Insurance company Avemco is sponsoring production of “The Student Pilots” Model Code of Conduct.” Avemco is mailing the code, which is fashioned after the more-comprehensive “Aviators” Model Code of Conduct,” to every new student pilot in the U.S.
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Hurricanes ravage Gulf Coast airports
The storms may have passed, but the effects of hurricanes Katrina and Rita will be felt at airports in the Gulf Coast for a long time to come. Several airports in the region were heavily damaged and have been shut down or have limited access. For example, Lakefront Airport (KNEW) in New Orleans is closed […]
World War II wreck found in California lake
The wreckage of an airplane lost during World War II in northern California has been found. The TBM Avenger went down in Clear Lake just south of the Oregon border Dec. 4, 1944, during a training mission. The crash killed both men on board. The body of radioman David Herget was recovered in 1945. The […]
Airport given green flag as race track closes
If you live in Southern California and are a fan of motor racing, you’ve probably been to the Cajon Speedway near Gillespie Field (SEE) in San Diego. Soon the land that held the race track will be replaced by hangars and tie-down spots. The 70 acres, owned by San Diego County, has always been part […]
Construction begins on new terminal for Space Coast airport
Florida’s Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority has received more than $4.6 million in grants for a new corporate aviation terminal. The bulk of the funds, $3.3 million, is from the Florida Department of Transportion. The remaining $1.25 million is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Construction is expected to begin this month.
The South’s best airports
Just about every pilot has a favorite airport, and most have their own ideas of what makes one stand out from the others. A few months ago, we asked our readers to nominate the best airport in the South. Several named Brunswick/Oak Island Airport (SUT) at Southport, N.C., as the clear winner. “Howie Franklin and […]
Lending a hand
Over Labor Day weekend, nearly 100 students from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta descended upon Dekalb-Peachtree Airport to load food and supplies destined for victims of Hurricane Katrina into GA aircraft owned by Angel Flight of Georgia volunteers. The students and Angel Flight officials bought more than $50,000 in food, medicine and bedding over the three-day […]
Let the good times roll
“I joke that when I was growing up, my mother always wanted me to be a good corporate wife,” says Gretchen Jahn, “because at the time that was one of the career options available to young women.” But, says Jahn, who is now CEO of Mooney Airplane Co., her parents let her know that was […]
‘Memphis Belle’ to Dayton
After 59 years in her namesake city, the B-17 “Memphis Belle” is on the move. The Memphis Belle Memorial Association is giving the airplane to the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The first B-17 to complete 25 missions during World War II, the “Memphis Belle” was named after a […]