I am enamored with airships, so when I found out that Airship Ventures, a start-up company in the San Francisco Bay area, was offering a chance to pilot one, I had to take advantage of the offer. Airship Ventures was... Continue Reading →
Fly casual
Posted on September 17th, 2009 by Janice Wood
Guest Editorial By THOMAS P. TURNER “Fly casual.” If you’re a pilot and a fan of the “Star Wars” movies (hey, I was a teenager when the first one came out), this may be one of your favorite lines of... Continue Reading →
Meg flies a Mustang
Posted on September 15th, 2009 by Meg Godlewski
When someone offers you the chance to fly in a P-51 Mustang, you do not pass it up. I recently flew “Betty Jane,” a rare two-place P-51 that is making its way around the country on the Collings Foundation Wings... Continue Reading →
Growing the next generation
Posted on September 11th, 2009 by Janice Wood
GUEST EDITORIAL By JAMAIL LARKINS We all remember our first flight — the feeling of seeing the world from a completely different perspective, the freedom of controlling an aircraft through the three dimensions of flight, the opportunity to make the... Continue Reading →
What’s behind AirVenture’s record crowds?
Posted on August 14th, 2009 by Janice Wood
If you build it, will they come? That had to be the worry of EAA officials, who invested more than $4 million over the last year on site improvements to the AirVenture grounds at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. Would... Continue Reading →
Why I embrace user fees — and you should too!
Posted on July 14th, 2009 by Ben Sclair
Following is my speech and (notes) from an AirVenture forum that will never take place. “I want to thank you, Mr. President, and all 535 members of Congress for coming to Oshkosh for EAA’s annual AirVenture and my forum, “Why... Continue Reading →
Be part of the solution
Posted on May 25th, 2009 by Janice Wood
Guest Editorial By JACK PELTON Even without the global economic and credit crisis challenging the world and the public relations turbulence hitting business aviation, I anticipated 2009 would be a weighty year for general aviation. We have a new administration... Continue Reading →
Taking the hassle out of flying
Posted on March 27th, 2009 by Dave Sclair
For many years I’ve maintained that the business executive who can afford a single or light twin airplane doesn’t get involved in flying for a couple of reasons. First is time. Many of these individuals started learning to fly or... Continue Reading →
Let’s attract the money
Posted on February 24th, 2009 by Ben Sclair
At last weekend’s Northwest Aviation Conference a young man asked AOPA President Craig Fuller how to attract more young people to aviation (click here to watch Craig’s full speech). Craig responded by tipping a hat to many of the nations... Continue Reading →
Aviators Attic: A high-flying pilot store
Posted on February 13th, 2009 by Janice Wood
Lynn Nichols, president of Yingling Aviation in Wichita, grew up around pilots, earning his license at an early age. When he acquired the long-time Cessna affiliate at Mid-Continent Airport in 2000, he knew that the small gift shop wasn’t nearly... Continue Reading →
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