Aviator

PERU, Illinois, July 22, 2021 – Aviation enthusiasts heading to EAA AirVenture 2021 will enjoy a rare sight as a 1929 TravelAir Model 10-D aircraft takes off for Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The TravelAir, the last of its kind, will arrive on Sunday, July 25, and will be on display in the …

By Richard L. Gaw Editor-in-chief In the summer of 2016, at the end of an extremely hot afternoon, flight instructor Jimmy Reagan sat in the cockpit of his plane at New Garden Flying Field roasting in the heat. He had spent the last hours giving the campers private flights and …

Jeff Bezos is going to space today, but whether that makes him an astronaut is open to interpretation. Why is this important: Bezos and his billionaire rival, Richard Branson, hope to lure wealthy clients into space tourism, in part, with the promise of becoming astronauts – but the definition of …

NEW GARDEN – When Thomas McAdoo of Kennett Square was young, he was captivated by airplanes. He often watched planes fly over his house and one day dreamed of not only flying, but also teaching others how to fly. That day has come. McAdoo recently graduated as a Certified Flight …

On July 2, 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared while trying to travel around the world. Born in Atchison, Kansas in 1897, Earhart began flying at the age of 24. She was considered one of the first female aviators. In 1928, publisher George P. Patnam invited her to become the first …

Wally Funk has spent his life in the clouds. She had her first flying lesson at the age of nine, became a licensed pilot at 17, and has logged over 19,000 hours of flight time. But his lifelong dream of going to space has eluded him until now. At 82, …

In the digital archives of the Oren Dunn Municipal Museum is a photo of a small, dark-eyed man standing next to a 50-horse Bléroit in a field in Tupelo. The caption below the photo indicates that the pilot, John Moisant, nicknamed the crimson painted plane “The Red Dragon”. The photograph …

Piers Fuller / Tricks Eugene DeMarco says he wants to appeal his fraud convictions again. (File photo) The former employee of filmmaker Peter Jackson who was jailed for fraud has now been bankrupted. Since Eugene John DeMarco was released from prison at the end of September 2020, he has lost …

HUTCHINSON – The crescent moon was a symbol of how much it looked like the Hutchinson Monarchs had left in the tank before the end of the ninth inning after Isaac Kim of the Haysville Aviators hit a solo homerun to take the lead 3- 2. Kim jostled the crowd …

COMMON BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – Lt. Col. Marcus D. Hutson assumed command of 5th Flight Training Squadron, Vance Air Force Base, Enid, Oklahoma during a June 8 ceremony chaired by Col. Michael J. Vanzo, commanding officer of 340th Flight Training Group. Prior to assuming command, Hutson was the squadron’s …