Lt. Col Bill Powley, a retired Air Force officer and mentor to thousands of Air Force Junior ROTC cadets, has been named winner of the 24th annual A. Scott Crossfield Aerospace Education Teacher of the Year Award. Powley will receive the award, along with a $1,500 cash stipend, at the National Aviation Hall of Fame […]
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1/4-scale flying boat replica at Florida Air Museum
A 1/4-scale replica of the Benoist XIV Flying Boat circa 1914 will debut at the Florida Air Museum at SUN ‘n FUN on Sunday, July 18. The replica comes to being from a partnership between the Florida Air Museum and students from Polk County Public School District’s Central Florida Aerospace Academy and was funded by […]
Yaeger to speak at Ft. Worth Museum
General Chuck Yaeger will share his many exploits at a Sunday, July 25 event at the American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. Seating is limited for the 2:30 pm event, but it is open to members ($30) and non-members ($40) alike. Contact the museum, 817-967-5995 for more information or tickets.
Azimut team to reaches U.S. soil
The Azimut270 team, flying two nearly identical CTs, is scheduled to arrive in Opa Locka, Florida on Thursday, May 13 at 3 pm local. As of Tuesday, they were in “Guadaloupe and will be heading to Provo, Turks and Caicos instead of San Salvador, Bahamas,” says Flight Design USA’s John Gilmore. Follow their flight path […]
More memories from ‘Nine Lives’
Recently I’ve been reading a book by Malvern (Mal) Gross titled “Nine Lives – Adventures of a Lucky Pilot.” (See the first part of the review here.) Gross started his career as a CPA and during his many years he set world records in his Cessna 210, headed up a couple of national and international […]
Clem Kramer’s Zenith CH 750: From first part to first flight in just a year
Clem Kramer was a man with a mission: He wanted to fly his homebuilt Zenith STOL CH 750 exactly one year after he began building it on Jan. 9, 2009. He received the airworthiness certificate for his homebuilt on Jan. 9 of this year, but the cold and blustery weather wasn’t conducive to a first […]
Haitian relief via Albatross
There are a multitude of stories about Haitian relief in the aftermath of the recent earthquake. J. J. Frey, friend to General Aviation News, forwarded a great article about Haitian relief delivered via Grumman Albatross from uppermichigansource.com. Thank you J. J.
Woody’s AirCam
Story and Photos By HOWARD LEVY Woody Saland’s career is all about jets, but when it’s time for fun, he’s all about flying low and slow. Saland is manager of technical programs for Teterboro, N.J.-based Falcon Jets, the U.S. division of the French Dassault organization that produces Falcon light jets and fighter aircraft. Besides dealing […]
WWII general flies again
Gen. Roland Wright (Ret.) is a P-51 fighter pilot from World War II. He was recently given a ride in “The Mormon Mustang” at a Rexburg, Idaho airshow. Watch the video from KIDK Channel 3.