Julie Boatman

The Experimental Aircraft Association celebrates 50 consecutive years of its famous convention this summer—now known as EAA AirVenture, but referred to by most as “Oshkosh”. We’ve scoured the significant conference schedule, and picked out these highlights for you to consider as you plan your week at the show this year—which runs from Monday, July 22, […]

Billy Henderson, founder of Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In, passed away on April 12, 2019. His extended family and friends plan a Celebration of Life at the Aerospace Discovery at the Florida Air Museum in Lakeland, Florida, on June 23 at 4 pm. The Sun ‘n Fun organization requests an RSVP from guests who plan to […]

Tamarack Aerospace, the company under investigation following incidents involving aircraft it had modified, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy early in June, and announced its position on Friday, June 7. The company, based in Sandpoint, Idaho, cited recent airworthiness directives issued by the FAA and EASA that had “effectively grounded” those Citation CJ1s, CJ2s, CJ3s, and […]

It seemed like it would be a routine Sunday trip back to Wichita for the crew of a corporate Cessna Citation CJ3. But when a handful of abnormal alerts popped up on the ECAM (electronic centralized aircraft monitor) display, the pilot in command went on alert as well. With a “PFD Compare Fail” noting a […]

United Technologies Corp (UTC) plans to acquire Raytheon Company and combine its aerospace business with Raytheon to create an enormous company expected to be worth $120 billion—the largest merger to take place to date within the aerospace sector. The deal was announced on Sunday. United Technologies’ aerospace segment has focused on supplying commercial aircraft manufacturers […]

Kent Holsinger learned to fly to fulfill a dream—and he intends to use that skill to illustrate the marvelous landscapes of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California—and the resources they hold—through an attempt at the speed record between the highest airport in the continental United States (Leadville, Colorado) and the lowest (Furnace Creek Airport at […]

The event took years to plan, months to prepare, weeks to position and practice—and one day to execute. On the early evening of June 5, 2019, as clouds brooded over the Normandy countryside, a formation of Douglas C-47s and other DC-3 variants delivered on the mission to re-create a critical paratrooper drop commemorating the 75th […]

A series of recent events involving the mixing of an incorrect additive into jet fuel dispensed at a Florida airport has triggered safety warnings to both turbine operators and fuel handlers. Diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) is a colorless fluid derived from urea and is injected into the exhaust on diesel-burning vehicles, but is not approved […]

Women in Aviation International (WAI) furthered its mission to #HonortheWASP with a commemorative drive to recognize the Women Airforce Service Pilots on Memorial Day 2019, visiting grave sites and meeting with families. WAI has a long history of supporting and honoring the WASP. WAI, the organization founded to promote and expand the interests of women […]

When the Bader Bus Company flight team was cleared for takeoff at the Duxford Airfield in England last weekend during the Air Festival, they orbited in the same airspace in which the famous Blades flight team performed their demonstration—right in front of their eyes. That’s when the reality hit home for Bader 1, flight leader […]