Instrument flying has changed, with the advent of so many glass
cockpits and related developments. With that in mind, Rod Machado's
Instrument Pilot's Survival Manual has been completely revised.
One Commish Questions Putting The Museum Near ... An
Airport
The Fulton County Commission spent part of its meeting on
Wednesday debating the merits of an Aviation Museum and community
center planned near Fulton County Airport-Charlie Brown Field
(KFTY).
An Extraordinary Gathering That May Truly Be The Last Of Its
Kind
What a concept... An historic event, billed as “The Last
Time”, was organized to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the
DC-3 type aircraft. Designed as an airliner in 1935, the DC-3 was
pressed into military service in WWII as the C-47 and served in
every theater of the war. Formerly; the largest gathering of
them, in any one place, was at the English air fields in
preparation for the D-day invasion of Normandy. Some of these same
crew members once again flew in these magnificent birds gathering
at Whiteside Airport (KSQI) in Rock Falls, IL, just a few weeks
ago.
A vulture with a 10 foot wingspan went missing when it was
"caught by a gust of wind" during a demonstration in Cumbernauld,
Scotland, and the bird's handlers say it could be a hazard to
aircraft.
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