Donald C. Downie was recently inducted into the Arizona Aerospace Foundation’s Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame, which is housed at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson. Also inducted this year were Harold L. “Bud” Abrams, Ralph S. Johnson and James Vercellino. Downie, a full-time aviation writer and photographer since before World War II, […]
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Reading, writing, arithmetic — and aviation
Florida high school students take off with new aviation magnet program SunState Aviation Flight School, an accelerated flight training center at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) in Florida, has teamed with Osceola High School (OHS) to offer an aviation magnet program for local high school students. OHS is the first area school to offer the program, […]
A solution for quieter skies?
If you’re interested in reducing propeller noise, take a tip from an airport and a glider operator in California. At Truckee-Tahoe Airport (TRK), airport management and glider operator Soar Truckee have been working together to reduce noise from glider tow planes, most of which comes from the tow planes’ propellers and exhaust systems. A Hoffman […]
Washington airport expands to accomodate more GA traffic
It will be a busy construction season at William R. Fairchild International Airport (CLM) in Washington state. According to Airport Manager Jeffery Robb, there are plans to develop 22 acres of land to accommodate more general aviation aircraft at CLM, which is the largest airport on the Olympic Peninsula. “We are seeing more of the […]
Classic aircraft tour slated for Pacific Northwest
The skies over the Pacific Northwest will be filled with classic aircraft July 16-21 as dozens of pilots take part in the Oregon Antique & Classic Aircraft Club Air Tour. The tour begins at Cottage Grove Airport (61S) in Oregon. It focuses on family adventure and fun activities, includes opportunities to ride in biplanes at […]
To protect and serve
A law enforcement agency in Redlands, Calif., is considering adding a Light Sport Aircraft to its crime-fighting arsenal. Recently the Redlands Police Department put a Flight Design CTSW to the test. “We put it through 12 law enforcement scenarios and it passed with flying colors,” said Redlands Police Chief Jim Bueermann. Redlands, located about 60 […]
Rules for flight
Some common wisdom that’s good to revisit now and then: 1. Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory. 2. If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull the stick back, they get smaller. That is, unless you keep pulling the stick all the way back, then they get bigger […]
LSA Mall, Splash In highlight Arlington show
You know it’s July when legions of aviators head north toward Arlington, Wash, for the annual Northwest Experimental Aircraft Association Fly-in and Convention. This year it’s slated for July 5-9. One of the first things visitors will see when they enter the grounds is a display of Light Sport Aircraft. “It is patterned after the […]
The Buzz
“From my front yard you can hear the airplanes going down the runway. Sometimes I’ll rush out to the airport to see what’s going on. I love being around old airplanes. I love the sound of them, I love wiping oil off of them.” — Jim Arlow, executive director, Olympic Flight Museum, Olympia, Wash. “Based […]