Hundreds of people from all over the country and from as far away as Australia attended the Zenith Open Hangar Day and 20th Anniversary celebration held the weekend of Sept. 22 at the company’s headquarters in Mexico, Missouri. According to a post at EAA.org, picture-perfect weather helped draw upward of 400 attendees and more than 40 Zenith aircraft and others.
Southeast Aviation Expo draws crowds, despite rain
October 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
GREENVILLE, S.C. — For the second year in a row, the Southeast Aviation Expo at Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) was hit with rain, but was still able to draw a crowd of pilots and aviation enthusiasts.
This year’s Expo attracted almost twice the number of exhibitors, who told organizers that while the number of attendees was small compared to bigger shows, the people who attended were pilots and aircraft owners. “This is their target audience,” said one official.
U.S. Sport Aviation Expo adds twilight airshows
October 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
SEBRING, Fla. — The 9th annual U.S. Sport Aviation Expo will kick off on Jan. 17-20 at the Sebring Regional Airport with several changes, including twilight air shows by Team RV on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Back in formation
September 30, 2012 by 1 Comment
By RaeAnn Slaybaugh
A retired military and TWA pilot trades in the big jets for his own vintage Chinese training aircraft — and rediscovers a 41-year-old passion for deceptively challenging formation flying.
If you’ve ever attended the annual COPPERSTATE Fly-In & Aviation Expo, held every October at the municipal airport in Casa Grande, Ariz., the sight of pilot Derwin “Dee” Grimm in his green 1969 Nanchang CJ-6 training aircraft, with its red-and-yellow Chinese markings, is a familiar sight on Saturday afternoon.
On those days, Grimm is joined by as many as 17 other warbird-aircraft pilots for a multi-point fly-over. For aviation enthusiasts, it’s incredible to see all those CJ-6s, T-34s, T-38s, T-6s, Yak-52s and more flying in formation — but this spectacle isn’t nearly as effortless as it appears.
Find a job in aviation — at this weekend’s Southeast Aviation Expo
September 27, 2012 by 1 Comment
As part of this weekend’s Southeast Aviation Expo at Greenville Downtown Airport in Greenville, S.C., two forums will be held: “Training and Careers in the Aerospace and Aviation Industry” and “How to Become a Pilot.”
Pilot Mall to raffle off headset at AOPA Summit
September 25, 2012 by 1 Comment
PilotMall.com will award a Sennheiser S1 Digital ANR headset to someone at the 2012 AOPA Aviation Summit in Palm Springs Oct. 11-13.
Aircraft Spruce West Annual Super Sale and Fly-In coming up
September 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Aircraft Spruce West will host its annual Super Sale & Fly-In on Saturday, Oct. 6, at the company’s facility at California’s Corona Airport (AJO).
SUN ’n FUN to host Fly Into Fall weekend
September 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
SUN ’n FUN will present the Fly Into Fall Weekend Sept. 28-30 on the SUN ’n FUN campus on Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport (LAL) in Florida.
Jetman shares skies with Spitfire
September 10, 2012 by 1 Comment
BEX, Switzerland — As part of a celebration of aviation, Yves “Jetman” Rossy took to the skies with fellow Breitling Flyer pilot Nigel Lamb in the renowned Spitfire MH434.
Oldest fly-in Breakfast Club in U.S. to land in Greenville
September 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
On the morning of Sunday, Sept. 30th, The South Carolina Breakfast Club will be landing at the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU), the same weekend as the Southeast Aviation Expo.
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