The Ocean City Aviation Association (OCAA) will hold a Pancake Breakfast from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. each Saturday in February and March in the Ocean City Airport (OXB) Terminal building in Maryland. The fundraisers are designed is to help defray construction costs for the final phase of the Huey Helicopter Memorial static display. Cost: Donation. Enjoy […]
Airshows & Fly-Ins
Movie star Paul Walker to narrate ‘Air Racers 3D’
Actor Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious franchise, Takers) will narrate “Air Racers 3D,” the first IMAX 3D theater film devoted to the fastest race in the world: the legendary Reno National Championship Air Races. With aerial photography filmed entirely in 3D and unprecedented access granted to the course, Air Racers 3D takes audiences […]
Planes, Trains & Automobiles at PCM
Saturday, March 24, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the second annual Planes, Trains & Automobiles event will take place at the Plant City Airport (PCM) in Florida. It’s a chance to see real airplanes, remote control planes, model trains in operation and on exhibit, and classic and exotic car displays. Antique railroad maintenance equipment, […]
Sun ’n Fun unveils incentives for pilots flying to airshow
This year all pilots who fly into Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport (LAL) for the Sun ’n Fun International Fly-In and Expo qualify for a Fly-In Pilot Discount package. Discounts include $30 for a daily ticket if pre-ordered online. In addition, each “Fly-In Pilot” will receive a Sun ’n Fun 2012 Welcome Packet which includes the following: Bottle of […]
International workshop on electric aircraft standardization slated
ASTM International Committee F37 on Light Sport Aircraft will host the International Workshop on Electric Aircraft Standardization March 28 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Lakeland, Fla. The workshop is being held in conjunction with Committee F37’s standards development meetings at the 38th Annual Sun ’n Fun International Fly-In and Expo. The emerging market for electric […]
More than a plane
Roger Starr’s Fairchild is the reason he gets up in the morning There are some airplanes that you don’t acquire and fly — you have a relationship with them. That’s how Roger Starr of Canby, Oregon, describes his “ownership” of his 1946 Fairchild 24W-46. “With the exception of my wife, it’s the reason I get […]
Sebring breaks records
The eighth running of the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida, just finished and a resounding success it was on nearly all counts. Smiles were broad from most attending or exhibiting at Sebring 2012. The weather was the best ever with temperatures hitting 80° and every day sunny and pleasant. We can look at […]
Do you remember your first air show?
Do you remember going to your first air show? Were you a kid or was it just last year? Was it when you took your kids for the first time? There are almost as many stories as there are air show fans. Over the last year, LiveAirShowTV has been asking people in the air show […]
Northwest Aviation Show prepares for takeoff
Special to General Aviation News from the Washington Aviation Association Just when the short winter days and grounded planes become too much to bear for aviators at the end of February, there’s a sign of happier airborne days ahead. For many, the annual Northwest Aviation Conference & Trade Show marks the end of winter in […]