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, […]
Soup’s On
Soup’s On at the Ocean City Airport (OXB) in Maryland from 11 a.m.–2 p.m., every Saturday and Sunday, beginning Oct. 19 until Nov. 24. Enjoy a cup of soup and dessert, and then view the Huey Veteran’s Memorial. Suggested donation is $5, in support of the Ocean City Aviation Association’s (OCAA) Huey restoration and future […]
D’Shannon Aviation opens Engine Department
BUFFALO, Minn. — D’Shannon Aviation recently launched an engine department in Mooresville, N.C., that is designed to service all Continental direct drive engines, restoring them to standards that meet or exceed “factory new” specs. The top of the line rebuild, labeled the “Genesis,” incorporates ECi cylinders and approximately 20% more new parts than a standard […]
DC-3 Dakota Association relaunches website
The DC-3/Dakota Association has relaunched its website The DC-3 Dakota Association, established in 1994 as the DC-3/Dakota Historical Society, is a repository for information on the DC-3, C-47, Dakota, Super DC-3, Soviet Li-2, Japanese L2 D3, and all the variants made by the Douglas Aircraft Co., and the turbines remanufactured by Basler Turbo Conversions and […]
Fast approach, bad landing
Aircraft: Cessna Cardinal. Injuries: None. Location: Honesdale, Penn. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot had the airplane configured for landing with 30° of flaps. The asphalt runway measured 2,420 foot. Normal airspeed for landing is 70 mph, but the Cardinal was indicating 85 to 90 mph. After touchdown, the pilot realized there was insufficient runway […]
We remember the bad, forget the good
Although it is not scheduled to be released until January 2014, I have just finished reading “Fireball, Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3” by Robert Matzen. His research is impressive. Rather than dwell on the superficial or get bogged down on the sensational aspects of the story, Matzen treats the subjects like real […]
Flight Design unveils Americas Edition
Flight Design has unveiled another limited edition model of the CTLSi, the Americas Edition, which features special paint graphics and equipment. Just 25 of the Americas Edition will be produced, according to officials with the German company. The Americas Edition follows the Jubilee edition, released earlier this year to commemorate the company’s 25th anniversary. “We are […]