Do you find it challenging to get your dog to take a heartworm pill carefully hidden in a ball of hamburger? Imagine the challenge of dropping tons of oral rabies vaccine over Texas, hidden in dog food in hopes that gray foxes will eat it. The Texas Department of State Health Services did just that […]
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Four Missouri pilots honored for 50+ years of accident-free flying
Four veteran pilots from the Branson, Missouri, area will be honored March 28 with the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award. The award is given by the FAA to pilots who have flown continuously for 50 years or more without an accident. The Branson quartet of Hank Haddock, Seth Caperton, Mark Trimble and Bill Lee have […]
You, too, can look like an airline pilot
Two Senators have concluded that it’s too easy to buy airline pilots’ uniforms. They want the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Transportation Security Administration “”to investigate why uniforms are so readily available.”” Senators Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) and Barack Obama (also D-Ill.) claim that airport security is lax for people who […]
Air Tractor’s AT-802 to be workhorse during wildfire season
Approximately 50% of the aircraft used to fight wildfires this year will be Air Tractor’s AT-802 aircraft. The Olney, Texas-based company reported late last month that its AT-802 will make up 50% of the firefighting fleet for the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The AT-802F single engine air tanker (SEAT) is the […]
GlobalFlyer pilot Fossett sets another record
Millionaire Steve Fossett made his way into the record books — once again — when he successfully became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world. Fosset flew more than 67 hours nonstop in the Global Flyer, a Burt Rutan-designed aircraft, landing at 1:49 p.m. (CST) March 3 at Salina Municipal Airport (SLN) […]
Jabiru USA Sport Aircraft opens sales and builder center in Tennessee
Jabiru USA Sport Aircraft, LLC., the nation’s largest supplier of Australian-produced Jabiru aircraft and engines, has opened a new sales and builder center in Shelbyville, Tenn. The 10,000-square-foot facility, at the north end of Bomar Field (SYI), includes classroom areas, parts storage, kit building areas and offices. “This new building provides a fantastic place for […]
Gen. Clark joins Adam board
Adam Aircraft, which is developing the A500 twin-piston and A700 Adamjet, has added a heavy hitter to its roster: Gen. Wesley K. Clark. A Democratic candidate for president last year, Clark spent 34 years in the Army, rising to the rank of four-star general as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, Europe.
Collings Foundation’s Wings of Freedom tour to highlight B-24’s new paint scheme
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Collings Foundation will debut a new color scheme for its B-24 Liberator. The B-24, which joins the foundation’s B-17 Flying Fortress on the Wings of Freedom Tour this spring and summer, is being repainted to represent one of the most famous B-24’s […]
SJ30 completes static testing
Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corp. recently finalized all required static testing for FAA certification of its new twinjet airframe, including pressurization, ultimate wing loads, up and down bending and landing gear drop testing. The company is on track for certification of its SJ30-2 jet by the second half of this year, says Dr. Carl L. Chen, […]