Release Will Coincide With Opening Of National Postal Museum's Stamp Gallery
In 1918, to celebrate the first Air Mail flight, the Post Office Department had the 24-cent Curtiss Jenny stamp produced. Because the design required two colors, sheets were placed on the printing press twice — a process given to human error — as stamp collectors at the time well knew.
Oshkosh Day Three Coverage -- Part Three Of Five Part Hightower Interview, Chats With Alan Klapmeier and NTSB's Hersman!!!
Looking Back At Oshkosh 2012--Part Three: LSA's and a visit from NTSB Chair Deborah A.P. Hersman topped the news Wednesday. Quicksilver Manufacturing announced in a news release that it had been bought by investors in California, and was becoming Quicksilver Aeronautics. The new owners, Will Escutia and Daniel Perez, say they will keep the company headquarters in Temecula, CA, and plan to bring new aircraft to market. Flight Design USA is adding to the number of places where new pilots can be trained. The Co
"The air show is my opportunity to open the gates to Miramar, to allow you onto the base, to bring you to a place where most people don't get to go ... onto our flight line, and this year, even uniquely, onto our runways." Source: Miramar Commander Col. John Farnam.
An FAA air traffic control service to aircraft arriving and departing or transiting airspace controlled by the facility. TRACONs control IFR and participating VFR flights.
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