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PAYETTE Following a shutdown in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Payette Apple Blossom Festival returns for its 98th anniversary in 2021. But how did the festival get planted in Payette? What has helped it take root? The Independent-Enterprise dug deep into its archives to share with you how this tradition’s seeds were sown and share examples of what has kept it growing to where it is today. Sowing the seeds The first Apple Blossom Festival was organized by the ladies of the Payette Portia Club and held on May 1, 1923. The editor of the Payette Enterprise at the time was quoted in ...

Carson High School sophomore Spenser Bray knew from an early age that he would be an engineer and aviator. Bray spent hours and days in his garage experimenting with his fascination with design and flight. Through designing and flying gliders, then moving into RC design, Bray learned to understand the physics of flight as a remote pilot. Bray joined the local High Sierra RC Club (HSRCC), which maintains the RC airport in Carson City; its members took Bray “under their wing” and provided him with resources, equipment, and guidance to better understand aerodynamics of an aircraft and ho...

(KNSI) - A St. Cloud area airplane club will give kids a complimentary birdseye view of the community next mon...

Submitted by Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 551 (KNSI) – A St. Cloud area airplane club will give kids a complimentary birdseye view of the community next month. The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 551 is hosting a Young Eagles Flight Rally at the St. Cloud Regional Airport on Saturday, May 15. Kids age 8 to 17 will have a chance to get taken aboard a plane and soar over the Granite City. The rally is part of the EAA Young Eagles Program, created to interest young people in aviation. Pilots at the event will also explain more about their airplanes, allowing young...

Share this article Share this article OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- To honor Barron Hilton's legacy as a supporter of aviation, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded a half-million-dollar grant to the Endowment Fund of the Ninety-Nines, a nonprofit organization of women pilots dedicated to aerospace training and education. The grant will enable the Ninety-Nines to increase outreach activities, develop more high-quality pilot proficiency education programs, and share the group's passion for aviation and the Ninety-Nines with others. In addition to his success as a busines...