GRANGEVILLE, Idaho — Due to scheduling conflicts, organizers for Warbird Weekend have reluctantly decided to postpone this year’s event, resuming the normal schedule for 2016. Normally held the second week in July at the Idaho County Airport, Warbird Weekend was moved up two weeks this year to June 27-28 in anticipation of the federal runway reconstruction […]
Passionate pilot wins King School’s sweepstakes
Blake Godfrey, a passionate pilot, CFI, and newly hired airline pilot, has won the King Schools Alaska Seaplane Rating Sweepstakes. Blake, of Taylor, Arizona, takes home a package of prizes that includes a seaplane rating and bush pilot flying vacation at Alaska Floats and Skis in Talkeetna, Alaska. Blake and a companion will enjoy an […]
Lockheed Martin wins DUATS contract
The FAA has selected Lockheed Martin to provide online flight service tools to the general aviation community, helping them to plan and navigate the national airspace safely. Lockheed Martin joins CSC in proving Direct User Access Terminal Service (DUATS) services to general aviation pilots. The behemoth company edged out long-time provider DTC DUAT. Over the […]
Banyan celebrates AMTs
Banyan recently celebrated its 10th annual AMT Day. This annual event pays tribute to Charles E. Taylor, the first aircraft maintenance technician (AMT), who built Orville and Wilbur Wright’s engine. It is also a day that Banyan uses to honor its aircraft maintenance technicians, avionics technicians and parts team. The event took place in Banyan’s […]
Cub strikes power lines
The instructor pilot and a student were flying in the Piper J3-Cub near Selma N.C., when the CFI attempted to make a landing on a grass strip. During the approach the Cub collided with unmarked power lines and flipped over. The airplane came to rest on the ground upside down, resulting in minor injuries to […]
Picture of the day: Taking flight
Matt Genuardi captured this photo at this year’s SUN ‘n FUN of a flock of powered parachutes taking to the skies at Paradise City, the ultralight and light-sport area of the annual fly-in.
The greatest threat to aviation
I was once blinded by my best friend while flying at night. He was trying to help me read a map. We were out of KDAL, heading to KSMO. Inbound to KSMO, at night, over California’s high desert, the earth below looked black as pitch, the sky above a planetarium ceiling’s worth of stars. I’d […]
SUN ’n FUN celebrates being debt free
As the gates opened April 21 for the 41st annual SUN ‘n FUN, officials were celebrating the fact that the organization is officially debt free. When SUN ’n FUN President John “Lites” Leenhouts took the helm of the non-profit, he found it was not only $2.3 million in debut, but the organization was surviving on […]
Video: Flying for food
Smitty Smith from FunPlacestoFly.com recently posted this video of a recent flight to The Taxiway Café at the Lancaster Airport in Lancaster, Texas. He notes: “We flew out of McKinney National Airport, flying over Mesquite and then direct to Lancaster. The Taxiway Café has some of the best food around. Be sure and give them a […]