SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINN. – Wipaire, Inc., the United States distributor of aircraft floats, has appointed Aviation Supplies Ltd. as its first distributor in China. Wipaire is encouraged by the prospect…
Joint MATA & Maintenance Conferences A Success!
BROOKLYN CENTER, MINN. – The annual conference and meeting of the Minnesota Aviation Trades Association (MATA) was held March 28 at the Earle Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center, with…
Attention: Taylorcraft Owners!
Aero Fabricators, the manufacturing division of The Wag-Aero Group, now has FAA approvals to manufacture two new Taylorcraft parts. RH Elevator DA420 for the Taylorcraft BC12D aircraft. This is a…
World’s Only Airworthy B-29 Superfortress “FIFI” To Return To EAA AirVenture 2011, Along With Hoover, Tippin, REO Speedwagon, Sinise & The U.S. Navy
OSHKOSH, WIS. – Flying again following a four-year renovation, the world’s only airworthy Boeing B-29 Superfortress, “FIFI,” is scheduled to make a much-anticipated appearance at EAA AirVenture 2011, July 25-31…
Summertime Is Flying Time!
by Rod Hightower President/CEO Experimental Aircraft Association After the winter and spring we had in the Midwest over the last six or seven months, there’s a tremendous amount of pent-up…
Do Tailwheel-Trained Pilots Make Better Tri-Cycle Gear Pilots?
by John Chmiel A pilot writes, “a very prominent flight instructor used to comment to me while getting proficiency training in my Cessna 182, that he could tell that I had…
Leineweber To Return To Private Practice Focusing On Aviation & Business Matters
MADISON, WIS. – Pilot, lawyer and Wisconsin Circuit Court judge, Edward E. Leineweber, has announced that he will leave the bench at the end of June after 14 years to…
Tanis Opens Flying Cloud Office
GLENWOOD, MINN. – Tanis Aircraft Products has opened administrative offices at Flying Cloud Airport (KFCM) in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, located 12 miles southwest of downtown Minneapolis at 14871 Pioneer Trail,…
Air Show Star, Historian & Inventor Among Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame Inductees
BLOOMINGTON, MINN. – No one could ask for a better backdrop than Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) as hundreds of people gathered at the Ramada Mall of America (Thunderbird) Hotel,…
Amanda Franklin Passes On
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – Wingwalker Amanda Franklin, who was seriously burned in a March 12, 2011 air show accident, passed away on May 27, 2011 at Brooke Army Medical Center…