When my wife and I left our summer cottage in Maine to go in search of Miller’s Field, we had no idea what we would find. This turned out to be a pleasant surprise.
Airport
Picture of the Day: A better way to store planes
Lynn Coriell submitted this photo and note: “I recently installed this lift (the first of three) to increase available hangar space at My Place Airport (3OH7) in Cardington, Ohio. Unique tail support allows tailwheel or tricycle gear planes to be raised with up to nine feet of clearance underneath, effectively doubling hangar capacity.” Would you […]
Aurora State Airport critical to fighting Oregon wildfires
The GA airport has become the staging grounds for efforts to fight the wildfires.
Airshow pilot wraps up epic tour
“Everywhere I went, I felt hope and passion — people ready to fly again.”
New paint facility opens at KFXE
The 16,500-square-foot paint hangar features upgraded systems to meet the latest environmental requirements.
More than $1.2 billion in grants to 405 airports
Grant money will be used to buy aircraft rescue and firefighting equipment, build and repair runways and taxiways, install aircraft lighting, signage, and fences, and more.
In search of fly-in picnic tables
If this is the loathsome new normal, maybe some old-time aviation and old-fashioned picnics are the way to accomplish our favorite aeronautical missions.
Picture of the Day: The Boneyard
Jim Roberts submitted this photo and note: “The Boneyard. Many airports have one…a repository of abandoned airframes. What a shame their owners didn’t sell or donate them before these once-loved aircraft reached the point of no return. But sometimes a forlorn ship finds a new home. An A&P friend of mine acquired a Grumman American […]
Looks like we picked the wrong year for our airport’s 50th anniversary
You only get one chance at a 50th anniversary, and we were going to do it right.