LAKELAND, Florida — SUN ‘n FUN and the Aerospace Center for Excellence (A.C.E) recently completed another summer camp season. More than 130 students from nine states and the Bahamas attended the camps on the SUN ‘n FUN campus on Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (KLAL). The STEMtastic camp attracted more than 40 students ranging in age from 7 to 12 […]
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Zenith Open Hangar Day Sept. 19
MEXICO, Missouri — Zenith Aircraft will hold its annual Open Hangar Day Sept. 19. On Friday, Sept. 18, those who fly or drive into the Zenith factory at Mexico Memorial Airport (KMYJ) will have the chance to attend engine and avionics workshops and seminars, a STOL competition and the Zenith banquet, featuring special guests and door […]
Simulated emergency leads to gear-up landing
During an instructional flight in a Cessna 172RG in Kent, Wash., the CFI asked the student pilot, a commercial rated pilot in the right seat, to demonstrate a simulated emergency engine-out landin The student reduced the throttle to idle, turned toward the runway, and completed the GUMPS (gas, undercarriage, mixture, propeller, seat belt and switches) […]
‘Higher, Orville, higher!’
Spoiler Alert: The final paragraph of The Wright Brothers is my favorite. “They took off, soaring over Huffman Prairie at about 350 feet for a good six minutes, during which the Bishop’s only words were, “Higher, Orville, higher!” “They” were Orville Wright and his father Bishop Milton Wright. The Bishop was eighty-two years old at the […]
Picture of the day: Once owned by Curtis LeMay
Jim Sorbie recently sent in this photo of a 1943 Howard DGA 15P that was once owned by General Curtis LeMay. The plane was on display at this year’s SUN ‘n FUN.
The story behind the large concrete arrows across America
More than 100 years ago, pilots had to trust a compass and their own bearings to navigate long distances — there was no such thing as GPS. At night or during bad weather, air travel was almost impossible due to poor visibility. The U.S. Postal Service was severely affected by this, as there would often be large […]
North Fox Island airstrip opens
After working for several years to re-open the North Fox Island airstrip, located on a state-owned 820-acre island in Lake Michigan, officials with the Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) report success. Many volunteer man hours have gone into preparation and negotiations to reclaim and return the airstrip to a safe condition, according to RAF officials. North […]
Video: Visiting the Mid America Flight Museum
Smitty Smith from FunPlacesToFly.com sent us this video of a recent tour of the Mid America Flight Museum in Mt. Pleasant, Texas (KOSA). “Our EAA Chapter flew out to Mount Pleasant, Texas, and was given a tour of the museum,” he said. “There are a lot of beautiful aviation museums across the country that have […]
H-D Manufacturing acquires Twin Commander parent company
CREEDMOOR, N.C. — H-D Advanced Manufacturing Company (H-D), which specializes in high-precision severe-duty components, has acquired Twin Commander Aircraft‘s parent company Firstmark Corporation. Operations and staffing at Twin Commander will not change as a result of the change in ownership, according to Twin Commander President Matt Isley. The acquisition brings “significant resources benefitting Twin Commander […]