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AFA Awards Summer Grants to Civil Air Patrol Squadrons
ARLINGTON, VA -- The Air Force Association today announced 20 grants promoting aerospace education for hundreds of students through Civil Air Patrol squadrons. These AFA grants, each $250, are awarded...
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FAA Responds to EAA Young Eagles Petition
From EAA-This week the FAA responded to an EAA petition, filed in April 2012, which would allow volunteer private pilots flying Young Eagles to be reimbursed for fuel consumed during sanctioned Young...
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New President of AOPA Announced
FREDERICK, Md.- Mark R. Baker, a longtime general aviation (GA) pilot, has been named president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), the world's...
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AirVenture -West Ramp Chairman Receives Preston Little Award
According to EAA a ramp rat job description could be simply a series of action verbs: push, pull, tug, tote, coordinate, cajole, steer, sweat, and switch. Through 25 years, this area has been known as...
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Nominate for General Aviation Awards Today
The GA Awards Program is an FAA / industry partnership that recognizes and promotes professionalism in aviation. Show your appreciation to a great flight instructor, A&P mechanic, avionics...
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GA Industry Rallies in Opposition to Cylinder NPRM
SAN ANTONIO TX - The General Aviation community has mobilized to oppose a proposed AD on TITAN® brand 520/550 series cylinders produced between 2002 and 2009. Aircraft owners, mechanics, engine shops,...
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Dream Chaser Captive-Carry Test with Erickson Air-Crane
NASA partner Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) of Louisville, Colo., successfully completed a captive-carry test of the Dream Chaser spacecraft Thursday, Aug. 22, at the agency's Dryden Flight Research...
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Guntersville Airport's Plans for New Runway Nearing Reality
GUNTERSVILLE AL (from WHNT) - A plan more than a decade in the making may soon become a reality for the City of Guntersville. It will take a signature on a nearly seven million dollar grant to...
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EAA Founder Paul Poberezny Gone West
EAA Founder Paul Poberezny, 91, passed away today at Evergreen Retirement Village in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, after a battle with cancer. The Poberezny family has expressed the following: "We deeply...
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Aviation Training Facility Opening Moved to Fall 2014
FAIRHOPE, Alabama -- Baldwin County school officials announced the opening date is changed to fall 2014 for their $2.7 million aviation training facility at the H.L. "Sonny" Callahan Airport in...
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Changes Proposed to Blues Homecoming Air Show
PENSACOLA FL- News reports indicate the folks in charge of presenting the annual Blue Angels Homecoming show in November are proposing a three-day Wings Over Pensacola Air Show Festival for Veterans...
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Launching Her Aviation Career
MILLBROOK AL- To achieve FAA licenses including a Private Pilot and A&P with Instrument, Commercial and Advanced Ground Instructor ratings requires dedicated study and resources. But to finance and...
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Advanced Super Hornet Makes Debut
Boeing- Outfitted with conformal fuel tanks, an enclosed weapons pod and signature enhancements, the now flight-proven Advanced Super Hornet configuration option will bring to the warfighter a total...
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Young Eagle Flights and FAA Safety Seminar at Labor Day FlyIn
TUSKEGEE AL- Fun for everyone at Golden Eagle Aviation at a historic Moton Field this Saturday Fly In at 9:00 am. Kick off the day with a Wings Seminar on the topic of Light Sport and Amateur-Built...
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Amazing New Air Show Act -Good vs Evil
Kyle Franklin talks a little about the new act, "Skip Stewart and I have been talking about doing this act for years. It's a combination of an aerial dogfight/squirrel cage with pyro going off all...
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KLAPMEIER, CLARK, WELCH Join EAA Board of Directors
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. - Three aviators with extensive experience in EAA programs and activities have joined the top leadership of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) as the...
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Troy Airport Tower Renovated
TROY ALABAMA- from The Troy Messenger article by Jaine Treadwell- A Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Troy Tower at the N. Kenneth Campbell Field at Troy Municipal Airport was held Friday with members of...
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Kids Fly Free at Tuskegee Labor Day Fly In
Historic Moton Field, TUSKEGEE AL- There was a lot of aviation enthusiasm at the Tuskegee Annual Labor Day weekend Fly-In at historic Moton Field Saturday. Sky Dive Tuskegee parachutists flew in the...
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Airport Celebrates Completion of $2M Improvement Grants Video
VINEMONT AL- Momentum continues at the Cullman Regional Airport with four improvement projects successfully completed over the last year. Board members joined area dignitaries and guests to celebrate...
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Boeing Tanker Remains on Schedule with 2nd Refueling Boom Assembly
SEATTLE - Boeing workers in Seattle took another step toward delivering next-generation aerial refueling capability to the U.S. Air Force today when they began assembling the second refueling boom for...
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