Julie Boatman

The National Aeronautic Association presented astronaut and former Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum director Michael Collins (Major General, USAF, Retired) with the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy at a gala dinner hosted by the Washington Aero Club in Washington, D.C., on Friday, December 13, 2019. The trophy, established in 1948, honors the memory of the […]

A life with its foundation based on the 4 Ps: perceive, prepare, perform, and persevere—that aptly describes the 100 years now seen by Col. Charles E. McGee. The former Tuskegee Airman celebrated his century of living and flying on December 7, 2019, with a flight the day before in a Cirrus Vision Jet, in which, […]

The Recreational Aviation Foundation closes out 2019 with a list of significant accomplishments, but one serves as a good example of the association’s mission to preserve and protect “off the beaten path” landing strips across the United States. The RAF has signed an agreement with the Death Valley National Park Service committing to a maintenance […]

She took to flying like an eagle to the sky—to her, flying the Taylorcraft in which she first took lessons was easy. Azellia White watched her husband, Hulon “Pappy” White, fly during his service as a mechanic for the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, and when she expressed an interest in aviation following the […]

FLYING takes a behind-the-scenes look at the ideas and analysis that went into the development of this innovative addition to aviation safety.

Women in Aviation International announced last week the formation of the Pat Luebke Memorial Scholarship for 2020, following the death of longtime WAI member and former Flying colleague Patricia Luebke on November 22, 2019, after a brief illness. Luebke, born October 9, 1950, worked as a schoolteacher after college, but quickly transitioned to the aviation […]

The Aircraft Electronics Association has released its third-quarter report for 2019, and the association reports a nearly 15% increase over third-quarter 2018 figures for the retrofit and forward-fit avionics market for business and general aviation, and a 14.3% increase over the year-to-date figures from 2018. The participating companies reported more than $2.2 billion in combined […]

DeLand Municipal Airport is on a mission to become a hub for sport aviation in the southeast United States, taking the mantle from Sebring, Florida, following the end of the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo at the Sebring Regional Airport, with its last event hosted in January 2019. Fans of sport aviation may have been wondering […]

AOPA’s You Can Fly program—recent winner of the National Aeronautic Association’s Frank G. Brewer Trophy for its work to foster general aviation development—has focused much of its resources on targeting STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) coursework at the high school level. To this end, it has executed its fifth annual High School Aviation STEM […]

Wings of Hope has been awarded a $1 million grant from the William R. Orthwein, Jr. and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation, growing the endowment for the volunteer medical air transport organization to $8 million. Wings of Hope traces its roots to a humanitarian crisis in 1959 in the Turkana region of Kenya. An enterprising missionary, […]