Air Facts
MAY 24, 2024
As I tuned the ATIS for Destin Executive, I was glad to hear there was no ceiling reported. When the ceilings come down, I’ve had the pleasure of getting placed into a lengthy hold to accommodate commercial, as well as military traffic, working in the area. No ceiling so no hold for us today! That was poor airmanship on my part.
Vintage Aviation News
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
In order to shorten development time and save costs, the aircraft featured components of two closely related aircraft of the Beech Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas: the wings, ailerons, and landing gear of aBeech Bonanza general aviation aircraft and the tail assemblyof a Beech T-34 Mentor military trainer.
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Plane and Pilot
OCTOBER 2, 2024
No flying in winds exceeding 10 knots, no chance of obscuring precipitation, no use of runways shorter than 5,000 feet, no risk of encountering darkness or lowering ceilings. By doing so, a recognizable, firm input demonstrates that using all the aileron travel wasn’t the answer—those rudder pedals are not footrests.
Plane and Pilot
OCTOBER 2, 2024
No flying in winds exceeding 10 knots, no chance of obscuring precipitation, no use of runways shorter than 5,000 feet, no risk of encountering darkness or lowering ceilings. By doing so, a recognizable, firm input demonstrates that using all the aileron travel wasn’t the answer—those rudder pedals are not footrests.
Photographic Logbook
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Weather conditions on Groundhog Day were better than the week prior, characterized by a high ceiling and no thin screen of clouds hiding the ground from view. Braking was less effective there than at Alton Bay and, with full aileron into the wind and backpressure on the controls, we coasted to a stop in the final tenth of the runway.
Aerotime
OCTOBER 18, 2024
The new aircraft would be called ‘Mercure’, as decided by the company’s founder Marcel Dassault, who wanted to name the new aircraft after a mythological figure, opting for ‘ Mercury ’ (or ‘ Mercure ’ in French) who had wings on his helmet and ailerons on his feet.
Vintage Aviation News
JANUARY 22, 2025
The Model PG featured larger ailerons and adjustments to the tail design and would be shipped from East Boston to Hazelhurst Field [later known as Roosevelt Field] in Mineola, NY, the intended destination for the Model G Scout back in 1915. Timson had designed nearly ten years prior.
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