HONOLULU — The Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor’s Remote-Control Biggest Little Airshow in Hawaii was back for its eighth year on Ford Island at Pearl Harbor Aug. 15-16 with a special “Welcome Home” tribute to Vietnam Veterans. Marking the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, the theme of the Biggest Little Airshow was “Honoring Our Vietnam Veterans” […]
Airshows & Fly-Ins
Zenith Open Hangar Day Sept. 19
MEXICO, Missouri — Zenith Aircraft will hold its annual Open Hangar Day Sept. 19. On Friday, Sept. 18, those who fly or drive into the Zenith factory at Mexico Memorial Airport (KMYJ) will have the chance to attend engine and avionics workshops and seminars, a STOL competition and the Zenith banquet, featuring special guests and door […]
AirVenture winners abound for Scheme Designers
The folks at Scheme Designers are justifiably proud these days — five aircraft wearing Scheme Designers paint schemes took home awards from EAA AirVenture this year. Diana Stanger and her Aero Vodochody L-139 received the award for Best Jet; Drew Bowlds and his RV-8 took home the Kit Champion – Bronze Lindy; Thomas Irion and his Velocity […]
Wings & Wheels at GMU Oct. 3
Wings & Wheels will be held Oct. 3 at Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina, featuring automobiles, aircraft and motorcycles. Expected at the event are classics like a 1965 Mercedes 230 SL to a new Maserati or Lotus, unique aircraft like a YAK 52W, and new bikes made by BMW, Ducati and Triumph. Wings & […]
Video: P-51, F-22 Heritage Flight with 360° view
The 2015 Abbotsford International Air Show featured a Heritage Flight with a P-51D Mustang and an F-22 Raptor. Inside the P-51 – “VAL-HALLA” – was a camera capable of shooting 360° images (courtesy Lyle Jansma of AeroCapture Images). https://youtu.be/-RFjROsovWs Adjust your view using the controller in the upper-left corner of the YouTube player.
Triple Ace Bud Anderson to highlight Atlanta Warbird Weekend
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — World War II pilot Bud Anderson will be the guest speaker for the Atlanta Warbird Weekend’s “Dinner with an Ace,” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at the 57th Fighter Group restaurant at Dekalb-Peachtree Airport (KPDK). Tickets are $125 for this limited seating event, which was sold out last year. Several vintage aircraft are joining the […]
Pictures of the day: Hidden sanctuary
One of the best-kept secrets at AirVenture is the seaplane base on Lake Winnebago. Our reporter Tom Snow made it there during this year’s show and captured these photos:
Arriving at Oshkosh in style
By AMELIA REIHELD. How do you get to Oshkosh from here? If you’re headed that way for the Experimental Aircraft Association’s famed AirVenture in late July, there’s the Fisk Arrival, which gives new meaning to “line up and wait” — in motion. It’s very exciting, merging all kinds of airplanes, arriving from all points of the compass, […]
Fred Stadler named Phillips 66 Aviation’s Leadership Award Winner
OSHKOSH, Wis. – Phillips 66 Aviation revealed that this year’s Leadership Award winner is Fred Stadler, a year-round volunteer for the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). Stadler reached an unprecedented milestone in July when he flew his 6,000th Young Eagle, setting the record for the most volunteer flights by any pilot participant in the program. “Fred’s above-and-beyond […]