Aero-nuts across the land are looking to central Florida for their first big outing of the year. It’s all about SUN ‘n FUN for the next couple weeks. Getting there, reveling in the wonder of it all, and getting home again. It’s a process — one that requires a bit of planning and patience and perhaps a touch of persistence.
Paper airplane sets world record
A pair of Boeing engineers have shattered the world record by flying their paper airplane nearly the length of a football field.
Volunteers paint CAF Airbase Georgia Corsair
Recently featured in the movie “Devotion,” the FG-1D Corsair was carefully stripped to bare metal and repainted to return it to like-new condition, according to CAF officials.
New flight school opens at O38
A new flight school, TruFlight Academy, which specializes in helicopter flight training, has opened at Gundy’s Airport (O38) in Owasso, Oklahoma.
Pilot ‘negated all proper safety protocols’
This resulted in both aircraft facing head-on on the departure end of 30. We had to take an evasive maneuver action to avoid the aircraft on final.
Picture of the Day: Thunderbirds in Training
Robert Kolinsky submitted this photo and note: “USAF Lt. Col. Justin ‘Astro’ Elliott, commander of the Thunderbirds, leads the team down Taxiway Bravo at Edwards AFB, California during their 2023 winter training.”
Flying to SUN ‘n FUN? Be aware of changes to arrival procedures
If you are flying to the 2023 SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo, be aware that there are significant changes to the arrival procedure.
GA advocates successfully fight Washington bill that would have banned 100LL
The original bill, WA HB1554, introduced in January 2023, called for the phased-in restriction on the “selling, distributing, or otherwise making available to consumers” leaded avgas in Washington state starting Jan. 1, 2024.
Bill Shea honored with Distinguished Statesman Award
William “Bill” Shea, founding director of the University of Nebraska Omaha Aviation Institute, was recently presented the 2022 Wesley L. McDonald Distinguished Statesman of Aviation Award.