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Schweizer Aircraft hit a milestone recently, delivering its 1,000th helicopter. The 300 CBi was delivered to Gerry and Bonny Friesen of BC Helicopters in Abbotsford, British Columbia. The 300CBi is part of the 269 Series, which Schweizer purchased from Hughes Helicopters in 1983.

Although more than 40 people put in bids when “Dago Red,” the word’s fastest P-51 Mustang, was auctioned on eBay, no one wanted it enough to meet the $1.5 million reserve price. The plane, a perennial favorite on the air race circuit, was put up for auction Oct. 10. Bids were accepted for 10 days. […]

Although the airport has been open for commercial operations more than a month, officials say it will take years to repair the damage done by Hurricane Katrina at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY). “The airport still has a lot of repairs to do,” notes Michelle Duffourc, public relations manager. “Everything has been made […]

How would you feel if your city government wanted to dig up and relocate the graves of your loved ones to expand an airport? The congregation of St. John’s Church of Christ in Chicago is taking a dim view of the idea. The church has gone to court to keep O’Hare International Airport (ORD) from […]

Three people taking part in a Young Eagles rally in Washington State died Oct. 15 in the crash of a Piper Cherokee. It was the first fatal accident in the 13-year history of the Young Eagles program. Pilot David Hokanson, Kandyce Cowart, 14, and Brittany Boatright, 15, were killed shortly after takeoff from Snohomish County […]

A rare Pitcairn PCA-2 autogiro, a revolutionary aircraft when introduced in 1930, has been donated to the EAA AirVenture Museum at Oshkosh by owner Steve Pitcairn. The Pitcairn autogiro, named “Miss Champion,” will be part of the display in front of the Vintage Aircraft Association’s Red Barn, in 2006.Pitcairn’s father, Harold, built only 20 of […]

An elegant replica of a pioneering Navy airplane soon will hang in Dahlgren Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy. Built by Ken Hyde and his team of master craftsmen at The Wright Experience in Virginia, it is an authentic, but non-flying, Wright Model B like the one the Wright Co. delivered to the Navy in […]

James Hatsis isn’t a golfer but, boy, does he love the game. That’s because about 90% of the business he gets at his FBO, Oconee Air Service at Greene County Regional Airport (3J7) in Greensboro, Georgia, is made up of golfers. The airport, located between Atlanta and Augusta, is a destination for pilots from all […]

It bills itself as the “Seaside Golf Capital of the World” — and rightly so. Myrtle Beach, S.C., boasts more golf holes per person than any other city in the nation. More than 4.13 million rounds of golf are played each year at the 117 golf courses in the area. And you can bet that […]