On the Fly …

Air Care conference deadline draws near …NemesisNXT will try for Oshkosh speed record …Boeing 787 wing box redesigned.

The Air Care 2008 conference on public benefit flying will be held Apr. 25-26 in Atlanta. Anyone thinking of going is reminded that the deadline for getting discount hotel rates is March 28 and more information is available here ...

Jon Sharp will try to set a speed record in his NemesisNXT racer at EAA AirVenture in July. Sharp hopes to exceed 334.31 mph screaming over Runway 18/36 to claim the record for that class of aircraft over a three-kilometer course ...

Boeing isn't commenting on reports that modification of the wing box on the 787 will delay the project further. The company said the redesign was part of the normal development process.