Sept. 2, 2010

Cessna’s New Fighting Machine

162BS For those skeptics who just a few years ago tore into Cessna Aircraft as the development of the Skycatcher began to move ahead, comes this photo of the mighty Cessna 162 going nose to nose with one of America’s finest F-18s in the ultimate stare down contest on the Yingling Aviation ramp in Wichita recently.

I swear I saw the F-18 blink.

Rob Mark, editor

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Changes Afoot as Jetwhine Nears 20-Year anniversary

Last year we updated the look of the Jetwhine page with some dandy new graphics. This fall, Jetwhine the blog - if anyone even remembers the term blog - will be 20 years old. It's almost of legal drinking age. Seriously though, next in line is s…

Are You a Space Geek?

(Click to listen to audio) My wife Nancy and I are.  We had a chance last month to listen to Eileen Collins, a retired Air Force colonel and a NASA space shuttle commander, answer questions after the Chicago premier of her new documentary film, …