Recent content by EHITCH

In memory of Reese Dill: T-6 down at Fitchburg Folks, Please join me in saluting fellow pilot Reese Dill, who died flying his T-6 this weekend. Reese was a member of the consulting team working on a specialized storage facility for my company. He was an amazing guy, and it was a privilege...

On November 4, 2009, the legendary Evelyn “Mama Bird” Johnson will celebrate her 100th birthday. If you’d like to celebrate the 100th birthday of this flying legend, please send a birthday card to: Ms. Evelyn Bryan Johnson Airport Manager Moore-Murrell Airport 5233 Old Highway 11E Morristown...

UPDATE: WASP Congressional Gold Medal Greetings all: House Resolution 2014, to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the WASP of World War II, was passed in the US House of Representatives on June 16, 2009. The bill will now be sent to President Obama to be signed in to Law. Once the bill...

Update: Status of WASP Congressional Gold Medal Here's a brief update regarding the effort to award the CGM to the WASP: May 20, 2009: S. 614 passed in the Senate by Unanimous Consent. H.R. 2014 had 311 co-sponsors as of May 22. According to the Library of Congress’s legislation tracker, HR...

Update: WASP Congressional Gold Medal Greetings all, Here's an update on the status of the progress of bills to honor the WASP with the Congressional Gold Medal. This is a long post, thank you for taking a few minutes to read through it. Each house of Congress requires 2/3 of its members...

My final student requirement, long cross-country into Quad Cities, the tower was very helpful and encouraging and told me to expect rway 13 and I proceeded to set up and the tower must have said to me something like "report on downwind" so I called in and the controller said to me, "uh, you're...

Random thoughts on this bone-headed manuever: If he was a golf club member could he kinda say he had permission ..... What kind of a dumb ***k (rhymes with cluck) would ever imagine that his "flight plan" was viable in any way, shape or form..... New example of what "entitlement" really...

Thanks Ron, I'll send an email through separate channels. Elizabeth

Way back when the AOPA website was in its first incarnation, some wise and generous soul -- I believe it was Ron Levy -- posted a white paper or moral equivalent there of regarding the "real costs" of airplane ownership. I saved it in the hopes of actually needing to refer to it one day, which...

Right now I'm planning on being at the conference, then cruising afterward, then a few days in Vancouver, then home. It all depends on $$ status as there are lots of potential family obligations these days. Elizabeth

Hi Folks, I am trying to pull together an FAQ for Girl Scouts activities, but to answer Jeff's question about Brownies, what you are looking for is called the Space Explorer Try-It for Brownies. Try-Its are badges that have easier requirements for younger girls, and you will find a list of...

Unfortunately, American Flyers closed its PWK operation at the end of May and consolidated ops at DPA. AF advised their active students, one of whom is a friend and fellow 99, that they had wished to remain at PWK, but the airport manager did not respond to repeated inquiries regarding renewal...

From the Michigan website, more info on the pilots and passengers: http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/2007/crash.htm

Please take a moment to read about and honor the life and career of this extraordinary man. This biography is from the Blue Angels website. Lieutenant Commander Kevin Davis was a native of Pittsfield, MA, and graduated from Reading Memorial High School in 1992 where he played football and was...

FLYING WEST I hope there's a place, way up in the sky Where pilots can go when they have to die. A place where a guy could buy a cold beer For a friend and a comrade whose memory is dear. A place where no doctor or lawyer could tread, Nor a management-type would e'er be caught dead! Just...