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Are you a diver? How would you like to dive on a B-29 that has sat undisturbed below the surface of Lake Mead near Boulder City, Nev., for the better part of the last century? The National Parks Service, in charge of protecting the site, is pondering ways to allow access to the plane while […]

Victor Wokal of Glasgow, Mont., died Jan. 15. Known to a broad range of pilots simply as Vic, he started Wokal Flying Service at his native Bowman, N.D., in 1944 and bought the FBO at Glasgow in 1962, later moving there. He was a Cessna dealer at both airports, Glasgow’s airport manager for many years, […]

You don’t want to use last year’s NOTAM when planning your flight into Sun ‘n Fun 2006. This year’s arrival procedures include some important changes. The easiest online link to the new NOTAM is at Sun-N-Fun.org. It leads directly to the official FAA site. Before you press “print” be aware that the NOTAM is 36 […]

Thinking about tackling the crowded skies around Atlanta? Get a sneak peek of what you’re in for at ATCMonitor.com. The website recently expanded its coverage of the airspace surrounding Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the world’s busiest air terminal, adding near real-time radar video and pilot-controller radio communications from the Atlanta regional Terminal Radar Approach Control […]

Ethel Meyer Finley, WASP class of 43-W-5, passed away Feb. 24 at her daughter’s home in New Jersey. She was 85. Born and raised in Lake City, Minn., she graduated from high school in 1937, then went on to Winona State Teacher College where she earned degrees in science, mathematics and physical education. She was […]

Weather forecasters in the middle of the United States are making better local predictions for pilots thanks to an airborne sensor being tested by NASA’s Aviation Safety Program. Researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., led the team that designed, built and equipped dozens of Mesaba Airlines planes with the Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data […]

If you are looking for a career in aviation, the Opryland Hotel in Nashville is where you will want to be March 23-25 when the hotel plays host to the 17th annual Women in Aviation Conference. The conference is open to women and men. More than 3,000 people from all segments of the aviation industry […]

A multi-million-dollar project at Flabob Airport in Riverside, Calif., will add new educational facilities, an aviation business park and a residential airpark to the historic airport. Undertaken by the Thomas Wathen Foundation, the project starts with new facilities for the aeronautical department of San Bernardino Valley College, which plans to move to Flabob in the […]

The mission of the Commemorative (formerly Confederate) Air Force is changing. For nearly 50 years, CAF’s mission has been to preserve and fly World War II aircraft as a tribute to those who flew, maintained or built them. However, in October members voted to expand the focus to include combat aircraft flown by the U.S. […]