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National Aviation Heritage Invitational Announces 2013 Awards
Stead Airport RENO NV- A record number of restored aircraft vie for the Neil A. Armstrong National Aviation Heritage Trophy on their 15th anniversary. The invitational competition encourages the...
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Competing for a Cause- Race 99 Margaret June
RENO NV- Kent Cassels of Kissimmee, FL flew his aircraft, Margaret June -Race 99- in the 2013 National Championship Air Races in Reno, in support of the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, SOWF. -...
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Famed Lockheed Electra Destined for Key Piece of Earhart Exhibit
The Museum of Flight's Lockheed Model 10-E Electra on exhibit at the 2013 Reno National Championship Air Races heads to final destination. After 78 years in service, this will be the plane's final...
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Air Guard celebrate Air Force birthday
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md - Members of the Air National Guard celebrated the Air Force's 66th birthday Tuesday at the Air National Guard Readiness Center here."We are celebrating 66 years of excellence...
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Eurocopter to Assemble AS350 Aircraft in Mississippi
MARIGNANE, France- Eurocopter is transforming a production facility in the United States into an assembly plant and final test site for AS350 civil aircraft. The company said the move is to offset...
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Pilotless F-16 Video
TYNDALL AFB- As a pilotless F-16 roared into the sky last week at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., members of Boeing's QF-16 team and the U.S. Air Force celebrated. The flight represented the first...
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Local CAP Member Receives Gill Robb Wilson Award
MUSCLE SHOALS, AL- LT. Col. Alford Boyd from Leighton, Alabama, was among 97 students from across America primed for executive-level success thanks to Civil Air Patrol's 2013 National Staff College...
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Mayor Announces Record Airport Improvement Funding
GUNTERSVILLE AL- Guntersville Mayor Leigh Dollar was pleased to announce at the last City Council meeting what is the largest single-year FAA General Aviation grant in Alabama in the past 20 years....
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U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1Mil to Support Economic and Job Growth...
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $21.1 million in grants to support economic development projects...
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More Airbus Openings for Mobile Assembly Line
MOBILE AL- Airbus today has posted two more management positions for its A320 Family assembly line in Mobile, Alabama: Director-Final Assembly Line (FAL) Delivery and Manufacturing Engineer Manager....
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Alabama Native Marion Blakey to be Honored with 2013 Wright Brothers Trophy
Washington, DC - The National Aeronautic Association announced that Marion Blakey has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy. Blakey was born in Gadsden, Alabama....
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Aviation Lawyer Featured Speaker at EAA 690 Fly In Breakfast
LAWRENCEVILLE GA- The first Saturday Aviation Program & Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, October 5th will feature Alan Armstrong, an aviation lawyer practicing in Atlanta. Held at the Gwinnett...
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Exciting Alabama Aviation Fall Event Choices
October kicks off with an Air Safety Institute Weather Seminar in Huntsville on Tuesday at 7:00p. Also in Huntsville, on Saturday, is a repeat of the highly successful Wings Flight Safety weekend at...
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Lake Guntersville Splash In
This Saturday the Civitan Park in Guntersville is hosting the 14th Annual Seaplane Splash In and Georgia Mountain Volunteer Fire Department for "Smoke on the Water- Bar-B-Q Cook-Off Competition" from...
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Huntsville Wings Weekend
Engine Care, Spins, Physiology, ATC Radar, GA Survival, 'Liars Table', Heart of the Aviator, Corrosion and Aviation Weather are only a few of the all day seminar topics at the Wings Weekend in...
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43nd Annual International Cessna 190/195 Club Fly-In Lands in Tupelo MS
Last weekend 28 Cessna 195s from both East and West coasts, including Canada gathered in Tupelo, Mississippi to share their love for the magnificent classic aircraft. Their time was spent exploring the...
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Alabama Ninety Nines Attend Southeast Gulf Coast Fall Section Meeting
Eight members of the Alabama International Organization of Women Pilots attended a Biloxi Gulf Coast Fall Section meeting hosted by the Mississippi Chapter. Almost fifty members from southeastern...
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ROAD TRIP: A Tribute to Our Military Exhibit at Jasper's Bankhead House
JASPER ALABAMA- A perfect road trip to honor the sacrifice and dedication of Walker County service men and women from the Revolutionary War to the War in Afghanistan. The beautiful Bankhead House and...
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Red Bull Air Race Championship Returns in 2014
The Red Bull Air Race World Championship will be back in the skies in February 2014 with a full seven-race World Championship staged in six countries on three continents. The return of the world's...
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Wings of Freedom Tour-B 17, B 24, P 51 Coming to Shelby County Airport
The Wings of Freedom Tour of the WWII Vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American P-51 Mustang Announce Unique Display in Birmingham at Shelby County Airport...
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