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The Snowbirds return to Salinas
After 42 years of shows and $8 million in local donations, the California International Airshow Salinas is one of the most successful air shows to support charitable organizations in North America.
Video: Are you fit for flight?
“When it comes to your airman medical status, just how honest and thorough are you when filling out that MedExpress or BasicMed form?” FAA officials ask in the video’s introduction. “Are you telling your AME everything he or she needs to know? If you are gaming the system, it’s time to come clean.”
Making Flying Great Again
Driving to the monthly airport breakfast, I pass a sign on the outskirts of Madisonville, Tennessee, proclaiming, “Monroe County Airport…Making Flying Great Again.”
A heartwarming family reunion
A dazzling array of shimmering Swifts adorned the ramp during the 2023 Swift National Fly-In. Held at the Swift Museum Foundation (SMF) at McMinn County Airport (KMMI) in Athens, Tennessee, it was a heartwarming reunion for the family of Swifters.
Expansion begins at Warhawk Air Museum
Officials with the Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa, Idaho, broke ground on an expansion to the museum that will be dedicated to the Global War on Terror (GWOT) and the men and women who served the United States in what became America’s longest war, spanning more than the first two decades of the 21st Century.
A bright future forecast for KGGE
“Success breeds success,” says Georgetown Country Airport Manager Jim Taylor said, pointing out that the airport is on a winning streak of attracting new businesses to the 680-acre former World War II military training base located between Myrtle Beach and Charleston in South Carolina.
Tips for an aviator’s visit to a coastal South Carolina town
An aviator’s visit to Georgetown, South Carolina, properly begins in the air.
Beech Party 2023: Celebrating 50 years
“It was another epic event with more than 140 aircraft and more than 800 guests from Japan, California, Maine, Florida, Texas, and many more of our states across the nation,” said Jody Curtis, the museum’s executive vice president.