Take to the Skies AirFest prepares for takeoff

Janice Wood | Airshows & Fly-Ins | 9 hours ago

A festival of aviation featuring two days of aerobatic airshows takes to the skies at Mesquite Metro Airport (HQZ) in Texas Memorial Day weekend, Saturday and Sunday, May 26 and 27.

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The engines of AERO Part II

Kent Misegades | GAfuels | May 7, 2012

Your blogger briefly mentioned the engines on display at AERO Friedrichshafen 2012 in a previous report on April 22. With Europe’s largest general aviation show now two weeks past, I thought it was time to provide a few more details. With the previous two shows having focused great attention on electric propulsion, AERO organizers wisely chose 2012 to showcase advances in piston and turbine engines, and there was a great deal to see indeed.

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Nominations for Air Show Hall of Fame open

Janice Wood | Airshows & Fly-Ins | May 6, 2012

The International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) Foundation is looking for nominations for the Air Show Hall of Fame.

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Warbirds Over Whiteside slated

Janice Wood | Airshows & Fly-Ins | May 3, 2012

Warbirds Over Whiteside will be held at the Whiteside County Airport in Rock Falls, Ill., July 20-22. Owners of all types of warbird-type airplanes are invited to share in the festivities and comradry. To register your aircraft for our event, or to find out more information, go to  WarbirdsOverWhiteside.com.

Positive news for Paradise City

Dan Johnson | Airshows & Fly-Ins, Splog | May 2, 2012

Even as we prepared for this year’s Sun ’n Fun, I attended a meeting relative to the area known as Paradise City or the Light Plane Area, though some simply call it the Ultralight Area. Whatever you call it, dramatic changes are underway and you should pay attention.

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Warbird community rises to meet threat

Janice Wood | Airshows & Fly-Ins | April 19, 2012

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and the Warbirds of America are joining with the Commemorative Air Force, Collings Foundation, and other warbird groups in opposition of a proposed amendment to the House National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4310) that could have a devastating effect on the fleet of civilian-operated historic military aircraft.

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Changing lives, one rivet at a time

Janice Wood | Airshows & Fly-Ins | April 2, 2012

Interested in building an airplane, but just not sure if you can do it? Those who attended Sun ’n Fun last week found that they could hone their skills — and increase their confidence — at the Sun ’n Fun Workshops.

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Skywriters

GAN Staff | Airshows & Fly-Ins, Books, General Aviation News | March 22, 2012

BY MATT FERRARI

What a gift it is to fly. To fly and write is an even greater gift. For those of us who find our home in the sky, we have been graced with fellow aviators who have taken the time to put pen to paper to deliver us, through words, back to our place of belonging.

In the pages of their books these “skywriters” will take you along in the cockpit with the crew of a stricken airliner en route from Honolulu to San Francisco in Ernest K. Gann’s “The High and The Mighty” Continue Reading »

Heli-Expo breaks records

Janice Wood | Airshows & Fly-Ins, Associations, General Aviation News | February 19, 2012

The Helicopter Association International’s Heli-Expo 2012 concluded Feb. 14 in record-breaking fashion. By the time show ended Tuesday afternoon, 19,239 people had walked through the doors, breaking the old record of 17,995 — set in 2009 — by more than 1,200.

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Women Soar slated again for AirVenture

Janice Wood | Airshows & Fly-Ins, Associations, General Aviation News | February 19, 2012

Women Soar You Soar, a four-day mentoring camp featuring inspirational women aviators, returns for its eighth year in conjunction with EAA AirVenture 2012.

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