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I arrived at the United Airlines gates at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) an hour before my flight’s scheduled departure to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) only to find that it had been canceled. I sighed. “Not again!” I thought. At the departure gate, I waited my turn at the check-in counter while other passengers […]
A couple of years ago one of my clients flew throughoutAustralia on something called the GOANA air safari andhas been raving about it ever since. So in April of the year 2000 when I got theopportunity to go on the same trip, I jumped at the chance. When I mentioned that I was goingto do […]
First, a Bit of Explanation This article has its roots in AVweb‘s news coverage of the last decade’s seemingly innumerable and interminable attempts to circumnavigate the globe in balloons, err, lighter-than-air craft. After watching countless attempts come a-cropper at various stages, AVweb‘s staff grew tired of all the attention being paid to the attempts. Our […]
Itwas a grubby day outside the Pilot’s Lounge here at the virtual airport. The VFRstudents had been scrubbed but a few of the IFR students were out flying withtheir instructors getting some actual experience in the clag. Most of theregulars were inside, sitting in the big easy chairs because someone had dug upa portable television […]
Charles Edward McGee was bornDecember 7, 1919, in Cleveland, Ohio. His mother died giving birth to his sisterwhen he was about a year old. On his 22nd birthday Japan attacked Pearl Harbor,and WWII soon interrupted his studies at the University of Illinois. McGee wassworn into the enlisted reserve on October 26, 1942, and entered Army […]
Many WWII liaison pilots wouldprobably find the name of this 1942 Aeronca L3-B appropriate: “ClayPigeon.” Back tothumbnails
1940 North American AT6 Harvardowned by John and Carol Koelbel of Towson, Md. This Harvard was the first of 100built for the Royal Canadian Air Force. Back tothumbnails
GoodyearFG-1D Corsair “Skyboss” parked at the Pacific theater encampment. Back tothumbnails
ANorthrop P-61B “Black Widow” night fighter being restored by the MAAM.When restoration is complete, it will be the only flyable P-61B in the world. Back tothumbnails
NorthAmerican SNJ-5 “Bonnie Sue” in Marine markings. Owned by Dan Caldaralefrom Red Lion airport, N.J. Back tothumbnails
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