Greetings A.O. Readers -

Our May issue is here and the cover is celebrating 100 years of Naval Aviation (photo courtesy of Erik Hildebrandt). In this issue we travel to the New England Air Museum in Museums Monthly; Maria is back this month to tell us about her Aerial Adventure to Boulder City, NV; we get to know Winn in Pilot, What's Your Story; and Greg gets fired up about Through The Fence legislation and asks for your help in taking action.
 
Please remember we want to hear from you. Please submit a Pilot, What's Your Story? questionnaire, upload a video and post your local fly-in on www.AircraftOwner.com. Have a story idea or topic you want discussed? Let us know and we'll make it happen!

 
Until next week - fly often, fly safe, give flights to those who have never taken to the skies,
and help General Aviation live on.




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May 1, 1939:
The Civil Aeronautics Authority completed a $7 million airways modernization and improvement program begun Jul 1, 1937.
Page 28 in the FAA HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY.
 
May 1, 1960:
Cold War, American U-2 spy plane shot down
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Mar 2, 1929:
 Domestic Air News reported that Pan American-Grace Airways (Panagra) successfully bid to carry air mail 3x wkly from Cristobal, C.Z., to Santiago, Chile, the longest designated air mail route in the world.
Page 8 in the FAA HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY.
 
May 2, 1952:
The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) inaugurated the first scheduled air service with turbojet airliners, de Havilland Comet I's, operating between London and Johannesburg.
Page 56 in the FAA HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY.
 
May 5, 1930:
The Post Office Department, hoping to stimulate air passenger traffic, issued an order calling for the installation of at least 2 passenger seats in each mail plane operated by day.
Page 11 in the FAA HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY.
 
May 5, 1961:
The first American in space
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May 6, 1937:
The Hindenburg disaster
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May 7, 1937:
The first flight by a fully pressurized airplane, the Lockheed XC-35, occurred.
Page 23 in the FAA HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY.
  

  
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Spring Vintage Fly In
May 6-8, 2011
Pearson County Airport, Roxboro, NC
Carolinas Virginia Antique Airplane Foundation EAA - VAA Chapter 3 presents their Spring Vintage Fly In for all classes. Early Bird Dinner Thursday Evening. Dinner Fri .& Sat Evening. Awards. Food on field Fri. and Sat. No Air Show. Please Bring Tiedowns. Hotels: Roxboro Innkeeper: 800-466-5337, Hampton Inn: 1-800-HAMPTON or Camping and RV Parking on field. Transportation to Hotels and Dinners.
For more details about the show visit: http://vaa3.org/
 
International Learn To Fly Day
May 21, 2011
International Learn to Fly Day was announced at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2009 as an effort
to increase interest in flying and to encourage the aviation community to get others involved
in Aviation.
Check here for an event in your area: www.learntofly.org
 
Blaine Aviation Days
May 21st & 22nd, 2011
Anoka County Airport (ANE) in Blaine, MN
Fly-in or drive-in to see Experimental, Homebuilt, Civil, Corporate, Military, WWII & Vintage aircraft on display. Numerous exhibitors and vendors for visitors of all ages. Walk through the Golden Wings Museum and learn more about the early history of aviation. EAA 237 will host a pancake breakfast from 7am-11am each day and the Civil Air Patrol will host a lunch from 12-3pm each day. Kids activities will be available on site. Enjoy helicopter and/or plane rides. On Saturday May 21st come out to the 11th annual “Evening Hangar Dance” at the Golden Wings Museum. This 1940's style Hangar Dance features the sights and sounds of Dave Andrew's Big Band. Refreshments are available and the doors open at 7pm with music starting at 8pm.
For more details about the show visit: www.BlaineAviationDays.org
 
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Representatives from leading aviation products, including avionics items, will be here to demo & discuss their products. Including GoodYear, Tempest, Challenger Aviation products, Hartzell Eng Tech, Sennheiser, Dynon, PS Engineering, & more. Free hot dogs & beverages, activities/  seminars and raffle prizes throughout the day. Assortment of popular aviation products will be specially priced to provide addit'l savings. Falcon Field (KFFC) will be offering discounted fuel & free shuttle service to all attendees flying in. Meet new EAA President, Rod Hightower & Aircraft Spruce President, Jim Irwin.
For more details about the show visit: www.AircraftSpruce.com
 
National Biplane Fly In
June 3rd, 2011 - Freeman Field (3JC) in Junction City, KS
Presented by EAA Chapter 1364.
Parking & camping available on Freeman Field for all aircraft, even aircraft that only have one wing.  Everyone is invited! The most perfectly suited airport in the Midwest to carry on the Great Biplane Fly In tradition. A FREE SHUTTLE VAN provided by Jim Clark Chevrolet-Cadillac will be operating Thursday, Friday, Saturday and from area hotels on Sunday morning to assist pilots attending the fly in.  We want you to have a great, hassle free experience both in the air and on the ground at the National Biplane Fly In.
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Cessna's Jack Pelton retires
By JERRY SIEBENMARK | The Wichita Eagle
 
Jack Pelton, who took over as CEO of Cessna Aircraft Co. on the heels of a recession and steered it to periods of record-breaking growth, retired from the business-jet manufacturer Monday after nearly 11 years there.

Textron announced in a news release the retirement of Pelton, 52, who joined Cessna in 2000 as a senior vice president for product engineering.

"Under Jack's leadership, Cessna achieved many significant program and product milestones and strengthened its position as a thought leader in the aviation industry," Textron chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly said in the release. "We appreciate Jack's efforts and wish him the best in his future endeavors."

Donnelly will run Cessna until Pelton's successor is selected.


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A GIFT for women aviators
By Jill W. Tallman | AOPA.org
  
Mary Latimer has wanted to help more women become pilots ever since she became one herself. She recently hit upon a strategy to help women succeed: Create a program that will help women age 15 and older advance their flight training. She and her husband, assisted by other flight instructors, will hold the Girls In Flight Training (GIFT) academy in July.

The academy will take place at Wilbarger County Airport in Vernon, Texas, and will run from July 29 through Aug. 7. It will include ground school and non-loggable desk-top simulator training. Flight training will be offered in a Cessna 152 or Cessna 172 that the Latimers will provide. Participants can bring other aircraft if they wish.

But there’s no specific curriculum or schedule, because Latimer wants to hear from the women who sign up about what sort of help they need, whether it’s brushing up for a checkride, additional help with cross-country planning, or overcoming nervousness about stall recovery. Participants can stay for as many days as they desire.

“Having a group of women together like [this], I’m hoping the classroom and interaction … will be more important and beneficial,” Latimer said.


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Unmanned Phantom Ray makes first flight
By Jonathan E. Skillings | CNET.com
  
Boeing said today that its Phantom Ray unmanned aircraft has flown on its own for the first time.

The prototype unmanned airborne system, which sports a striking flying-wing design, flew for 17 minutes on April 27, reaching a speed of 178 knots and an altitude of 7,500 feet. More flights will take place in the coming weeks, Boeing said.

"The UAS bar has been raised," Craig Brown, Phantom Ray program manager for Boeing, said in a statement. "Now I'm eager to see how high that bar will go."

The debut flight took place at NASA's Dryden Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California, following high-speed taxi tests in March. The flight test program is expected to last roughly six months.

The 36,500-pound Phantom Ray is 36 feet long, has a wingspan of 50 feet, and is powered by an F404-GE-102D turbofan engine. Eventually, it's expected to have a cruising speed of 614 mph, or 0.8 Mach, and an operating altitude of 40,000 feet.

Boeing formally introduced the Phantom Ray almost exactly a year ago. It will be using the aircraft, which the company says it's funding on its own nickel, as a test bed for future unmanned system technology. Eventually, the UAS could be used for a range of military missions including attack, surveillance, and autonomous aerial refueling.

Edwards AFB is also playing host to a similar UAS design from Northrop Grumman, the X-47B, which took its maiden flight there in February. That aircraft is being developed under a contract with the U.S. Navy, with the goal of getting an unmanned aircraft that can take off and land on an aircraft carrier.


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