AKRON, Ohio — Like many Ohioans, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s Akron-based blimp, the Spirit of Goodyear, has become a “snow bird” and is leaving northeast Ohio’s snow and cold for a retirement in the sunshine and warmth of Florida. The blimp, which has been based at the company’s Wingfoot Lake Hangar since its […]
Bad bounce for student
Aircraft: Cirrus SR20. Injuries: None. Location: Englewood, Colo. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The student pilot was attempting to land. The airplane touched down on the main landing gear, bouncing several times before going off the runway. The airplane went across the grass, and down a hill before coming to rest next to a fence. Probable cause: […]
Homebuilt accident rate drops 30%
OSHKOSH, Wis. — Heightened safety efforts by the aviation community and the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) are showing positive results, as fiscal year 2013 figures from the FAA indicate that fatal accidents in amateur-built aircraft in the U.S. declined by 30% when compared to fiscal year 2012. The totals, which include accidents during the 2013 […]
Able Flight receives grant from Wounded Warrior Project
Able Flight has received a $45,000 grant from the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), a non-profit organization whose mission is to honor and empower Wounded Warriors. The grant will expand Able Flight’s ability to provide flight training and aviation career training scholarships to injured service members. Able Flight is a national nonprofit that provides flight training […]
Cirrus unveils 2014 Generation 5 aircraft
DULUTH, Minn. — Cirrus Aircraft has introduced the company’s model year 2014 SR-Series airplane lineup. “The most immediately recognizable new feature for 2014 is that we have brought luxury automobile LED lighting technology to the airplane, a first in our segment. Cirrus Integrated LED Technology increases functional performance while enhancing aesthetic appeal for Cirrus customers,” […]
COPPERSTATE scholarship winners travel to Oshkosh
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — In July, four high school students travelled to Oshkosh to attend the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Advanced Air Academy 2013 — a trip funded by an Air Academy Scholarship from COPPERSTATE FLY-IN, Inc. The 41st annual COPPERSTATE fly-in will take off Oct. 24-26 at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport in Casa […]
Maine Teacher awarded SAFE grant
Lisa Damian of Rockport, Maine, is the 2013 recipient of the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) K-12 Classroom Teacher Grant award. Damian teaches physics at Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport. The $250 grant is meant to encourage classroom teachers to incorporate aviation and aerospace-themed lesson plans and projects into their regular […]
Rare Wright brothers posters to be sold at auction
Swann Auction Galleries will offer two posters from 1909 featuring the Wright brothers at its Rare & Important Travel Posters auction on Oct. 18. Originally met with skepticism in the United States after their initial 1903 flight, the Wright brothers traveled to Europe and became increasingly popular, especially in France after a number of demonstration […]
CAP surveying livestock losses in SD
At the request of the state’s Department of Public Safety, the South Dakota Wing of the Civil Air Patrol is conducting an aerial survey for livestock carcass identification on all state highways and I-90. This mission is being conducted in Harding, Butte, Lawrence, Pennington, Custer, Fall River, Shannon, Bennett, Jackson, Haakon, Meade, Perkins, Corson, Ziebach, […]