SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Qantas airlines’ first Boeing 747-400, celebrated for having flown the longest commercial flight in history from London to Sydney, made its shortest and final journey on March…
Category: Aircraft
Swiss Explorers Launch Solar-Powered Aircraft For Flight Around The World
ABU DHABI – Aviation adventurers, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, began their attempt to fly the solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), around the world, March 9, 2015, from Abu…
Wisconsin Pilots Fly By Grand Teton National Park
A 1953 Cessna 180 Skywagon owned, restored and being flown by Archie Henkelmann of Janesville, Wisconsin at Grand Teton National Park near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Henkelmann bought the aircraft in…
An Unmanned American Dream
by Matthew Brenden The “American Dream” is the opportunity for prosperity and success through hard work for all. It means something different to everyone, but the principles remain the same…
Final Conforming Vision SF50® Personal Jet Takes Flight To Complete Certification Fleet
DULUTH, MINN. – Cirrus Aircraft has announced the successful maiden flight of the third and final conforming flight test aircraft, ‘C-Two’ (C2), in their Vision SF50 personal jet program. The…
Minnesota To Get Fire Boss Aircraft
ST. PAUL, MINN. – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will replace its two (2) Bombardier CL-215 water bomber firefighter aircraft they have used for the past 14 years, with…
Indiana’s Marsha Fulton Wins EAA Aircraft Sweepstakes Grand Prize Fairchild 24H
COVINGTON, IND. – Marsha Fulton of Covington, Indiana, EAA Lifetime 32139/Warbirds 594364/Vintage 21420, won the 2014 EAA Aircraft Sweepstakes grand prize 1937 Fairchild 24H Deluxe. The Fultons have several other…
The HondaJet Earns Popular Science Magazine’s “Best of What’s New” Award
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The HondaJet, with its innovative Over-The-Wing Engine Mount (OTWEM) configuration, has been selected by Popular Science magazine as a “Best of What’s New” award winner for 2014…
Piper Delivers Three G1000 Seminoles To UND
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Piper Aircraft Inc. has delivered three twin-engine piston-powered training class Seminole aircraft to the UND Aerospace Foundation, which provides training and aircraft for the University of…
EAA To Support Construction of New Wright “B” Flyer At Wrights’ Original Factory
OSHKOSH, WIS. – The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and its members have been invited to support the construction of a “new” Wright brothers aircraft on the site of the brothers’…