin to take over operations at the agency’s Automated Flight Service Stations. At that time, Lockheed officials said they planned to close 38 of the […]
Championship air races slated for Mississippi
Between June 2 and 5, the skies over Tunica, Miss., will be filled with the sounds of great air racers as Unlimiteds, T-6s and Formula One aircraft race for the Tunica Cup. Tunica Municipal Airport (M97) is the venue for the second air racing competition in the world, the other being Reno’s. The race was […]
A new meaning to ‘Let’s do lunch’
Imagine the chaos at the drive-through window when Doug Bernard and Becky Larson of New Iberia, La., ordered 450 sandwiches from the local Schlotzsky’s Deli – enough to feed all 450 people who work at The Lancair Co. Actually, they used the phone, not the drive-through, but they did buy lunch for the entire company. […]
Meigs two years later: From airplanes to Aerosmith?
It has been two years since Mayor Richard M. Daley ordered the midnight demolition of Merrill C. Meigs Field (CGX) in Chicago. The closure came without public notice. Not even the FAA or owners of aircraft based at the airport had any warning. Now the land is slated to become an outdoor event venue – […]
New life for an old aircraft
What do you do with an airplane once it’s damaged beyond repair? If you’re the Air Force, you use it to study issues related to aging. That’s what’s happening at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base with a T-1A Jayhawk, a “”missionized”” Beech 400A that was used to train Air Force and Navy aviators to fly cargo […]
Goodbye gophers?
Gophers and grass runways can go hand in hand. Airport owners try all sorts of ways to eradicate the rodents, from poison to an all-out assault a la Bill Murray in the movie “Caddyshack.” Jim Thomas, the airport director at Columbia Airport (O22) near Sonora, Calif., is taking a more natural approach by encouraging owls […]