We are still looking for readers’ best photos of 2015 for our Dec. 20 print issue. Email your photo (be sure to include specifics like where it was taken, the plane description, and the full name of anyone in the photo) to Editor Janice Wood. Note: Please send the largest file size you have available. Bigger […]
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Aircraft Spruce: Aiding the aviation lifestyle
At the personal level, aviation can be described as a lifestyle. It’s just like recreational boaters, Harley-Davidson riders, and RVers. It’s a lifestyle. And like our ground-bound brethren, businesses have grown up supporting this lifestyle. Fifty years ago in 1965, responding to a need, Flo Irwin began cutting Sitka Spruce in her garage. Today, Aircraft Spruce & Specialty is a […]
Nominations sought for Flight Instructor Hall of Fame
The National Association of Flight Instructors is looking for nominations for the 2016 selection to the National Flight Instructor Hall of Fame. NAFI sponsors the National Flight Instructor Hall of Fame to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to aviation education and flight instruction. It highlights the important role flight instructors play as a foundation […]
New survey confirms value of business aviation
A new Harris Poll survey commissioned by the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has confirmed that business aviation is utilized mainly by small and medium-size companies that typically fly turboprops or small jets to maximize employee efficiency and productivity while providing travel schedule flexibility. The poll, released at […]
Santa flies into museum Dec. 12
SEATTLE — Santa’s Landing Party at The Museum of Flight begins Saturday morning, Dec. 12, when the jolly old man and his wife will arrive via a classic 1930s biplane at 11:45 a.m. After greeting well-wishers outside, the couple will hear children’s holiday wishes inside of the museum until 4 p.m. Also in the museum, […]
Air Elite Network adds six locations
World Fuel Services reports that six new locations have recently signed with the Air Elite Network, expanding the global network to 49 FBOs. The network grew steadily in 2015, adding 12 new members since January. The company noted its goal is to have 150 locations. The latest additions to the Air Elite Network include: Sky […]
How one man can make a difference for so many
By DAVID NIXON When you find yourself going out of town, you usually ask a neighbor to keep an eye on things around your house. But when you have an airport to run and you are gone for months at a time, who do you ask? A few years ago when Jack and Georgia Hoffman, […]
Video: Zero-G celebrates 10th anniversary
For 10 years, Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G) has been operating commercial weightless flights in a specially modified Boeing-727 aircraft, known as G-FORCE ONE. In recognition of the anniversary, everyone who buys seats on the ZERO-G Experience scheduled to fly in 2015 will receive a 20% discount off of the $4,950 retail price. “We’ve flown over 500 weightless […]
Mission Aviation Fellowship honors donors
In a recently-held ceremony, Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) honored Alaska Air Group and three families whose financial gifts allowed the organization to buy airplanes that will be used in Mozambique and Central Asia. The Kennedy Family and Alaska Air Group: Bruce Kennedy, former chairman of Alaska Airlines and an MAF board member, died in a plane crash in 2007. […]