Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome has announced the beginning of its Golden Anniversary celebration and highlights of its 2009 show season. A barnstorming air show on June 13, featuring pioneering antique airplanes, will open the season. Featured on June 14 will be mock dogfights between biplanes of The Great War and a cameo appearance by the evil […]
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Commerce Secretary to close ATC weather offices
The Department of Commerce announced on June 4 that it is moving forward with a controversial plan to close the National Weather Service units located at each of the 20 Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the continental United States. The forecast units provide real time, face-to-face, weather guidance to air traffic controllers and air […]
Another Dauntless to be recovered from Lake Michigan
A World War II Navy dive bomber that flew out of Pearl Harbor will be recovered from the bottom of Lake Michigan on June 19, if all goes as planned. It is to be restored and, eventually, returned to Hawaii, where it will go on display at the Pacific Aviation Museum at Ford Island, where […]
Teenage girl to make “Sea to Shining Sea” flight
In a tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, 15-year-old Kimberly Anyadike will make history by piloting a single-engine red-tail airplane from Compton, California to Newport News, Virginia and back. Departing on June 29 with an estimated arrival date in Newport News of July 4, Anyadike will be accompanied by safety pilot Ronell Norman, as well as […]
AIAA names top 10 new technologies
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has released its annual list of top emerging aerospace technologies, developed by the institute’s Emerging Technologies Committee. The list comprises the following: 1. “Greener Aviation” technologies, including emission reduction and noise reduction, as used in the Federal Aviation Administration’s Continuous Low Emissions, Energy and Noise (CLEEN) program, […]
Pioneering women pilots attend book signing
Seven of the nine women pilots featured in A Hunger for the Sky, along with author Sparky Barnes Sargent, attended a gathering and book signing during the Swift Nationals Fly-in at McMinn County Airport, Tennessee, on May 23. The event was held to celebrate the pilots’ accomplishments and to honor Evelyn Bryan Johnson, a Tennessee […]
Wicks refocuses on 35th anniversary
After completing construction of a Rand KR-2 in only three months back in 1974, Martin Wick, who owned the Wicks Organ Co., decided there was room for an aircraft supply company that would cater to homebuilders. That was 35 years ago, and since Wicks Aircraft Supplies was created, the company has seen steady growth. The […]
Aviators Attic: A high-flying pilot store
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 adequate to meet the needs of most fliers, offering just a few charts, sunglasses and […]
Ask Paul: Tips to help you save money
The bad news: There really isn’t much you can do to run an engine much more frugally than you do during the normal course of operation. The good news: There are a few things you can do to keep operating costs down. I’ve always been a big believer in operating the engine at best power […]