Who would be willing to pay $84,000 for an airplane trip from Chicago to Tacoma, Wash.? The folks at the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma would, when the passenger is a beluga whale calf.
How can you help when disaster strikes?
June 8, 2007 by Leave a Comment
June is the start of hurricane season and, in the southern part of the country, residents are bracing for the worst.
A new way to reach kids: Todd Trainor hopes Aircraft Trading Cards will inspire dreams of flight
June 8, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Like many good ideas, Aircraft Trading Cards was born because of a young child’s dreams.
Frustrations abound with FSS: Lockheed Martin working to fix problems, but pilots say transition glitches compromise safety
June 8, 2007 by Leave a Comment
It started out as frustration for Dave Davidson, a veteran GA pilot from Texas. Now he’s angry — like so many other pilots who have tried, and failed, to contact a Flight Service Station run by Lockheed Martin.
Look Sharpe! Tackling Sun ‘n fun with triplets
June 8, 2007 by Leave a Comment
If you think it is challenging to attend a fly-in with one toddler in a stroller, then you will appreciate the courage of Robbie Sharpe from Greensboro, N.C., who made the scene at Sun ‘n Fun with triplets Cole, Connor and Collin.
Sun ‘n Fun dedicates Scott Crossfield Way
May 18, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Ribbon cuttings are, by their very nature, pretty boring affairs.
The man who started it all: EAA founder Paul Poberezny shares tales from the old days
May 18, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Experimental Aircraft Association founder Paul Poberezny likes to tell people that he and his wife, Audrey, are millionaires, then sit back and watch the reactions.
South Carolina installs state-wide AWOS
May 18, 2007 by Leave a Comment
The Aeronautics Division of South Carolina’s Department of Commerce recently inked a contract with Vaisala to install Automated Weather Observing Systems (AWOS) at nine airports across the state, as well as update existing systems. The contract is worth more than $1 million.
Piper offers G1000 on PA-32 aircraft: development of jet continues
May 18, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Garmin’s G1000 is now available as optional equipment on the Saratoga II TC and Piper 6X.
‘Top Gun’ takes top honors: But is it really thegreatest aviation movie of all time?
May 18, 2007 by Leave a Comment
What’s the greatest aviation movie of all time?
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