On The Fly
Glacier Girl stopped in Goose Bay with engine problems…Cincinnati pilots win $5,000 Sportys scholarships…CompAir 12 to fly to Oshkosh…Airport security stepped up following Glasgow incident.
Engine problems have postponed the completion of Glacier Girls historic trip to England, 65 years after the initial mission ended in an emergency landing in Greenland. The engine will be fixed in Goose Bay, Newfoundland, and Labrador, and its hoped the aircraft will be able to fly to EAA AirVenture in three weeks…
Three University of Cincinnati Professional Pilot students won $5,000 scholarships from the Sportys Foundation. Matt Bengel and Steve Warther, both of Cincinnati, and Alex Glueck, originally from Farnborough, England, will use the money for studies in the 2007/2008 school year…
The massive CompAir 12 single-engine turboprop will fly to EAA AirVenture. The aircraft made its debut at Sun 'n Fun and is undergoing flight testing…
Security was tightened at airports around the world Saturday after a flaming Jeep was driven into the main terminal at Glasgow International Airport. The American Airlines terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport was evacuated and closed for about an hour early Sunday because of a suspicious package. It contained perfume.
