Two of our local pilots, Alan Hoover and Brian Hoover (father and son) are in Reno, Nevada qualifying to race in the 51st National Championship Air Races. Brian, a pilot for Biomet, is the a Primary Pilot and his father, Alan, a pilot for Southwest Airlines, is the Backup Pilot. Brian will race in a …read more.

[weaver_youtube M6weB7BulA4 rel=0] Clear skies and cool temperatures were not the only things drawing residents of Kosciusko County outside today. After several years without an air show in Warsaw, Warsaw Municipal Airport hosted the Air Show of Warsaw and EAA Fly-In today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Huge crowds of people flooded into the …read more.

Jefferson Elementary School in Winona Lake is now part of the “Adopt-A-Pilot” program through Southwest Airlines. Captain Alan Hoover, who lives in Winona Lake and flies for Southwest Airlines out of Chicago, approached Jefferson Principal Mr. Robertson about bringing this educational program to fifth grade students at Jefferson and was met with an enthusiastic “Yes!” …read more.