This year, LadiesLoveTaildraggers will offer five scholarships to help pilots increase their tailwheel skills. Three scholarships are for women pilots wanting to earn tailwheel endorsements, while the other two are for women tailwheel pilots for a Stick & Rudder Master Class and a STOL workshop. Details and links to each scholarship application form are available online. Deadline […]
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Lynx FBO Network acquires two companies at KANE
Lynx FBO Network recently completed two acquisitions at Anoka County-Blaine Airport (KANE) serving the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. The company, part of The Sterling Group, simultaneously acquired Cirrus Flight Operations and Key Air Twin Cities. In August 2016, Sterling launched Lynx and is executing a plan to build an FBO network providing general aviation services. The […]
Cirrus Aircraft launches G6
Cirrus Aircraft has launch the new 2017 G6, the latest edition of the SR22T, SR22 and SR20 piston airplanes. The latest model includes the just-unveiled Cirrus Perspective+ by Garmin flight deck, luxury automotive-inspired Cirrus Spectra wingtip lighting, cockpit connectivity solutions and more. This sixth generation Cirrus is available for order immediately and customer deliveries are underway. […]
Registration opens for 41st Air Race Classic
Registration is open for the 41st Air Race Classic (ARC), the annual all-women cross-country airplane race. More than 100 women pilots are expected to compete in this year’s ARC, which begins Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Frederick, Maryland, and ends Friday, June 23, 2017, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The oldest race of its kind […]
Backcountry airstrips supported in U.S. budget report
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The annual appropriations process is underway in Congress, and officials with the Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) point out that specific language supporting backcountry airstrips was included in the Senate Transportation Appropriations Committee report at the request of Montana’s U.S. Senator Steve Daines. “Increasing accessibility to public lands and providing another recourse in […]
Upwind begins accepting scholarship applications
SAN CARLOS, California — The Upwind Foundation, now in its fifth year of operation, is now accepting applications for its 2017 scholarship. Upwind provides a scholarship that includes flight and ground training for a high school student to prepare them to obtain their private pilot certificate during the summer between their junior and senior year. Upwind […]
EAA Founder’s Innovation Prize competition returns
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — The doers, dreamers, and innovators who are ready to change the way people fly are again invited to submit their best ideas for the 2017 Founders’ Innovation Prize competition sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). The second annual competition again welcomes ideas to counter loss-of-control accidents in amateur-built […]
Flying Musicians end 2016 on a high note
The Flying Musicians Association reports that membership topped 500 in 2016, including 58 student members. The association now has 17 regional or state-level ambassadors, including one in Canada, a high school scholarship program, a college internship program, is a regular participation at eight annual aviation events, and also contributed to many more smaller events and HangarJams. FMA also […]
NATA donates $18,000 to vets
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has donated nearly $18,000 to veterans organizations raised through the 2016 NATA Flag Pins for Veterans Project. NATA and its members began the project in 2014 to support veterans. To date, the association has raised more than $75,000 in three years. Funds from this year’s project will once again go to […]