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. […]
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Naval Air Station Patuxent River designated Historic Aerospace Site
The Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, was designated a Historic Aerospace Site June 12. Commissioned in 1943, the Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River is the only Navy installation dedicated to research, development, test and evaluation of Naval aircraft. It was established by the Navy to consolidate disparate aircraft test and evaluation efforts into […]
Gas card winner named
Congratulations to Wayne Reveen of Glennall, Alaska, for being selected the winner of Flyer Media’s $500 gas card give-away. Reveen is a new bush pilot. Literally. He passed his checkride to fly for Copper Valley Air Service on June 6, 2006. His entry was selected from more than 1,000 gathered at Sun ‘n Fun in […]
Mooney driver finds inspiration for new business during flight
Mike Carroll doesn’t seem like a jewelry designer kind of guy – he drives tractors, trucks, Harleys and Mooneys. In fact, he designed his first ring in the cockpit at 24,000 feet. Carroll came up with the idea to create rings with an eagle motif about a dozen years ago during a flight between Chicago […]
Free financial aid seminar available online
San Juan College in Farmington, N.M., presents a financial aid seminar for individuals who want to begin flight training but don’t understand the ins and outs of financing the costs. The seminar, available at PilotJourney.com, is free. “Flight training is expensive, but like any investment in a potential career, there are ways to finance training,” […]
Renaissance Aircraft moves to Flabob
Renaissance Aircraft is setting up shop at Flabob Airport (RIR) in Riverside, Calif., to produce the Luscombe 8. According to Renaissance spokesman John Dearden, the company plans to move into a temporary hangar so that it can begin aircraft construction immediately. Dearden noted that the legal wrangling between Renaissance Aircraft and The Don Luscombe Aviation […]
A preview of things to come
To learn more about the latest engine technologies, Senior Editor Thomas F. Norton will be looking at the newest engines and talking with engine manufacturing executives at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh during the last week of July. After Oshkosh, he plans to tell our readers what he learned from those conversations and his close-up, hands-on study […]
Audit of FSS transition begins
The Transportation Department’s inspector general launched an audit in May of the FAA’s transition of Flight Service Station services to Lockheed Martin. Last February, the FAA awarded a five-year contract, with another five-year option, to Lockheed Martin to operate 58 FSS. The company plans to consolidate those stations into 20 facilities. At the time, the […]
A rare bird for sale
What probably is the only Douglas A-20 capable of flight is for sale. It’s a rare bird — so rare that the asking price is $1,150,000. The A-20 Havoc was forerunner to the better-known A-26, later designated B-26 and often confused with the Martin B-26 bomber which, by the time of the renaming, was out […]