Every year during the third week in October, Dave and Marcia Mason welcome hundreds of airplanes to the Reklaw Fly-In, known to be one of the largest grass field fly-ins in the country.
Aviation News
EAA to introduce 70th anniversary beer at AirVenture 2023
Pilots and aviation enthusiasts attending EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023 can get a taste of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s 70th anniversary as EAA partners with Stone Arch Brew Pub of Appleton, Wisconsin, to produce a special commemorative beer.
Volunteers needed to help N.H. students build airplanes
The search is on for adult volunteer mentors to aid student plane-building programs in Manchester and Hudson, New Hampshire. If this sounds like something you’d like to do, you are invited to attend an open house at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire May 22, 2023.
Aircraft set to fly in for Innovations in Flight
More than 50 vintage, modern, and commercial aircraft will fly in to the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center’s annual Innovations in Flight Outdoor Aviation Display, Saturday, June 17, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Pilot seriously injured when airpark landing goes awry
The pilot’s failure to locate the airport, which resulted in an approach to a road and subsequent collision with power lines during a go-around in low-light conditions.
Picture of the Day: A Heavenly view
Wayne Maynard submitted this photo and note: “This photo was taken on a return flight from Houston on an Angel Flight South Central mission. I transported a patient from their home to MD Anderson Cancer Center for cancer treatment. I have flown 240 mission legs over the past 17 years and have served as chairman of the organization for five years.”
Failing to take in the big picture
We will all make mistakes. Many in fact. But if we insist on buffaloing into any and all situations as we see fit, something bad is likely to be the result one day. And it won’t just be the risk of ever seeing Michael J. Fox in person again and having to apologize for blowing a shot in a movie. It might be something much worse and tragically irreversible. A result we will have to live with forevermore, if we survive the experience at all.
Report takes in-depth look at seaplane accidents
Seaplane accidents, while few, represent an area of general aviation where targeted training could pay real dividends. That’s the takeaway from a new seaplane accident analysis report by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Institute (ASI).
1942 Cub grand prize in fundraiser
You can own a 1942 Cub for just $25.