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The Boeing 707 that served as an Air Force One aircraft for 28 years is on its way to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. The airplane was disassembled at San Bernardino International Airport (California) and transported to Simi Valley, where it will be reassembled, restored and put on public display beginning […]

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Win Russell Munson’s Flying Route 66 DVD Russell Munson’s DVD, Flying Route 66: A Sky Bum’s Tour of the Mother Road, is a bold look at a piece of blacktopped Americana in a way you’ve never seen it shot, low and slow in a Super Cub. We’re giving away four of the DVDs, autographed by […]

There are now 19 airplanes hanging in the soon-to-be-completed National Air & Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Washington Dulles International Airport. The first, the Loudenslager Stevens Akro Laser 200, was lifted by crane and hung by a cable from one of the aviation hangar’s 10-story-high-arched trusses. Other aircraft include Al Williams’ Grumman Gulfhawk […]

Shelley A. Longmuir has been named president of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA). Most recently, she was senior vice president of international/regulatory and governmental affairs at United Airlines. Prior to working for United, Longmuir was employed by the Department of Transportation (DoT). She will succeed Jack Olcott, who was president of NBAA for 11 […]

OMF recently announced that it would build a four-place version of its popular Symphony two-place touring airplane. The four-seater will cruise at a projected 145 knots and do so while carrying four adults, their bags and full fuel. OMF has chosen a 250-hp Lycoming IO-540-C for the new model. Base price will be $190,000, says […]

The Spirit of Glen Ellyn, the Wright Flyer reproduction we reported on last month, made its first flight at Bolingbrook, Illinois. Pilot Ken Kirincic had the honors and took the Flyer replica on a 136-foot flight, landing the fragile craft without incident. The Spirit of Glen Ellyn was the result of a four-year project by […]