There are numerous reasons to cheer the announcement, last week, that former Cirrus Design CEO Alan Klapmeier is partnering with Farnborough Aircraft Ltd. to form the Kestrel Aircraft Company, to be based at the former Naval Air Station in Brunswick, Maine. For starters, the past 18 months have been abysmal for the aviation...
John Fiscus, the Chief Pilot of The Flight Academy, has written a great article for the Cirrus Owners & Pilots Association (COPA) blog about when and where you should pull the red handle and use of the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) instead of just troubleshooting. John began his article by noting that there...
BRUNSWICK - Kestrel Aircraft Co. President Alan Klapmeier said last week that his Brunswick-based startup plane manufacturer will add a new division, focused on upgrading other high-performance planes, to expand revenues and jobs, according to a report by a top pilots' association. According to a story published on...
Sandusky, Ohio is a small town located almost exactly equidistant between Toledo and Cleveland. It has turned itself into an amusement park tourist destination, so if you and your family love roller coasters and water parks, this is a great family-friendly vacation. How to get there: Fly directly into the Griffing Sandusky...
About six months ago, I got a call from my friend David Strahle inviting me to join him on a trip to Colorado to ride the Durango-Silverton narrow gauge train. I just got back from the adventure and all I can say is, whoa...you gotta do this! This was David's fifth time on the train and now I know why. It is a totally...