When longtime photographer Herman Krieger stopped in at Hobby Field Airport (77S) in Creswell, Ore., he captured a moment in time, with scenes familiar to all GA pilots. Click here to see his beautiful photo essay. Photography has long held a fascination for Herman Krieger. He worked in photography during his teens in Detroit in […]
EAA Eagle Flights to introduce adults to flight
The Experimental Aircraft Association’s upcoming aviation orientation program for adults, which is scheduled to launch in spring 2012, now has its official name: EAA Eagle Flights. The program, which is based on the successful EAA Young Eagles flights for youth, will focus on one-to-one flight experiences and pathways that help adults toward discovering more about […]
Young awarded Blériot medal
The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, which establishes rules for the control and certification of world aeronautical and astronautical records, awarded the Louis Blériot medal to air racing pilot Richard “Smokey” Young at a ceremony Nov. 17 in Los Angeles. The Blériot medal may be awarded up to three times every year to record setters in speed, […]
Scholarships awarded
Airports Council International-North America’s (ACI-NA) has awarded scholarships of $2,500 each to two aviation students: Cameron McGillicuddy, a student at Western Michigan University’s College of Aviation in Battle Creek, Mich., and Andrew Roybal, a student at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. “This scholarship program recognizes the importance of the highly […]
Air Force Museum receives $50,000 donation
DAYTON, Ohio – The Air Force Museum Foundation has received a $50,000 pledge from Alenia North America to support the construction of the new 224,000-square-foot building addition at the National Museum of the United States Air Force Museum. The building will house the museum’s Space Gallery, Global Reach Gallery, and Presidential Aircraft Gallery. In addition, […]
New Cheetah dealer appointed
Midwest Sport Aviation has appointed AeroSport as an authorized dealer of the Cheetah XLS Light Sport Aircraft from Rainbow Aircraft. Owned by Jeremy and Daniela Knoll, the AeroSport office is located in Twin Lakes, Wis., with their maintenance hangar and private strip located nearby in Hebron, Ill., about two miles north of Galt Airport (10C). […]
AWOS installed at O9CA
Belfort Instrument Co. has installed its DigiWxTM Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) at the George L. Mee Memorial Hospital (09CA), in King City, California. The AWOS AV provides real-time wind speed, wind direction, temperature, relative humidity, dewpoint and altimeter setting, visibility, and cloud height information on a graphical display, over a discrete VHF frequency, via […]
Control locks introduced
Executive Associates at the Wiley Post Airport in Bethany, Okla., is introducing four new Control Locks for PiperSport and SportCruisers, all Van’s Aircraft, except the RV8/8A, and nearly every other plane with a control stick, according to company officials. The new control lock is designed to protect the ailerons and elevator from being damaged by […]
Heritage Trophy winner profiled on LiveAirShowTV
One of a kind aircraft are nothing new to the National Aviation Heritage Invitational, and 2011 was no exception. The 1911 Bleriot XI, the only one in the world today, owned by CC Air Corp. and restored by Chuck Wentworth of Antique Aero, was the winner of the 2011 Rolls-Royce Aviation Heritage Trophy. The winners […]