The airplane probably can handle it, but only if you slow down, keep the wings level and accept altitude excursions. While flying from the northeast to south Florida last week it was bumpy at all altitudes and everyone was trying to find a better ride.
Category: Flying
a Everybody is a pilot here in Wichitaa
In 2015, more than a third of all general aviation aircraft deliveries came from Wichita airplane manufacturers Bombardier Learjet and Textron Aviation’s Cessna and Beechcraft in Sedgwick County. So it’s probably not a big surprise that the county boasts a larger number of active pilots than any of the state’s other 104 counties – and than any counties in Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
High Honor
One morning in July, Lieutenant Benjamin Stone finds himself scheduled to flay at a funeral. The site is Arlington National Cemetery, on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. Ben Stone is assigned to VFA-81, which is stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia–four hours away as the interstate runs.
Gov. Brownback wants to build an airport in Johnson County
With plans to revamp Kansas City International Airport stalled, Gov. Sam Brownback and others in Kansas government are exploring the possibility of building an airport in Johnson County to rival KCI, The Star has learned. “Airlines are requesting construction of a new single terminal airport at , and the state of Kansas is continually looking for new economic development opportunities,” the governor said in an e-mail.