For the next few months, construction will be the name of the game at Asheville Regional Airport in North Carolina. Contracts for 10 different projects, totaling $14.3 million, have been approved by the airport’s governing board, including a contract to add more space for GA aircraft, according to a story by Mark Barrett in the […]
60 airplanes to celebrate 60 years
Tim Carter decided to spend his 60th year flying 60 different types of aircraft he’d never flown before. His pursuit of 60 different aircraft in his 60th year has brought him into everything from a 737 (for which he holds a type rating) to a J-3. A lot of good people have volunteered their aircraft […]
Meyers Fly-In draws a crowd
In spite of some low overcast, typical in Southern California in June, the owners of Meyers aircraft converged on Flabob Airport in Riverside, Calif., for a weekend of camaraderie, local flying and trips to local attractions. Many Meyers owners unable to fly in drove or made the trip by commercial airline. Three Meyers OTW pre-war […]
Long-time CFI dies, life to be celebrated at Mulino Fly-In
Long-time CFI Carl Payson Dietz died June 22 in Oregon City, Ore. Dietz earned his private license in 1947 at the Scappoose Airport. After suffering a serious accident in the mid-1950s in the logging industry, he became a flight instructor and commercial pilot at the Hillsboro Airport. In 1964, he became the fixed base operator […]
’40 Years of Soaring Success’
The Airport Area Business Association (AABA) in Oakland, Calif., will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a wine and food tasting Sept. 10th at the Oakland Aviation Museum. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Oakland Aviation High School at North Field. Established 40 years ago in the interest of developing the areas surrounding the Oakland […]
Partnership formed to research algae as aviation fuel
NASA is partnering with Seambiotic USA on an R&D program designed to use microalgae as aviation biofuel feedstock. Under the agreement, NASA Glenn Research Center and Seambiotic USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Israel-based Seambiotic, will work together to improve production processes and to study and qualify algae oil from alternative species and production processes as […]
10 questions for EAA’s Tom Poberezny
As he prepares for this month’s EAA AirVenture, EAA Chairman and President Tom Poberezny sat down with the local Oshkosh newspaper to answer 10 questions, including which plane he’d most like to fly at this year’s show. Read it at: www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20090703/OSH0107/907030633/1128/osh01/Ten-Questions-for-EAA-s-Tom-Poberezny
Blackhawk offers financing for engine upgrades
Blackhawk Modifications, Inc. has unveiled an Engine Financing Program that offers up to 100% financing to qualified U.S. buyers. The Financing Program may include the cost of the engines, shipping and installation of factory-new Pratt & Whitney PT6A engines. The program provides qualified customers the ability to finance their engine purchase using a 15-year fully […]
Parade of Planes lands in Atlanta area
Aircraft Specialists Jet Center at Gwinnett County Airport (LZU) near Atlanta will host the Parade of Planes Southeast event. The third of four regional Parade of Planes events scheduled for 2009, occurs Aug. 13-15. Aircraft Specialists Jet Center, a full-service FBO operating around the clock 365 days a year, has agreed to waive service fees […]