LAKELAND, Florida — Mayor Howard Wiggs addressed 250 guests at the third annual Mayor’s Breakfast, declaring March 8 as Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE) Day. The breakfast was held in the Florida Air Museum on the SUN ‘n FUN campus on Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport (KLAL) with tables and chairs placed under and between static aircraft on display. […]
Bob Hoover statue to be unveiled April 2
The Aviation Foundation of America will unveil a life-size statue of beloved aviation legend R.A. “Bob” Hoover at a reception at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center on Saturday, April 2. “So many people love and admire Bob Hoover and the moment seems right for all of us to join together […]
Blogger lists five favorite airports
Lydia Wiff, a blogger at GlobalAir.com, just released a post listing her five favorite airports. Check it out here, then let us know what your favorite airport is in the comments below.
National GA Awards presented
Every year for more than 50 years, the General Aviation Awards program and the FAA have recognized aviation professionals for their contributions to general aviation in the fields of flight instruction, aviation maintenance/avionics, and safety. Recipients of the 2016 National General Aviation Awards are: Robert James Hepp of Fairfax Station, Virginia: Certificated Flight Instructor of the […]
Western Museum of Flight Celebrity Series: Jill Rutan Hoffman
At Zamperini Field (KTOA) in Torrance, Calif., this Saturday, March 19, the Western Museum of Flight Celebrity Series features Jill Rutan Hoffman, an author and educator and a member of one of aviation’s most illustrious families. Using the tools and experiences gained while growing up with her celebrated aviator father, Dick Rutan, and engineer uncle, Burt […]
CAF delivers Tuskegee Airmen teaching materials to classrooms
DALLAS – The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron, America’s tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, distributed 178 of its RISE ABOVE Resource Kits to schools in honor of Black History Month. Schools in 39 states received the kits that are designed for teachers and youth leaders to educate students about the history and legacy of the Tuskegee […]
Fuel exhaustion brings down Piper
During the night cross-country flight, the Piper PA-28-181 had been flying for four hours, 21 minutes and was about six miles from the destination airport when the pilot reported a fuel emergency to air traffic control. He stated that he was going to attempt to land on a highway, however, the plane hit 160-foot power […]
Picture of the day: Relaxing in the backcountry
Patrick Romano, the force behind Backcountry Aviation, sent in this photo of Nathan Kurth and Lindsey Moreland enjoying an after flight beer next to a Carbon Cub SS.
Birds do it, but they have a learning curve, too
By JEB BURNSIDE. A variety of sources detailing the Wright brothers’ research methods and conclusions prior to the successful first powered flight note their study of birds. From that study, they observed and identified the ways soaring birds changed their wings’ shape to control the flight path. That data led to conceiving and implementing wing […]