Author: Will Fox
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Santa Flies into the Los Alamos Airport
Santa flew into the Los Alamos Airport on Sunday the 17th to share a bit of Christmas Joy with the kids. Bobbie Huseman, the Los Alamos Airport Manager, was there to make sure Santa got priority for landing and to treat the kids to hot chocolate and treats. The kids got a chance to ask…
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Pilot Incapacitation
By Will Fox My Dad got his pilot’s license in a 1958 Cessna 172. I was 12 years old at the time and was really excited about it. After a few “interesting” cross country flights with the family, Dad informed me that he was going to teach me to be able to land the plane…
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TAT & the Ford Tri-Motor
How many of you know about the Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) airline? It was established in 1928 and was the first airline in America that provided coast to coast air service, sort of. Actually, passengers travelled from New York City to Los Angeles using a combination of both air and train transportation. Clovis and Albuquerque,…
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Grant’s Fly-out
The Grant’s fly-out on February 18, 2023 to visit the Aviation Heritage Museum, started out with a cold, overcast day, and trying to plow through 30 knots of headwind. But before it was over we had 8 planes sitting on the ramp and 10 members enjoying a nice breakfast at the Wow Cafe and…
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Sustainable Aviation
Recently, my sister, who lives in Wyoming, home of the -70 degree wind chill factor, gave me a shellacking regarding my ignorance about biofuels. In one of our normal telephone calls where we talk about family, politics, and how to solve the world’s problems, she happened to mention that biofuels looked promising for commercial aviation,…