SARASOTA, Fla. – Civil Air Patrol’s Florida Wing has provided more than 13,000 aerial images of damage caused by Hurricane Matthew to federal, state and local disaster-relief agencies, the wing’s commander said Oct. 10, 2016. Col. Henry Irizarry said the volunteer civilian auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force flew eight sorties today from bases in […]
Continental Motors to host Beechcraft clinic
Continental Motors Services (CMS) will host a Beechcraft Clinic Nov. 3-6, 2016, at its facility at Sonny Callahan Airport (KCQF) in Fairhope, Ala., in conjunction with the American Bonanza Society (ABS). The Bonanza/Debonair/Baron/Travel-Air Service Clinic Program, established in 1977, was created to provide members of ABS an opportunity to have their airplanes inspected by experts in the aviation […]
Registration now open for high school design challenge
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has opened registration for the fifth annual GAMA/Build A Plane Aviation Design Challenge, a competition to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) skills among U.S. high school students using aviation. The first 100 high schools that enter the competition will receive complimentary “Fly to Learn” curriculum and software powered […]
Prestige Interiors launches
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — Infinity Aircraft Services, an FAA 145 Repair Station, has launched Prestige Interiors, an aircraft completions company offering interior soft and hard good refurbishment or a complete replacement retrofit. Prestige Interiors is housed in a new 16,000-square-foot facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. In addition to aircraft completions, it also provides custom interiors for yachts […]
Parked truck on taxiway bad news for Thorpedo pilot
As the pilot was taxiing the T-211 Thorpedo to takeoff on Runway 10 from the airport in Mountain Home, Idaho, he encountered a truck parked on the taxiway. He made a 180° left turn, taxied back down the taxiway, then made a second 180° left turn in an attempt to reverse direction to go around […]
Picture of the day: A great day of skydiving
Martel Bundy sent in this photo, noting: “A Twin Otter and two Cessna 182s flying formation over Browns Field in Weeping Water, Nebraska, at the end of a great day of skydiving with the Lincoln Sport Parachute Club at the Burn the Mortgage event in October 2014.”
Hayden’s storied Spokane Parasol
A silver Heath Super Parasol shimmered in the late summer sun as it flew by Antique Airfield. Its 20-year-old owner/pilot, Hayden Newhouse, felt the breeze ruffling through his hair, and couldn’t help but smile as he listened to the Continental A-40 humming happily along and the wind whistling through the Parasol’s wire-braced wing struts. Gazing […]
CAP responds to Hurricane Matthew
Civil Air Patrol wings in Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina continue their efforts to help in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. CAP’s Florida Wing flew 10 sorties Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, from operational bases in Tallahassee, Sarasota and Tampa to survey damage caused by Hurricane Matthew. Lt. Col. Luis Garcia, area commander, said the blue-sky […]
Video: Texas Antique Airplane Fly-In
Our friends at FunPlacesToFly.com went to the 54th annual Texas Antique Airplane Association’s 54th annual fly-in last weekend and put together this video: