In Flight USA February 2026

To list your group’s event on a space available basis, please send your event notice with date, time, place w/city and state, contact name, and phone number to: Calendar, In Flight USA, P.O. Box 5402, San Mateo, Calif. 94402, or email vickie@inflightusa.com. Note: Calendar includes only information available by our press date. Confirm the status before attending. FEBRUARY Feb. 5: Glen Miller Orchestra, National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Fl, navalaviationmuseum.org  7: Hangar Talk, Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, CA, Flight of the Republic P-47G Thunderbolt, planesoffame.org 13-15: Buckeye Air Fare & AOPA Fly-In, Buckeye, AZ 14: Love is in the Air, Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan Park, CA aerospaceca.org  14: Glimmer, Galaxy, Gala, Tulsa Air and Space Museum, Tulsa, OK 14: After Dark: Swing the Night Away, Riverside, Ohio, airforcemuseumfoundation.org/events/…

When I last appeared on the cover of this magazine, Cielo Blu was in a period of rapid growth, expanding our footprint, building relationships, and strengthening our reputation as a trusted aviation partner. Since then, I’ve taken time to step back, look closely at where we’ve been most impactful, and make intentional decisions about how we continue to grow from that foundation. Today, Cielo Blu remains deeply committed to the full spectrum of aircraft sales, including piston aircraft, while also expanding our presence in high-level aircraft brokerage and jet acquisitions. As our client base and capabilities have grown, so has our involvement in turbine and jet aircraft transactions, including platforms such as Gulfstream, Dassault Falcon, and Cessna Citation. This isn’t a departure from who we are — it’s a natural…

The title of this month’s meanderings, as related to training and safety, does not disclose the actual topic to be covered, which is distractions and loss of control. It does, however, give one a hint as to how this writer became acutely aware of distractions, which can lead to an unintended (and often surprising) loss of control. Let’s start at the beginning. It was in the early mid-1960s when I received an invitation from a friend to join him at a well-known glider airport about 40 miles north of my home airport, Van Nuys, Calif. Located in a picturesque valley at the southern edge of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, Tehachapi Airport was now the home of my friend’s recently acquired Schweizer S2-32. This new design was considered quite special…

Editorial commentary typically has a “trigger.” In other words, an event, news reports, new rule, stupid statement by a politician (a gold mine for topics) or personal experience will trigger a thought process that morphs into editorial dialog. The topic of this month’s editorial view is no different, although the trigger came from a somewhat different source. A good friend, (retired high school teacher of physics, math, and astronomy) sent a link to a website that both he and I follow, www.spaceweather.com. Okay, so this writer is a tech geek, but Space Weather does carry fascinating articles regarding our solar system, solar activities, and subjects like the risk of the red supergiant star “Betelgeuse” (in the Orion constellation) going super nova and destroying all life on Earth as we know…

All Roads Lead to AERO Visitors and exhibitors at AERO 2026 (April 22-25, 2026), the leading international trade fair for general aviation, business aviation, and air sports, will have a wider range of mobility solutions to choose from when traveling to Friedrichshafen this year. Since Jan. 12, 2026, Air Uniqon is connecting Friedrichshafen Airport with scheduled flights from Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg. The airline uses a modern, 76-seat De Havilland Dash 8-400 turboprop aircraft. Tobias Bretzel, Show Director AERO at Fairnamic GmbH, said, “We are very pleased about the launch of these new scheduled flights to and from Friedrichshafen, which are an important addition to the existing mobility options in the Lake Constance region and enable AERO attendees to reach the fair grounds quickly.” In addition, there will be charter…

GlobalAir.com has been selected as the official sales representative for the newly established, pre-owned aircraft market at AERO Friedrichshafen, Europe’s leading show for general aviation and business aviation. The show serves as a global platform for all aspects of general aviation and business aviation, bringing together manufacturers, operators, owners, and aviation professionals from across the industry. Through this partnership, GlobalAir.com will develop and manage a pre-owned aircraft area, showcasing a curated selection of light jets, turboprops, and single-engine piston aircraft available for sale in the European and global markets. This collaboration represents a strategic alliance between two historic and influential aviation media and marketplace organizations, combining AERO Friedrichshafen’s European reach with the decades-long leadership in aircraft listings, data, and digital aviation marketing of GlobalAir.com. “We are excited to partner with…