GUEST EDITORIAL By HAL SHEVERS, founder of Sporty’s Pilot Shop in Batavia, Ohio “I want to get a private license.” Over my 50-plus years of teaching pilots I have heard that statement countless times. After talking to the prospective pilots a short time, you realize what they really have on their minds is to be […]
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A Call Air made to share
One of the first rules of a fly-in is don’t touch the aircraft. Seeing an airplane on display with a PLEASE TOUCH sign on it makes you wonder if you’ve fallen through the Looking Glass and are about to have tea with the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat. But that’s what David Denton of […]
One-of-a-kind Stinson
If you want to draw a big crowd at an aviation event, you need to have a vintage design, a red airplane, or a one-of-a-kind airframe. If you happen to own a Stinson Model “O”, also known as a Senior Trainer, you have all three. The Stinson, a replica of the 1930s-era design, made its […]
Restoring a special B-17
By BILL WALKER, For General Aviation News The man was in his 80s, too frail to lift himself through the door of the iconic aircraft being restored in the gallery of the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Savannah, Ga. “What if he hurt himself?” someone asked. “The museum might be liable,” someone else worried […]
AOPA Summit: By the numbers
Nearly 10,000 pilots and aviation enthusiasts gathered in Long Beach, California, Nov. 11-13, for the 2010 AOPA Aviation Summit to hear from industry leaders, see the latest and greatest, from aircraft to engines and avionics to pilot supplies, and to attend more than 60 hours of educational forums. Hundreds more from the local community came […]
Change is constant, progress is not
Jamie Beckett is a CFI and A&P mechanic who stepped into the political arena in an effort to promote and protect GA at his local airport. You can reach him at [email protected]. The suggestion that aviation has changed over the past several decades will surprise no one. It obviously has. However, the disparity between the […]
POWs tell tales of survival at Living History Symposium
World War II Prisoners of War will make history books come to life as part of Fantasy of Flight’s newest installation of its Living History Symposium Series. “Airmen in Captivity: The POW Experience” features former POWs willing to share their stories of courage. This is the first time the Polk City, Florida, attraction has offered […]
Zenith’s 19th annual Open Hangar Day and Builder Fly-In slated
Zenith Aircraft Co.’s 19th annual Open Hangar Day and Builder Fly-In Gathering at the company’s kit aircraft factory in Mexico, Missouri, is slated for the weekend of Sept. 17-18. Starting on Friday, Sept. 17, the company will offer a variety of seminars, including: Painting Your Homebuilt: Mike Loehle of Loehle Aero Coatings will discuss aircraft […]
Fighting fires
Brad Goldman has been fighting fires for most of his adult life. It’s his passion, and for the past nearly 30 years his job, too — he’s with Snohomish County Fire District 7, in Washington state north of Seattle. Some 25 years ago he learned to fly, and it, too, became a passion, which explains […]