Pilot Mike’s Weblog

A blog about my aviation and other life experiences in the midwest.

Entries Tagged ‘Factory’

Robinson Helicopter Factory Tour

Last month, AOPA had a great article (AOPA members only) by Steven W. Ells about Robinson Helicopters and their manufacturing facility in Torrance, CA. It just so happened that I was out in the Los Angeles area for a training conference with 10,000 other network engineers and I realized how close to the factory we [...]

Tour of Cessna Plant

On May 13th, I flew with a large group (12 planes and 41 people) from Air Associates, a FBO at Johnson County Executive Airport, down to Independence, Kansas to tour the Cessna Plant. Read all about the flight planning and Cessna factory tour after the jump.