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Tucumcari Air Show

September 30 - Tucumcari Air Show shortened by rain.  The Wednesday show in Tucumcari (NM) featured some of America and Canada's best performers. MORE...

Phoenix Rising

September 26 - The 5^th Annual Flight of the Phoenix Aviation Airshow & Fly-in “60^th AnniversaryVictory in World War II” is planned for Saturday, October 8, 2005 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Fox Stephens Field located in Gilmer, Texas.  MORE...

Throttle Forward Ramblings

September 23 - Our publisher, Ralph McCormick, provides us with his monthly column - THROTTLE FORWARD.  This month he describes his twenty-year flight.  MORE...

AOPA Safety Foundation

September 13 - A new study of weather-related aviation accidents adopted by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) this week re-affirms that pilots with higher levels of training and experience are less likely to be involved in fatal accidents in which weather is a factor.  MORE...

CAF News

September 11 - There is a PDF Commemorative Air Force (CAF) newsletter the appears regularly.  If you want to keep up on current happenings to the B-29 FIFI or other Warbirds flown by the CAF, go to this page. 

Tulsa Fly-In

September 8 - On the 17th of September there is a Fly-In at the Bartlesville Airport.  For more information go to this PAGE.

Go West, Young Man....

September 8 - Somewhere out there in the far distant west is a state called Wyoming…  and in that state is a town called Saratoga….   Now, Saratoga has an airport and one heck of a friendly Inn…  rightly named the Saratoga Inn.  Inside that Inn is one heck of a good $100 Hamburger location called the “Silver Saddle Restaurant”.   MORE...

Fly-Low Ramblings

September 6 - From the desk and mind of our publisher comes his column, Throttle Forward...  MORE...

San Marcos Airport News

August 27 - Officer’s Club AeroVentures has begun construction of a private, master-planned hangar facility at San Marcos Municipal Airport (HYI) in San Marcos Texas located 20 miles south of the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas.  MORE...

AOPA Goes To Bat

August 26 - AOPA is taking on the top federal prosecutor in Minnesota over airport security. U.S. Attorney Thomas B. Heffelfinger says security must be tightened at the Twin Cities' general aviation reliever airports to counter terrorists.  MORE...

Lamar (CO) Fly-IN

August 24 - Once again it is time for the Lamar Airport Advisory Board and The Lamar Chamber of Commerce to gear up for the Annual Planes to Plains Fly-In on September 17th.   MORE...

Thunderbird Incident @ Chicago Air Show

August 22 - On Saturday a part fell of of a Thunderbird performing at the air show in Chicago.  On Sunday, two of the jets touched wings during a fly-by at the end of the performance.  MORE...

Chicago Air Show Sees Part Fall

August 21 - The air show at Chicago (IL) had some small excitement over the weekend.  It appears that a part may have fallen off of one of the Thunderbirds while it was performing.  WLS Channel Seven TV in Chicago reported that over a million people attended the event. 

More From AOPA

August 20 - The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) this week submitted comments to FAA’s latest draft of its key planning document, the FAA Flight Plan 2006-2010.  The following topics were top on AOPA’s list of comments:  User fees; airport issues; Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) approaches for Global Positioning Systems (GPS); and general aviation (GA) safety.  MORE...

Gunsmoke Comes Home

August 19 - On September 10, 1955, John Wayne introduced a new show to TV watchers across the nation and young James Arness starring as Matt Dillon not only stepped into stardom, but into our collective national living room. That "show" would continue for the next twenty years and it would be followed by several revival "made for TV" movies.  MORE...

Parachute Accident Kills One

August 17 - Veteran sky diver Geoff Sean Crossman and videographer Jason Yasuda had jumped together as a team more than 100 times.  MORE... 

Etna AR Fly-In

August 12 - Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1156 will be having our annual Fall Fly-In on September 17, 2005, from 9 am to 2 pm, at the Etna Airport located (behind Lane's Carpet), 7 miles south of Ozark (AR) on Highway 23.  MORE... 

Congress (Namely Hillary C) Attacks GA

August 11 - The media hype following four recent airspace incursions over Washington, D.C., and Camp David, Maryland, and two aircraft thefts by unlicensed young people didn't help general aviation's image in some lawmakers' minds.  MORE... 

Will Rogers Fly-In

August 9 - A 70th Anniversary of the fatal crash Wiley Post and Will Rogers will coincided with the Fly-In on August 13th & 14th.  MORE... 

Younkin - Franklin Proposal...

August 6 - It's finally official! On August 1, 2005, Kyle Franklin asked Amanda Younkin for her hand in marriage.  MORE...
  

Magicians Over Stonehenge

August 5 - The world’s finest aerobatic pilots took a break from training for the Longleat Red Bull Air Race on Thursday to perform a fly-over above the world-famous landmark Stonehenge.  MORE...

SS1 Stops In Tulsa

August 4 - On Saturday, July 23, 2005, carried beneath its mother ship the White Knight, SpaceShipOne (SS1) landed at United States Aviation, Avitat Tulsa, at Tulsa International Airport (TUL) in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  MORE...

Oshkosh 2005 Figures

August 1 - Estimated attendance: Approximately 700,000 (increase of nearly 7 percent over 2004) Total aircraft: More than 10,000 aircraft arriving at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, as well as other airports in the Oshkosh area.  MORE...

Oshkosh and Harrison Ford

July 31 - Actor, pilot and EAA member Harrison Ford will serve as EAA Young Eagles program chairman for another two years, after announcing his intentions to an enthusiastic crowd and resounding applause during a Theater in the Woods presentation on July 27 at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.  MORE...

Missouri Fly-In

July 30 - For those in middle America, there is a Fly-In and Camp Out near Kansas City, MO in late August.  For more information, go to this page.

Oshkosh Friday

July 30 - AirVenture and all those planes...   See what is on the AirVenture square...  MORE...

Oshkosh Thursday

July 29 - AirVenture full and exciting.  Always something moving, flying, at OSH.  This week, this airport will be the busiest airport in the world, NO JOKE.  Thousands of take offs and landings will occur this week... One landing didn't finish well for a pilot.  Picture in our days photo log.  MORE...

Oshkosh Wednesday

July 28 - AirVenture Live Today...  Our publisher, Ralph McCormick, reports from Oshkosh...  HERE... 

Fly-Low August Is Out

July 26 - Our August issue is now in your FBO...  In July, we featured the Masters of Disaster flying team (Sometimes known as the X-Team).  On July 10th, two of them were killed in an air show performance at Moose Jaw, CA.  This issue we dedicate to Bobby Younkin and Jimmy Franklin.  The cover (above left)  features the two performers at an air show, the place where they felt at home...  They will always be with us..  MORE...

Now 50 States Strong

July 26 - For the first month ever, Fly-Low Publication hard copy has gone 50 states in coverage.  A first of which we are proud and we'll give you more information at a later date.  In less that five years, the issue has moved from one state to fifty.  We're proud and just wanted to pass the information on to you or reader and advertiser.  Without you, we couldn't have done it.  If your FBO isn't receiving copies, have them email us the address.  They are free to pilots from FBOs.

 Thanks....

Ralph McCormick

Publisher

AirVenture Starts

July 26 - AirVenture 2005 is now open and flying.  Fly-Low Publications will begin reporting and posting stories from there tomorrow.  We'll keep you updated with photos and stories all week.  MORE... 

Another Crash At An Air Show

July 25 - A member of Team Red flying his Yak 52 at the Claremore (OK) air show on Saturday was killed.  He died at about 0100 CDT from massive head injuries.  MORE...

A Few Bad Apples....

July 23 - Will it ever stop?  There is a new regulation recently released and reported by AOPA.  A few bad apples around Washington D. C. has complicated the aviation environment for the other 500,000 pilots.  And what was it you said about those who are renting Ryder and U-Haul trucks in and around D. C.?  They weren't affected by the ruling..  MORE...

Oshkosh Waypoint

July 21 - For  the  fifth  consecutive  year,  employees  at  Columbia AFSS, Columbia Regional Airport Board, and Central Missouri Aviation (fixed-base operator, FBO)  are sponsoring Columbia as a Way- point stopover for pilots traveling to  the  EAA  Air  Adventure at OSHKOSH, Wisconsin from July 23rd and 24th. Columbia  is  centrally  located and has a FAA contract tower that operates between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily.  MORE...

 

The Legend of One Shot

July 21 - One of our writers often rambles about aviation.  This story could be one of those... we're not sure...  MORE...

Wings Over OK

July 20 -Claremore (OK) is know for being the home of Will Rogers.  It is also know as the aerobatic capital of the region.  Once a year, it becomes the largest gathering of pilots.  MORE... 

Aviators Fly To Fayetteville

July 19 - Monday July 18th was a sad day in Arkansas and the United States.  Fayetteville-Springdale the home of Bobby Younkin saw aviators fly in from all parts of this country to honor one of their own.  A large crowd attended the funeral and reception at the Arkansas Air Museum located on Drake Field.  Aviation has lost two of it's best performers.....  Jimmy Franklin (right) and Bobby Younkin (left).

A World Above Success.

July 19 - "The best assets of our airpark are our neighbors,” Jim Collom, developer of Holley Mountain Airpark, credited the thriving success of the aviation community to where, he said, it rightly belongs.  MORE... 

July 18 - Enid (OK) will hold their annual Fall Fest 2005 at the Enid – Woodring Regional Airport on September 24^th.  MORE...

MO State Convention A Success

July 16 - What an unbelievable day we had on June 11, 2005 at the 51st Annual Missouri Pilots Association State Convention held at the Neosho Missouri Airport. 126 “Young Eagles” were flown during the day’s events at the convention despite the wind and weather delay.  MORE... 

EAAs Member Village is Back

July 14 - EAA's Member Village is back at EAA AirVenture 2005, July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, with more exclusive membership benefits to offer EAA members attending the World's Greatest Aviation Celebration.  MORE... 

Younkin & Franklin's Crash Video

July 13 - Fox News has the best coverage in still photos and video of the horrible crash between Jimmy Franklin and Bobby Younkin at the Moose Jaw (Canada) air show on Sunday, July 10th. This is the Fox website with the coverage.  MORE... 

Walton's NTSB Report

July 13 - On June 27, 2005, approximately 1225 mountain daylight time, an unregistered CGS Aviation Hawk Two Place Arrow experimental homebuilt airplane was destroyed when it impacted terrain following a descent during the base leg of the visual approach to runway 19 at Jackson Hole Airport (JAC), Jackson, Wyoming.  MORE... 

Oklahoma Air Events

July 12 - Looking for a placed to go and enjoy aviation?  Oklahoma might be your place.  We have listed the events coming to you in Oklahoma.  MORE...

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Fly-Low Publications salutes the lives and legacy of Bobby Younkin & Jimmy Franklin  MORE..

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Crash During Masters of Disaster at Air Show

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Updated Monday July 11 - 1327 UT

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Crash At Cape Air Show

July 10 - The annual air show at Cape Girardeau (MO) produced an air crash of a WWII replica.  No injures were reported.  The local TV station had this news clip.  AIR CRASH CLIP

Air Security Intn'l

July 9 - Air Security International, L.P. (ASI) announced this morning that it has opened its World Watch Monitor Website http://monitor.airsecurity.com/ to the public following the terrorist attacks in London. MORE...

Okie Derby

July 8 - The 27^th Annual OKIE DERBY, sponsored by the Oklahoma Chapter 99s, is the world's largest proficiency air rally. It is not only fun for pilots, but tests their piloting skills and their knowledge of the capabilities of the airplane they fly.  MORE...

Ercoupes Meet In Minden

July 6 - The date was June 9, 2005.  The wind was blowing at 20 knots, typical of early summer in Nebraska.  Undaunted by the wind and towering cumulonimbus clouds, pilots flying Ercoupes began arriving at Minden, Nebraska from Pennsylvania to the east, Idaho to the west, Georgia to the south, and points in between.   MORE...

Masters of Disaster

Cover Story

July 4 - There is something fresh, new, innovative, exciting, and down right fantastic on the air show circuit today.  For fifty years we have bombed the Japanese at air shows all over the country.  Each air show has used pyrotechnics to indicate a bombing of the Japanese.  While that has been a good performance at air shows…. Something new is on the circuit today…  MORE...

Enid (OK) Fly-In

July 2 - Enid (OK) will hold their annual Fall Fest 2005 at the Enid – Woodring Regional Airport on September 24^th.  MORE... 

Will Rogers Fly-In

July 1 - Vintage planes, helicopters, military aircraft, even ultra-lights participate in the annual Will Rogers Ranch Fly-In. It is to this place aviation enthusiasts will fly Sunday, Aug. 14, to mark the 70th anniversary of Will Rogers and Wiley Post¹s death in an Alaskan plane crash.  MORE...

June 2005  

Siloam Springs (AR) Fly-In Breakfast

June 30 - The City of Siloam Springs is hosting a Fly-In at the Siloam Springs Airport (KSLG) on July 4th.  Skydivers from SkyRanch will be hosting a pilot's breakfast from 7am to 10am.  That weekend is filled with several skydive demo jumps in Cassville, MO, Muskogee, OK, and around northwest AR. MORE...

AOPA Published Nall Report

June 24 - The AOPA Air Safety Foundation recently published its 2004 Nall Report, an annual comprehensive compilation of general aviation (GA) accident statistics.  The latest edition reveals an overall increase in GA accidents for 2003 as compared to 2002, but a continued downward trend in the accident rate.  MORE...

Fayetteville (AR) AirFest

June 22 - Last weekend, Fayetteville (AR) provided Northwest Arkansas with it's best.  The Father's Day weekend show had Bobby Younkin, Jim LeRoy, Jimmy & Kyle Franklin, Scott Shockley, Mary Dilda, Regis Urschler, A-10 Demo Team, Falling Starts Parachute Team,  Doc Guy Baldwin,  and the Masters of Disaster.  MORE...

EAA Good OL' Days

June 21 - EAA is offering vintage aircraft owners a chance for a rare and exciting event, including landing the EAA AirVenture Museum's Pioneer Airport, during this year's "Good Ol' Days" festivities on Aug. 20-21 in Oshkosh.  MORE...

Killer Rabbit

June 20 - This one is hard to describe... but you gotta read it...  MORE...

DC-3 Marriage

June 18 - June and weddings go hand-in-hand.  And, in one of the most popular months for weddings, it isn’t unusual to find couples seeking out unique locations or new ways to “tie the knot”.  Mike Nass and Wendy Forseen were in Bloomington, Illinois recently to check out the location for their June 18 wedding—inside the historic DC-3, owned by the Prairie Aviation Museum.  MORE...

Another CAF Accident & Fatality

June 16 - MIDLAND, Texas (June 16, 2005)  – A Commemorative Air Force (CAF) operated single-engine World War II training aircraft, a Fairchild PT-26 Cornell, N26GA, was involved in an accident approximately 11:30 a.m. EDT, Thursday, June 16, 2005.  MORE...

  CAF Photo

Native American Pow Wow

June 16 - Attend a Native American Pow Wow adjacent to the Grayson Country Airport.  We will be providing transportation to and from the airport.  On site camping is available.     MORE... 

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AirFest 2005 At FYV

June 14 - “Barnstorming at its Best” is the theme of AIRFEST 2005, the annual air show at Drake Field in Fayetteville, AR.  This year’s event is scheduled for Father’s Day Weekend, June 18-19, and is sponsored by the Arkansas Air Museum.   MORE...

Turkey Mountain Airport

June 13 - Southwest Missouri holds one of America’s best kept secrets.  Somewhere near, a little burg called Shell Knob, is a community of settlers that fly out of an airport called Turkey Mountain Airport (MO00).  Now that identifier is not MOOO… as in cow.  MORE...

ICAS Sends T-6 Warning

June 10 - On Wednesday, June 8, the FAA issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive #2005-12-51 mandating that all North American AT-6/SNJ-type aircraft undergo immediate and repetitive inspections of the inboard and outboard, upper and lower wing attach angles of both wings for fatigue cracks.  MORE...

COS Air Show

June 9 - Tickets are now on sale for the 5^th annual Colorado Springs In their Honor Air Show, taking place Saturday, July 9 and Sunday, July 10.   Gates open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the former Colorado Springs Airport on Fountain Blvd. east of Powers.  MORE...

Most Memorable Photo

June 6 - Usually after a fantastic fly-in, I scan my photos for the best picture of the event.  This photo was by far the most memorable of the Bartlesville (OK).  If you wonder why...  read the sign on the door.  It says, "Fuel Price for Fly-In... $2.35.

More PHOTOS...

June Fly-Low Out

June 4 - The June issue of Fly-Low is in the FBOs today...  our front cover has the photo of a previous Bartlesville Biplane Expo visitor on it.  Check your FBO for the current issue.. If they aren't there.. you may subscribe for a low price...  HERE..

New "Bible" Released

June 3 - Sparky Imeson, one of America’s best known writers on mountain flying has just released a “Revised” version of his famous “Mountain Flying Bible”.  The book is now in bookstores.   As usual this book contains worlds of information on flying the mountains and with Sparky’s normal writing technique, the book contains good information on how to fly safely at any altitude.  MORE...

87 Words

June 2 – Many writers feel that a long written story is the ultimate.  It is hard sometimes as publisher to explain to them that a five-hundred word story can be interesting and effective.  I decided to check on a couple of well written words.  Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, one of the best known outstanding monologues, was only two-hundred thirty-five words and in Throttle Forward I quote Pastor Martin Niemoller.  His eighty-seven words ring today as they did in the 1940s.  These eighty-seven words will never last that long.  MORE...

Biplane Expo 2005

June 1 - The 19^th Biplane Expo will be June 3^rd & 4^th in Bartlesville, OK.  The Biplane Expo is no small event.  There will be around 140 biplanes and somewhere near 300 non-biplanes who fly to the northeast Oklahoma town. MORE...

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