The South Florida Seaplane Splash-In will be held this Sunday, Nov. 11, at Lake Jackson in Sebring, Florida. An incorrect date had been run on our Calendar pages. For more information about the splash-in, contact Bill Schmalz at 561-414-6865 or go to the Seaplane Pilots Association website, click month, click year, and click GO.
Airshows & Fly-Ins
What a way to see an airshow!
I’ve been to many airshows – enough to pass on most theses days. But this October in Daytona Beach, Florida, a remarkable beachfront airshow pulled me in. Here, you can literally drive all the way into the show, park right on the show line and watch from your car on the beach. There are waterfront […]
FATA executive director to showcase GA advocacy program at Women in Aviation conference
Paula Raeburn, executive director of the Florida Aviation Trades Association, will be a featured speaker at next year’s Women in Aviation International conference in Nashville, showcasing her association’s general aviation advocacy program, “Beyond the Runway – Why General Aviation Means Business.” The Beyond the Runway GA advocacy program was conceived in 2010 as a way […]
Pilot’s Guide to Avionics free at NBAA
Distribution of the 2012-13 edition of the Aircraft Electronics Association’s Pilot’s Guide to Avionics continues Oct. 30-Nov. 1 in Orlando, Fla., during the 65th annual National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Meeting & Convention. The free Pilot’s Guide will be available from AEA staff at booth No. 2591. This year marks the special 10th anniversary edition […]
Aircraft Spruce to host Young Eagles
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — Aircraft Spruce and Peachtree City’s Atlanta Regional Airport-Falcon Field will host local Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) members who will provide school-age children with an opportunity to experience flight in a general aviation airplane at Atlanta Regional Airport-Falcon Field on Saturday, Nov 3, Noon-4 p.m. The EAA Young Eagles program is designed […]
Celebrating 75 years
Piper Aircraft will wrap up a year of celebrations for the Cub’s 75th anniversary at a fly-in at the factory in Vero Beach, Florida, the weekend of Nov. 9-11. The weekend will feature a welcome reception, vendor exhibits, an aircraft static display, facility tours, a History of Piper Aircraft presentation, and a pancake breakfast. For […]
Rare bird to be featured at Copperstate
One of the world’s only Aero Vodochody L-39 ZA Czechoslovakian fighter jets will take to the skies this week in Casa Grande, Ariz., at the 40th annual COPPERSTATE Fly-In & Aviation Expo. Now based at Stellar Airpark in Chandler, Ariz., the journey for this stunning red-white-and-black Czechoslovakian L-39 ZA fighter jet — owned, maintained and […]
Dates for Southeast Aviation Expo 2013 announced
The 2013 Southeast Aviation Expo will be held on Friday, Sept. 27, and Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina. “This event is an annual fundraiser for the South Carolina Aviation Association (SCAA),” stated SCAA President Marion Hope. “Post event exhibitor surveys were extremely favorable. Many expressed that they got […]
Eclipse Fly-In held
BRANSON, MISSOURI – Forty-three Eclipse Jets recently landed at the Branson Airport for the Eclipse Owners Club Fall Fly-In. Pilots and enthusiasts alike came from all over the United States to take part in the annual fly in that allows pilots to visit with vendors and fellow owners to discuss the Eclipse Twin-Engine Jet. “To […]