News

September 1, 2017

President’s Message

I hope all of you have had a good summer and are ready for any end of the year challenges. If you live in places impacted by storms or other natural disasters, all of us here at NAA hope you came through in good shape and are soon ready to resume life as normal. And if any of us here at NAA can help, please let us know. Though our last big event was the Collier Dinner, and our next will be our Fall Awards Dinner, followed by presentation of the Wright Memorial Trophy to Air & Space Museum Director...

August 24, 2017

AMA Foundation to Host Inaugural Jet Rally The AMA Foundation team hosted their first event, the AMA Foundation for the Future Jet Rally on August 24-27, in Ottumwa, Iowa. Some of the greatest model airplane pilots in the country were in attendance for four days of open-flying and entertainment provided by the city as part of 2017’s Fly Iowa event. Attendees enjoyed four days of open flying on a 100 x 3,500-foot runway, two huge full-scale air shows, four live performances, a barbecue, and much more! Meet the AMA Scholarship Winners Earlier this year, AMA awarded 11 students from across...

July 28, 2017

IAC Celebrates with Walter Extra and Frank Christensen at Air Venture

The International Aerobatic Club is pleased to announce that Walter Extra, chief designer and founder of the Extra Aircraft Company in Germany and Frank Christensen, President of Christen Industries, will attend the annual IAC gathering of members during Air Venture, Oshkosh, WI on Friday, July 28, 2017. Walter Extra is coming to Oshkosh as part of the gathering of Extra owners and pilots which is part of IAC’s activities this year at aviation’s largest event. Along with Siemens, Walter is planning to bring the Extra 330LE electric powered aircraft to Air Venture. It will be parked in front of the...

July 20, 2017

Atlanta Aero Club News

The Atlanta Aero Club will host the following guest speakers in 2017: July 20: Mark Burns, President, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation September 21: Glen Hauenstein, President, Delta Air Lines November 16: Amy Spowart, Executive Director, National Aviation Hall of Fame, Wright Paterson Museum, Dayton, Ohio

July 20, 2017

Gen. J.R. “Jack” Dailey Honored with 2017 Wright Trophy

Members at the U.S. Parachute Team showed their dominance at two world-level skydiving competitions this summer. First, eight members of the U.S. Canopy Piloting Team headed to the 2017 World Games in Wrocław , Poland, July 20-30. U.S. Team members dominated the top spots. Multiple world champion Nicholas Batsch brought home the gold, with Curt Bartholomew, also a multiple world champion, earning bronze. Two other U.S. Team members, Greg Windmiller and Paul Rodriguez, finished in the top ten out of a field of 36 of the world’s best canopy pilots. Next, a U.S. Parachute Team delegation of 42 of the...

July 2, 2017

United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (USHPA) News

Free Flight Pilots Represent the U.S. in World Competition 2017 brings three World competitions for free-flight: the 21st FAI World Hang Gliding Championship, the 15th FAI World Paragliding Championship, and the eight edition of the Red Bull X-Alps. Red Bull X-Alps 2017: July 2-13, 2017 starting in Salzburg, Austria Three American teams are participating in what is widely considered the world’s toughest adventure race. The athletes must cross the Alps, traversing specific points along the way, resulting in a straight-line distance of over 1,000 km (620 miles) – solely on foot or by paraglider. Typically fewer than two-thirds of the...

July 1, 2017

The Ninety-Nines` News

The Karen Johnson Solo Scholarship The Ninety-Nines (99s) will award a $3,000 Karen Johnson Solo Scholarship to provide a young woman (age 16-20 at any time during 2017 calendar year) who wants to learn to fly with financial support for flight training through first solo and beyond. In addition, the winner will receive a King Schools flight training course to prepare for a written exam and check ride. The scholarship will be awarded at the Aviation Appreciation Dinner at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh on July 25, 2017. The Ventura County chapter of the 99s established this scholarship to honor the...

June 22, 2017

Most Memorable Aviation Records of 2016

As the official record keeper for United States aviation, the National Aeronautic Association tracks dozens of world and national record attempts each year. New U.S. records are certified by NAA and those qualifying as world records are then ratified with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). At the end of each year, under the direction of the NAA Contest and Records Department, records certified for that year are reviewed and a list of the “most memorable” is created. Below is a chronological list of the most memorable records of 2016: Duration: 9 hours, 26 minutes, 49 seconds Record for balloons (Class...

June 16, 2017

Blue Origin New Shepard Team Awarded the 2016 Robert J. Collier Trophy

Members of the aerospace community gathered together on June 16, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia to award the Robert J. Collier Trophy to the Blue Origin New Shepard Team for “… successfully demonstrating rocket booster reusability with the New Shepard human spaceflight vehicle through five successful test flights of a single booster and engine, all of which performed powered vertical landings on Earth.” Administered by the National Aeronautic Association and displayed at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, the Collier Trophy is awarded annually “…for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America” in the preceding year. At seven...

June 15, 2017

Summer Awards Ceremony Recognizes Aviation Record Holders

On June 22, 2015, NAA hosted the 3rd Annual Summer Awards Ceremony, which honors the Most Memorable Aviation Records of 2016, as well as other notable record achievements. The event was held at the Lockheed Martin Fighter Demonstration Center in Arlington, Virginia. Record holders and their guests enjoyed flying F-35 Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter) and F-22 Raptor cockpit demonstrators before the ceremony. James Payne, John Brush, Andre Mellin, Paul Salmon, Jay Stokes, Brian Erickson, Erik Kauber, Jeremy Novara, and Daryl Perkins accepted certificates commemorating their Most Memorable Aviation Records of 2016. Pilots James Howard, Andrew Newman, Christopher Isler, Douglas...