Miller Electric Mfg. Co introduces two new auto-darkening welding helmets with attitudes: The Joker and Camouflage. The Joker portrays a sinister looking jester surrounded by poker chips, cards, dice and an eight ball, while the Camouflage helmet features the Hardwoods Brown high-definition pattern — the No. 1 selling camouflage pattern in the U.S. Available to […]
Evergreen Aviation Museumoffers Summer camps
Evergreen Aviation Museum and the Captain Michael King Smith Educational Institute in McMinnville, Ore., will host four summer day camps where students will have fun learning about the science and history of flight while building gliders, airplanes, rockets and flying radio controlled (RC) aircraft. All of this will take place among the museum’s collection of […]
Records fall in 2005
Last year saw aviation records set that will be hard to beat, if not utterly impossible. The biggest story, which made news all over the world, was Steve Fossett’s non-stop, unrefueled solo flight around the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, but there were other, less dramatic records set. Most may endure longer, for Fossett […]
Runway closes for construction at Washington’s Western Airpark
Effective July 1, Western Airpark (92W), a privately owned airport in Yelm, Wash., will change from public use to private use, prior permission required. A NOTAM has been issued. The change is a result of pending gas pipeline construction on and in the vicinity of the approach end of runway 27. A new displaced threshold […]
New documentary captures the passion of flight
Trying to explain your passion for aviation to someone who doesn’t share it is a lot like trying to describe being in love to someone who has never been there. Words just can’t convey the depth of the emotion. Brian J. Terwilliger, producer/director of the full length documentary “One Six Right, the Romance of Flying,” […]
Last Van Nuys Air Show held
Some of the attendees of the 43rd annual air show at Van Nuys Airport (VNY) near Los Angeles were stunned to learn that the June 11 event was to be the last one. Rockin’ Airfest 2006 drew upwards of 60,000 people who came to see restored military aircraft and vintage machines. During welcoming remarks, Los […]
Free financial aid seminar available online
San Juan College in Farmington, N.M., presents a financial aid seminar for individuals who want to begin flight training but don’t understand the ins and outs of financing the costs. The seminar, available at PilotJourney.com, is free. “Flight training is expensive, but like any investment in a potential career, there are ways to finance training,” […]
Mooney driver finds inspiration for new business during flight
Mike Carroll doesn’t seem like a jewelry designer kind of guy – he drives tractors, trucks, Harleys and Mooneys. In fact, he designed his first ring in the cockpit at 24,000 feet. Carroll came up with the idea to create rings with an eagle motif about a dozen years ago during a flight between Chicago […]
Gas card winner named
Congratulations to Wayne Reveen of Glennall, Alaska, for being selected the winner of Flyer Media’s $500 gas card give-away. Reveen is a new bush pilot. Literally. He passed his checkride to fly for Copper Valley Air Service on June 6, 2006. His entry was selected from more than 1,000 gathered at Sun ‘n Fun in […]