DAYTON, Ohio — A 15-year-old Mason High School student is the youngest person and first female to win the annual Mitchell Cary-Don Gum Memorial Aviation Scholarship. The National Aviation Heritage Alliance presented a scholarship certificate on Feb. 14, 2017, to Mullika Pandit, daughter of Miti and Anirudh Pandit of Mason. The presentation took place in […]
Deadline approaching for taildragger scholarship applications
Applications for the LadiesLoveTaildraggers’ scholarships are due no later than Feb. 28, 2017. The organization is now offering six scholarships. The latest is a Tailwheel Endorsement scholarship funded by the International Stinson Club. Scholarships up for grabs include: Three Tailwheel Endorsement scholarships; A Tailwheel Endorsement and Unusual Attitude Training Class in Indiana with Billy Werth; A STOL Class in North […]
Online insurance portal launched for UAS
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Global Aerospace, an international aviation and aerospace insurance provider, has launched an online portal designed to provide drone owners and operators the ability to purchase an annual policy online. “For a number of years, Global Aerospace has been developing portal technology to simplify access to our insurance products and help our customers […]
Student loses control during landing
The flight instructor and student pilot were practicing landings to a full stop at the airport in Kankakee, Ill. During the sixth landing, the student overcontrolled the Cessna 172 during the landing flare. The flight instructor attempted to correct the flight control inputs, however he was unable to overcome the strength of the student pilot on the flight […]
Flying the colors
Smitty Smith of FunPlacesToFly.com sent us this photo, taken at the Texas Antique Airplane Association Fly-in, of a plane that’s flying the colors and proud to be in the USA.
Falling in love…with a Beech Staggerwing
If a woman saw this ad on a dating website, she would most likely pass: “Born in 1944, I’ve been through a war, worked occasionally, but I am well-traveled, steady and true, and love to fly. I’m athletic, though a bit stout, and honestly, I’m a heavy drinker with lots of gas, plus I smoke […]
A little turbulence is good for you
As a soft, bald, late middle-age, goofball who still hasn’t figured out exactly what I want to do with my life, I can say this with complete confidence: I hope for smooth sailing. It’s what I shoot for. Of all the people you’ll meet in life, I am not the one who has a penchant […]
AOPA Fly-In helps couple connect
A new post on the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association website tells how Jack Alexander and Arlene Myers, two AOPA Fly-In volunteers, connected over their shared love of flying at an event in July 2014. The two were married at the Cape Cod airport on May 21, 2016. “I can hardly believe at our age, […]
First Red Bull Air Race in the books
Abu Dhabi (UAE) — In the start to the 2017 Red Bull Air Race season, the Czech Republic’s Martin Sonka clinched his first race win since he joined the World Championship in 2010. Rising winds that brought the racetrack alive Feb. 11 didn’t affect Sonka, whose time of 53.139 blew away his opponents by more than a […]