2023 was a record-setting year for the 32nd annual Fly/In Cruise/In. Held on Saturday of Labor Day weekend every year, the weather was perfect this year. The sky was brilliant blue, and the traffic pattern was humming with all sorts of aircraft, while the well-orchestrated mass arrival of vintage and antique cars, trucks, motorcycles, tractors, and more poured through the gates and onto the grounds of Marion Municipal Airport-McKinney Field in Indiana.
STEM Flights celebrates five years
“When you can get a kid airborne and actively participating in the flight, their confidence and motivation soars,” says STEM Flights Founder Dave Brubaker. “Flying can expand horizons for kids and inspire them to dream bigger.”
The popularity of plane spotting
LA Flights, a YouTube channel dedicated to plane spotting, reached a milestone in July 2023: 200,000 active subscribers.
EarthX batteries earn FAA approval
EarthX has earned an FAA AML STC that will permit the installation of its FAA TSO’d 12V LiFePO4 battery on a wide variety of single-engine Cessna, Piper, and Mooney aircraft, as well as the Aviat A-1.
Piper pilot stalls over runway while being escorted by military aircraft
The pilot’s exceedance of the wing’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of aircraft control.
Picture of the Day: Christen Eagle soars during air show
Galen Huber submitted this photo and note: “A Christen Eagle performs during the 2023 South Plains Air Show in Slaton, Texas. The June show was put on by the TexasAirMuseum.org.”
A down-to-earth, relaxing fly-in
The annual fly-in at the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (WAAAM) at Hood River, Oregon, gets a returning crowd of happy pilots and pals each year.
Pilots flock to KMYJ for Zenith Homecoming
Organizers proclaimed the 2023 event as the “best one yet,” estimating that more than 500 visitors were on hand over the two days and about 50 planes flew in to Mexico Memorial Airport in Missouri for the Homecoming.
Wanted: Another school ready for takeoff
The Aviation Museum of New Hampshire has opened its search for another high school to start a student plane-building program.