Ever wish you could play on the same golf course as the professionals? You can, at North Carolina’s Pinehurst Resort, site of the 2005 U.S. Open Championship. The 2,000-acre resort, which boasts eight championship golf courses, is just one of three U.S. Open sites open to the public, according to Janeen Driscoll, communications manager. And […]
Crowd Stopper, Jerry Sater’s Wilga attracts attention whereever it lands
If there was one owner whose plane got a lot of quizzical stares at the Northwest EAA Fly-In at Arlington, Wash., this year, it was Jerry T. Sater of Kettle Falls, Wash. Sater’s bright green Wilga was a rarity among the line of homebuilt and vintage machines. Sater had barely landed before curious pilots surrounded […]
The Lizard has landed: Christopher Desmond’s reptilian Zenith
You can tell a lot about the flying habits of a pilot by the kind of aircraft he or she owns. For example, one look at Christopher Desmond’s Zenith CH 701 and you would probably surmise that he’s a pilot who likes to head for the back country where riverbanks are the runways and the […]
Pilot dies in plane crash at Oregon Intl Air Show
A vintage British fighter jet taking part in the Oregon International Air Show July 16 crashed shortly after takeoff. The pilot, 73-year-old Robert Guilford of Los Angeles, died in the crash. The aircraft, a Hawker Hunter, had been part of the warbird display at the show. Guilford, who was described as an experienced pilot, was […]
Blimp: The next generation
For decades blimps have been used as flying billboards. Now The Lightship Group of Orlando, Fla., has created an airship that is sort of a flying movie screen. The A-170 Video Lightsign measures 170 feet long, 55 feet high and 46 feet wide, and sports a 70 foot-by-30 foot LED screen. The picture streams from […]
The Buzzzzzzzzzzzz
“We need to speak with one voice and quit picking on one another, and then maybe we’d get somewhere.” — Alan Klapmeier, co-founder, Cirrus Design Corp. “When you buy a new airplane from a new company, you’re buying a part of the company in some respects.” — Dr. Gerard Kenney, who just bought an Adam […]
Do you recognize this plane?
Pilots may forget their anniversaries or the birthdays of their children, but there is very little chance they will forget the airplanes they have owned over the years. Ed Cashmere is banking on that as he tries to find the story behind the art on the tail of his 1953 Piper Tripacer. On the tail […]
Fastest Time to visit all hard surface public airports in Wisconsin
Two pilots who landed at all 102 public airports in Wisconsin in one day have officially set the record for “Fastest Time to Visit All the Hard Surface Public Airports in Wisconsin.” Matthew McDaniel and Bruce Kaufman set the record June 20. Final calculated time was 16 hours, 42 minutes, 14 seconds. Besides setting the […]
No crimial charges for teenager who buzzed school
No criminal charges will be filed against Daniel Morrison, the teenager who allegedly buzzed Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N.H., last month in a Piper Cherokee. According to school officials, Morrison circled the campus for about 30 minutes at an altitude of no more than 300 feet above ground. The orbit was captured on videotape and […]