Flying News

Kestrel Aircraft's manufacturing future in Superior remains uncertain this summer as company owners and Wisconsin economic developers sort out the details of a 30-month-old state financing package.

The estate of the late aviation pioneer Ed Brown has donated a playground worth approximately $300,000 to Belmar, which residents can expect to see open in early to mid-fall in Maclearie Park.

THE pilot of a plane was forced to make an emergency landing in a field near Sonning Common.

The hulks of seven DC-3 fuselages are parked alongside Basler Turbo Conversions' 75,000-square-foot facility in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Lismore's mayor said the council is open to the idea of selling the city's airport after an approach from an investor.

Leidos , a national security, health, and engineering solutions company, was awarded a prime contract by the Wichita Airport Authority to install and integrate IT/communications systems for the new airport terminal at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, now known as the Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport.

The new airport in the Lollie Bottoms is now scheduled for a September 1 opening.

Rare pieces of World War II history have flown into the Northland and are now on display for the public to see up close.

Jared Hartrampf was a little nervous preparing for take-off last week in a small airplane at Mulino Airport, but he was grinning from ear to ear after he landed.

But, you may not know that you were hearing the voice of Richard Drury. Rick really knows airplanes, especially the giant Douglas Skyraider, which opens the show every year with its crowd-thrilling low and loud passes over the runway.

'He could fly an aircraft before he was old enough to get his driving licence. It's quite a phenomenal achievement' Those are the words of proud mum Amanda Cresswell, whose son Jac, 17, has just gained his private pilot's licence A COLLEGE student from Pontypridd has completed a demanding training programme alongside his studies to be awarded with ... (more)

Ron Claypool stirs grits with a boat paddle. He's been cooking for over thirty years using this custom cook trailer that often serves other chapters.... Gary and Kim Boykin enjoyed the breakfast fellowship with friends they have known for years though they no longer are plane owners.

A government agency in Chile has published a report on two photographs showing an object which it claims 'can be qualified as a UFO.'

Paulding residents who oppose commercialization of the county's Silver Comet Field airport are asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to revoke a permit for a planned industrial site because they say the airport's current development plans are different from those disclosed to the corps.

The only three Grumman F7F Tigercats flying in late summer 2008 lined up for this shot above Pyramid Lake, Nevada, on September 10, the first three-Tigercat formation flown since the 1960s.

It is the only time that MAC-ship-based aircraft sink a submarine. 1961 - Death of Leonard Thomas Eaton "Taps" Taplin, Australian World War I flying ace, aviation pioneer and commercial pilot; Taps also pioneered the use of aerial photography for cartography.

The Triangle's corporate giants have business around the globe. Some of these top companies have their own planes to travel quickly to close deals and maintain relationships.

The Federal Aviation Administration is formally deliberating on whether amateur pilots can use apps and websites to trade extra seats on flights they've planned in exchange for gas money.

Officials will submit an updated security plan required with renewal of the Fulton County Airport's registration with the state Department of Transportation.

A draft advisory opinion says Democratic gubernatorial candidate Byron Mallott cannot accept use of a volunteer's personal plane without paying a commercially reasonable rate.