12 aviation luminaries will be inducted into the EAA Halls of Fame in November 2021, including General Aviation News columnist Dan Johnson.
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Fly for a Cure mascots take flight
The annual campaign has pilots flying the company’s mascots to FBOs. The more FBOs the mascots visit, the more money Paragon Aviation Group will donate to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
Enrollment begins for San Diego museum’s ground school
“Our Ground School is very basic training for the beginner or a solid refresher for former pilots,” said Museum educator Ross E. ‘Rossco’ Davis. “We aim to reach new and non-traditional audiences for pilot training — the skeptics, the unsure, and the uninitiated — who might shy away from formal commercial flight schools. We have no planes to rent, no fuel to sell, and no ulterior motives. We just want more people to learn what it takes to fly.”
TBM Owners and Pilots Association gathers
The annual convention, which drew 101 TBMs and more than 280 people, also raised more than $207,000 for the TBMOPA Foundation, which offers safety seminars, advanced training programs, and scholarships.
Aerospace home movies now online
Included in the privately shot and home movies are German fighters in 1918, Alaska bush flying the 1940s; Aerocar fun in 1968, the Boeing XB-15, early model rocket launches, the recovery of Apollo 13, 1930s China, Camp Lewis aviation in the 1920s, and airline travel in the 1940s and 1950s.
FlightSimExpo 2021 wraps up
All the content from this year’s expo — more than 20 hours — is available to purchase for $15.
Work on runway begins for new Kentucky airport
The project is moving into the third of four phases, with a new FAA grant to pave and mark the 5,000 foot runway, taxiways, and apron.
International Women’s Air & Space Museum to host virtual book launch
The book launch will introduce Sarah Byrn Rickman’s latest book about Teresa James, a pilot in the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, which would later be known as the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP).
Win a chance to fly in a P-51
Donate to the First Flight Society and win a chance to fly in Stallion 51’s P-51. Donations start as little as $25, with the winner drawn on Dec. 17, 2021, at Kill Devil Hills, N.C, the site of the Wright brothers’ first successful flight.