Chicago Hates General Aviation? Say it isn’t so…
Well Chicago is at it again, several years after Mayor Daley lost his fight to close Meigs Field (2001) and he came in the middle of the night and destroyed it (along with Senator Obamas wife) in 2003, then got sued by the FAA and the city had to pay up, Chicago is now showing [...]
Eclipse to offer new jet Eclipse 400
Eclipse Aviation now a 10 year old company announced today that they will be offering the new, ‘V’ tail jet they previewed at Airventure 2007 as the Eclipse 400. They plan to have the jet in production and make deliveries by 2011. (Read Press Release)
Eclipse has now delivered over 200 of it’s 500 model jet [...]
Berlin Airshow Open for Business
Halfway through the week at one of the oldest airshows things are flying (May 27-June 1, 2008). The Berlin airshow began in 1909 and moved from being the Frankfurt airshow to Berlin in 1992. Considering it is mainly a governmental and military event and open to the public on Friday only it is expected to [...]
Sydney Pollack dies Actor, Producer, Director, Pilot
Sydney Pollack died at his home in Pacific Palisades yesterday surrounded by family. We will miss his movies and his usually humorous guest appearances. (LA Times Article outlining his work and Life People Magazine Article)
He was also one of our well known pilots who liked to fly his Citation X to his various shooting locations and [...]
