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Ohio Teen First Winner of New Flight Scholarship

Ohio Teen First Winner of New Flight Scholarship

A 16-year-old Xenia, Ohio, youth is the first winner of the National Aviation Heritage Area’s new flight scholarship. William Daniel (Will) Everett, the son of Dan and Amy Everett of Xenia, received the Mitchell Cary-Don Gum Memorial Aviation Scholarship on Monday, the 109th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ first powered flight. NAHA officials presented the scholarship […]
Air Force Museum Galleries Open Again

Air Force Museum Galleries Open Again

All galleries at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, have re-opened following their temporary closure due to necessary maintenance on the Douglas A-1E Skyraider. An inspection conducted last Friday by museum restoration staff found that the aircraft contained fuel. Although there was no sign of fuel leakage, museum and Wright-Patterson […]
Four Named to ’13 Class of Hall of Fame

Four Named to ’13 Class of Hall of Fame

Two former military and two civilian aviators were elected on Monday for enshrinement at National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) next year. The four men will be joining the roster of 215 men and women air and space pioneers who have been inducted by the NAHF since its founding in 1962 in a ceremony next October in […]
Air Canada to Launch Low-Cost Carrier Today

Air Canada to Launch Low-Cost Carrier Today

Air Canada plans to launch its new low-cost airline Tuesday in Toronto. The company gave few details but promised more information would be released at the event. Air Canada executives will be on hand and the company will also host a vacation giveaway in Toronto’s downtown Yonge-Dundas Square. The unnamed discount carrier will focus on leisure destinations […]
Mosquito to Visit New Zealand Museum

Mosquito to Visit New Zealand Museum

The world’s only flying de Haviland Mosquito aircraft will visit the Classic Flyers Aviation Museum in Tauranga, New Zealand, on Wednesday. Weather permitting, the recently restored World War II twin-engine wooden fighter-bomber is expected to be on display until 4:30 p.m. The public will also have an opportunity to hear from pilot Keith Skilling and to […]
Air Force Celebrates Wright Brothers’ Flight

Air Force Celebrates Wright Brothers’ Flight

The 109th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ first powered flight will be celebrated Monday with a wreath laying at the Wright Brothers Memorial at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The event begins at 10:15 a.m. Eastern and is open to the public. Amanda Wright Lane, great grandniece of the Wright brothers and Colonel Cassie Barlow, 88th Air […]
Iraqi Airways Accepts New 777

Iraqi Airways Accepts New 777

The first new Boeing jetliner sold to Iraq in 30 years touched down in Baghdad on Saturday, signalling the country’s determination to rebuild its economy after decades of war and sanctions. Iraq is eager to improve its creaky aviation industry, which lags far behind that of its energy-rich neighbours. Boeing’s delivery of the twin-aisle 777-200LR plane […]
Qatar Airways Grounds 787, Boeing Investigating

Qatar Airways Grounds 787, Boeing Investigating

Qatar Airways has been forced to ground one of its three Boeing 787 Dreamliners after it found the same fault that recently forced a United Airlines Dreamliner to make an emergency landing, its CEO said yesterday. “One of our Dreamliners has the same problem that the United plane had and I am very disappointed in Boeing,” Qatar […]
Navy Helicopter Crew Injured During Landing

Navy Helicopter Crew Injured During Landing

A Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopter crash landed at North Island Naval Air Station late Wednesday night, putting all four crew members in the hospital. The helicopter, assigned to North Island’s HSM-75 Wolfpack squadron, was significantly damaged in what the Navy described as a “hard landing” on the tarmac. The aircraft remained on the landing area, sitting […]
Iwakuni Fetes First Civilian Flight in 48 Years

Iwakuni Fetes First Civilian Flight in 48 Years

A new military-civilian airport in the Japanese city of Iwakuni opened Thursday with an All Nippon Airways flight to Haneda airport in Tokyo, marking the first commercial flight from the area in 48 years. Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport in Yamaguchi Prefecture is the 98th airport in Japan and cost ¥1.32 billion, or more than $15 million, […]
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