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Another recent award winner is the Civil Air Patrol, which received national recognition for its volunteer work following hurricanes Charley, Francis, Ivan and Jeanne last year. The 60,000-member all-volunteer CAP won a 2005 Award of Excellence from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). During last year’s hurricane season, CAP members responded to many requests […]

A South Carolina pilot is the proud owner of a newly restored 1965 Piper Twin Comanche. Roy Wilbanks of Greenwood, S.C., is the grand prize winner in the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s 2004 Win-A-Twin Sweepstakes. Wilbanks, who is co-owner of a Piper J-3 Cub, also won initial multi-engine training from American Flyers and type-specific […]

Launch date of the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer’s world-record attempt has been pushed up again. Weather conditions don’t look favorable until after Feb. 21 for Steve Fossett’s attempt at the first solo, non-stop, non-refueled around-the-world flight attempt.

Mother Nature, in the form of drying winds, is helping with the cleanup at Corona Municipal Airport (AJO) in Southern California. The airport has been closed to the general public since the second week of January. Torrential rains turned the airport into a lake last month. Although most of the aircraft were moved to higher […]

The Aviat Husky is known for its STOL capability and nimble handling. How could anyone improve on that? By changing the aileron and flaps on the aircraft, says Stu Horn, owner of Aviat Husky, Inc. The first thing Husky fans will notice, says Horn, is that the spade that hung off the wing has been […]

Sportsplanes.com, which has established 20 Sport Aircraft Regional Centers (SARCs), plans to open a few more to attain national coverage. The Salt Lake City-based company is in the process of looking for qualified flight schools to train sport pilots. Each SARC Director has a goal of affiliating with a minimum of five Sport Pilot training […]

If there is one constant in aviation, it is that the industry is constantly evolving. The evolution covers not only aircraft and engine design, but also the people who run the businesses. Gretchen Jahn, the CEO of Mooney Airplane Co., is a good example. Jahn, who joined the Kerrville, Texas-based company in late 2004, is […]

Despite last minute efforts of the Seaplane Pilots Association and the Washington State Department of Transportation Aviation Division, the city of Lakewood, Washington, has closed American Lake Seaplane Base. According to city officials, the lease with the base’s operator expired in December 2004 and neither the operator nor the city expressed an interest in renewing […]

Troubled times continue at Commander Aircraft Co., as the Bethany, Okla.-based company is set to be liquidated. After two failed attempts to find saviors for the bankrupt company, Commander’s December 2002 Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing has been converted to a Chapter 7 filing by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. All operations at the company […]