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Piper Celebrates 75th Anniversary at Sun 'n Fun

Vero Beach, Fla., March 23, 2012 - Piper Aircraft Inc. plans to display airplanes from its M-Class business aircraft and trainer product lines at the Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In & Expo in...

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Mustangs & Mustangs Returns to Fantasy of Flight for 15th Anniversary...

Nation's Foremost Experts on Ford Mustangs of All Eras and Vintage P-51 Mustang Planes  will Come Together to Celebrate Shared Passion for Quality Aircraft and Automobiles-  POLK CITY, Fla. - Anyone...

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Cessna Planning to Build General and Business Aviation Units in China

BEIJING, China, March 23, 2012 - Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. company, and Aviation Industry Corporation of China are signing two strategic agreements to jointly develop general and...

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EAA'S Inaugural Eagle Flights to Take Off at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012

New aviation introduction and mentoring program based on success of Young EaglesEAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. -The Experimental Aircraft Association's upcoming Eagle Flights program, the new...

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Blue Sky, Big Crowd for Sun 'n Fun Opening Day

Sun'n Fun opened today under blue sky, with airplanes and fans filling the campus.  Performers and their contrails fill the sky, FiFi arrived, the USAF Thunderbirds are here, it's show time at Lakeland...

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Sun N Fun Pyrotechnics for Friday and Saturday Air Show

LAKELAND FL- Rich's Incredible Pyro will perform at Sun N Fun on Friday and Saturday for both TinStix and the Warbirds Show. Not to be confused with skyward fireworks, Rich's team will provide stunning...

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Springville CAP Cadets Take to the Skies

Experience replaced classroom theory for four Springville Composite Squadron 126 Cadets as they took to the blue skies on a cloudless on a recent Friday morning at Shelby County Airport in Calera,...

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Jim Achord-The Hurricane Performs in the Tuscaloosa Air Show

Making his air show debut last year, Jim Achord of  Tennessee Valley Air Center in Courtland, Alabama, flew his Pitts S1S acro demo routine in the Tuscaloosa USN Blue Angel Airshow last weekend. The...

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Build A Plane Kicks Off Kids Across America

Lakeland, FL - Build A Plane announced a very important campaign called Kids Across America at a special news conference at Sun ‘n Fun in Lakeland, FL. The new program encourages kids to find sponsors...

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Third Tuscaloosa Blue Angel Airshow Wows Crowd

U.S. Navy Blue Angel pilot #6 LT Dave Tickle, a Birmingham native and Fat Albert C-130 pilot Capt. John Hecker, U.S. Marines, an Auburn graduate, along with several enlisted members from around...

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Second Generation Transition Street-Legal Airplane Takes Flight

New York, NY & Woburn, MA - The Transition® Street-Legal Airplane is now a significant step closer to being a commercial reality.  The production prototype of the Transition® Street-Legal Airplane...

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Fantasy of Flight Hosts Seaplane "Splash-In" During Sun N Fun

POLK CITY, Fla.  - Fantasy of Flight once again hosted one of Central Florida's splashiest events where the fun may be watered down but never diluted. The aviation attraction welcomed over 60 planes...

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CAP Alabama Wing Conference and Awards Banquet

Members of Civil Air Patrol's Central Alabama Senior Squadron 132 recently attended the Alabama Wing Conference in Huntsville, Alabama.   Col. J Bradford Lynn assumed command of the Alabama Wing in a...

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FAA Southern Region Presents GA Awards of the Year at Sun N Fun

LAKELAND FL- In each of the past 49 years, the General Aviation Awards program and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have recognized a small group of aviation professionals in the fields of...

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Sensenich Celebrates 80 Years

Sensenich Propeller will be celebrating 80 years in business at the Airventure Oshkosh 2012 fly-in this year, by giving one of its next 80 customers an 80% discount on his or her new prop. "I hate...

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Air Racers 3D Soars Into Huntsville U.S. Space And Rocket Center IMAX Theater...

LOS ANGELES, PARIS and LONDON- COMTEX 3D Entertainment Distribution is pleased to announce that its new theatrical release Air Racers 3D narrated by actor Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious...

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2012 National CyberSpace Competition Ends

When Springville, Alabama CAP squadron returned from the National CyberPatriot competition, they were among the top four finalist. But to get where they did is huge.  CyberPatriot IV began Oct. 28...

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Pardue and F8F Bearcat Lost in Texas Accident

Veteran air show performer Howard Pardue was killed on Wednesday afternoon, April 4, when his F8F Bearcat crashed shortly after taking off from the Stephens County Airport in Breckenridge, Texas, about...

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NTSB to Issue Safety Recommendations on Air Races

Washington, DC - On Tuesday, April 10, 2012, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will provide an investigative update on the fatal crash of a modified Mustang P-51D airplane during the...

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Shuttle Discovery Upcoming Farewell and Welcome Ceremonies

Godspeed Discovery! - On April 17, 2012 space shuttle Discovery departs Kennedy Space Center for the last time. In celebration of the fly-out, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will be hosting four...

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