by Michael C. Love When pilots think about aerobatics, quite often images of Sean D. Tucker or Patty Wagstaff tossing their planes around the sky at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh,…
Honda Achieves First Flight of FAA-Conforming HondaJet
Greensboro, North Carolina, December 21, 2010 – Honda Aircraft Company, Inc., today announced that it has successfully completed the first flight of its FAA-conforming HondaJet advanced light business jet. The…
High Altitude Parachute Jumper Featured At Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet
OSHKOSH, WIS. – Joe Kittinger, who jumped from a hot air balloon (Excelsior III) from 102,800 feet (31,300 m) on August 16, 1960 and lived to tell about it, was…
Goodbye To 60-Year-Old Hangars At Chicago Executive Airport
WHEELING/PROSPECT HEIGHTS, ILL. – After serving aviators at Chicago Executive Airport (formerly Palwaukee Municipal) for over 60 years, four 1940s era hangar buildings were demolished, with fanfare, in November. The…
Midwest LSA Expo Remains Very Accessible To Buyers
MT. VERNON, ILL. – A common complaint among prospective aircraft buyers shopping at trade shows is the lack of accessibility to demo aircraft. Such was not the case at the…
Wicks & Remos To Assist Combs In Finale
CORINTH, TEXAS – It is 49 down and one to go in the Michael Combs Odyssey. Combs’ venture, to become the first Sport Pilot to visit all 50 states in…
Use of Ultralight E-LSA For Training Activities…
Heated Controversy Has Good Arguments On Each Side Don’t Sell Your Old E-LSA Just Yet! by Ed Leineweber The poet Robert Burns famously wrote that the best laid schemes of…
Blakesburg, Where You Can Still Find A Piece of Americana & Apple Pie
by Robbie Culver Fly-ins offer a special, unique experience no matter where they are, and no matter who runs them. This past fall, I was fortunate to attend a very…
Kunkel, Wixom, Brabazon, Lutz & Kapus Inducted Into Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame
OSHKOSH, WIS. – Robert W. Kunkel of Madison, Richard Wixom of Janesville, Jesse Brabazon of Delavan, Richard Lutz of Oshkosh, and Jeannette C. Kapus of Milwaukee were inducted into the…
Outagamie County Regional Airport Now In The FBO Business
APPLETON, WIS. – An open house was held October 14, 2010, at Outagamie County Regional Airport (ATW) to showcase Platinum Flight Center, a new fixed base operation (FBO), which is…