By JONI M. FISHER It was a quiet Saturday in late November at Gilbert Field in Winter Haven, Florida, when five Air Force ROTC volunteers showed up to help flight instructor and businessman John Collins make good on his offer for free flights to the families of police and firefighters in Winter Haven. The idea started weeks earlier […]
Windecker Eagle flies again
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — More than 30 years after it was damaged and rendered unairworthy, N4198G, a Windecker Eagle, has been repaired, restored, upgraded, returned to active status, and flown. In the hands of test pilot Len Fox, the Eagle was guided onto the active runway Dec. 6. Fox advanced the throttle on the first all-composite aircraft […]
American Aero FTW holds toy drive
FORT WORTH, Texas — More than 300 toys and 100 bicycles were collected at the third annual holiday luncheon and toy drive hosted by American Aero FTW, an FBO at Meacham International Airport. The event benefits the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. American Aero FTW employees, airport tenants and clients, as well as […]
AIA and NAR receive award
The National Coalition for Aviation and Space Education (NCASE) has selected the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and the National Association of Rocketry (NAR) as the recipients of the Dr. Mervin K. Strickler Aerospace Education Award, in recognition of their outstanding achievements in the field of aerospace education. In 1995 NCASE established the Dr. Mervin K. […]
Eagle Creek Aviation Services expands operations
INDIANAPOLIS — Eagle Creek Aviation Services has completed the purchase of Montgomery Aviation’s three North-Central Indiana locations. The purchase of Montgomery Aviation includes the FBO, flight school, and maintenance facility at Indianapolis Executive Airport (TYQ), the FBO at the Frankfort/Clinton County Airport (FKR), and the FBO at the Grissom Aeroplex (GUS). The Montgomery Aviation name will remain […]
Swayze receives UNO Shea Award
Richard Swayze, currently the Assistant Administrator for Policy, International Affairs, and Environment at the FAA, received the William F. Shea Award at a Nov. 19-20 celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Aviation Institute. The award is named for Bill Shea, UNO Aviation Institute’s Founding Director.
Decision to continue instrument approach injures four
The Cessna 182 pilot reported that during an instrument landing system (ILS) approach in instrument meteorological conditions, she descended into fog about 1,000 feet above ground level near Hillsboro, Ore. She continued the approach beyond the minimum descent altitude and stated that she did not see the runway or runway environment until she was beyond […]
Picture of the day: Fox and the hound
Star photographer Star Novak, who has several photos featured in the Dec. 20 print issue with its special focus on The Year in Pictures, sent in this photo from the Great Midwest Balloon Fest, held in October in Kansas. “Due to weather on the previous day, the Balloon Fest played host to a round of […]
Logbooks catalog more than hours
By JEB BURNSIDE. I’m in the middle of what’s shaping up to be a long-term project: Organizing my logbooks and other flight records. I have varying details on literally decades of personal flying spread across four bound logbooks, a roll-my-own database on a hard drive, and my airplane’s tach sheets. Very little is duplicated in […]