Kraemer Aviation / Flymall.org June 2026 Wheels & Wings Newsletter

Welcome to the Kraemer Aviation/Flymall.org Wheels & Wings Newsletter

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This month is full of interesting Wheels, Keels, and Wings news!

On June 26, Jett turned 13. Happy birthday Jett.

Interested in living at an airport?  Visit our Aviation Real Estate page here. You can view price data for airport property in our Market Watch section of the Flymall. Here is the data for all airport property. You can refine the search by “state” simply by searching for the desired state under “Model”.

On June 14, we celebrated Flag Day 2026. Flag Day is celebrated on June 14 to commemorate the Second Continental Congress’s adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the official U.S. flag in 1777.

Want to have your business highlighted on the Flymall???  We offer inexpensive rates to have your business featured on our Wheels & Wings page.  Contact us for more info.

History Trivia: Joan Prince Crandall recently retired in May 2026. As a flight attendant for more than 66 years, she is the industry’s longest-serving flight attendant. She started her career in the 1950s on a DC-3. What an amazing career.

On June 4 1783 in Annonay France, the Montgolfier bothers Joseph and Jacques make the first public demonstration of their dream: To fly! Below is a cool picture taken by Harry of a modern day hot air balloon launching behind a business jet.

If you enjoy history we have a new aviation history fact each day at the bottom of our webpages.  Some days there may be more than one, just refresh the page.  And if you like Beatles history, checkout our Events Calendar and select the Beatles category.  This is a work in progress, we’re building the most comprehensive calendar of important dates in Beatle history.  For those that like to stick with current news, we have an aviation news ticker on our home page.  This is updated daily to show the current aviation news.

On June 17 1946, the first mobile telephone call is placed from a car in St. Louis, Missouri.

Achievements & Special Recognition: On June 17 1921 (June 17, 1921 – July 28, 2008), Margaret Ringenberg was born. She was an American aviator, who had logged more than 40,000 hours of flying time during her career. She became interested in flying as an eight year old when she saw a barnstormer land in a field near her family’s farm. She trained at a flight training school and had her first solo flight in 1941 as a 19-year-old. During World War II she became a ferry pilot with the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). Although WASP pilots were not allowed to fly combat missions, they served grueling, often dangerous duties, such as ferrying, test flying, and target towing. The WASP corps was disbanded at the end of 1944. Ringenberg went on to become a flight instructor in 1945 and flew as a commercial pilot and instructor for the rest of her life. She began racing airplanes in the 1950s. She raced in every Powder Puff Derby from 1957 to 1977, every Air Race Classic since 1977, the Grand Prix and the Denver Mile High and many others, garnering over 150 trophies for her accomplishments. She completed the Round-the-World Air Race in 1994 at age 72, and in March 2001 at the age of 79 she flew in a race from London to Sydney. In 1999, she received the NAA Elder Statesman in Aviation Award in a presentation ceremony in Washington, DC.

Three years ago (June 2023), history was made as we saw the first Israel flight team to compete in the Air Race Classic, an all women 2500 nautical mile race around the country. Kraemer Aviation Services was a proud sponsor of this team.

2017 was the last year that Pat raced in the Air Race Classic. Here is she at the race start in 2017 with Classic Racer 20 and Jett. Click here for more pictures of the race start day from 2017.

Click here for Harry’s Air Racing page on the Flymall for pictures of past races.

Instructors, want to highlight your students first solo or other achievement here?  Just send us a short write-up and a picture or two and we’ll post it here for you.  Click here for our contact info.

On June 17, Li passed her multi engine instructor checkride. In a year and 2 months, Li passed her instrument checkride, commercial pilot checkride, flight instructor checkride, instrument instructor checkride, multi engine checkride, and multi engine instructor checkride. She passed every checkride on the first attempt. Congratulations.

Aviation/Aviators in the news: June has always been a busy month for general aviation. We have a lot of interesting news this month.

The aviation section of the Flymall is full of aviation news, training info, and much more for the aviator.

June 29 1972 Samantha Reed Smith was born. She became famous for her anti-war outreaches during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.  In 1982, Smith wrote a letter to the newly appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov, and received a personal reply with an invitation to visit the Soviet Union, which she accepted. Smith attracted extensive media attention in both countries as a “Goodwill Ambassador”, becoming known as America’s Youngest Ambassador.  She wrote a book titled Journey to the Soviet Union, which chronicled her visit to the country. She died at the age of 13 on August 25 1985, onboard Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808, which crashed short of the runway on final approach to the Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport in Maine.

Here is N302VM, WIFA’s Piper Seminole, on the day it arrived (June 9 2016) at WIFA from across the Atlantic.

In June of 2023, Kraemer Aviation Services was one of the major sponsors to bring the Ford Trimotor to the Frederick Municipal Airport.

As a sponsor, Pat & Harry both received some right seat time in the Trimotor.

Here’s our 1928 Shelby Lindy Edition bicycle with the 1928 Ford Trimotor.

Air show season is always just around the corner.  Want to travel to air shows in your own aircraft?  Visit our used aircraft page on the Flymall to view our inventory.

Earlier in June, Nir Levi had an amazing trip in a light sport aircraft from Israel to Italy and a few other countries. Click here for more pictures and video from her awesome trip. Click on the image for a larger view.

Here a summary of Nir’s trip! Click here for Nir’s Facebook album of the trip.

Car/Motorcycle Show News:   The Laytonsville Cruise In is the place to be on a Friday night in Montgomery County.  The Laytonsville Cruise In was started by Harry in 2010. It has become one of the most popular cruise ins in the area. You can follow Harry on Facebook for daily updates during the many shows and events he attends.

June 19 was the award/trophy night at the Laytonsville Cruise In.

Our good friend Putt won the big trophy for the Collector Car Outstanding Achievement. Click here for pictures of our award winners from June 19.

June 19 was bike night and we had a lot of awesome bikes at the Laytonsville Cruise In including this 1950s vintage Triumph that won Best Sport Bike. Click here for more pictures of the motorcycles from that evening.

We had 2 very special awards to give out on the 19th. One was for Outstanding Craftsmanship and the other was for Collector Car Outstanding Achievement.

Our Events Calendar has the most current info regarding local and national car shows, air shows, and more.  With nearly 30 categories, there is something for everyone.  The Day Tripper section of the Flymall has dozens of day trip ideas and interesting places to visit.  Check it out here.  Our Day Tripper section now has different categories to choose from to make it easier to find events that interest you. 

Indian Motorcycle and Harley Davidson. By 1903 they were rivals. Indian had a 2 year head start in the motorcycle industry. Interesting note: Indian started making bicycles and then made motorcycles. While Harley Davidson started with motorcycles and then made bicycles. Pictured here are our 1980 AMF Harley Davidson Sportster and our 1974 Indian MX74.

If you enjoy reading about historic vehicles, visit our Wheels & Wings section of the Flymall, we have numerous A to Z list there including; Automobiles, Aviation, Engines, Flying Cars, Motorcycles, and Nautical.

Here’s a friend’s Morgan. It has over 500,000 miles and it is all original. The clutch is even original. It has crisscrossed the country a few times. The only maintenance that had been done is oil changes, brakes, fluids, and the seat springs. It is documented by Morgan as being all original.

Check out this awesome 1958 Lister Jaguar seen at British Car Day. Click here for more information.

June 16 1981 Willie G Davidson & Vaughn L. Beals Jr buy back Harley Davidson from AMF for 81.5 million dollars.

On June 22, we celebrated Worldwide VW Beetle Day. Drive your VW Beetle to work!

On June 28, Harry attended the 47th Annual Original British Car Day with the Lomax. The morning weather was pouring rain until about 12 noon. It was a very wet drive to the show. Click here for more pictures from the show.

The Lomax won two trophies this year at British Car Day. The Lomax is usually in “Other Marques”. It won third in it’s class “Other British Marques” and the TVR Club of North American presented it with the “Best Other British” award. It was a good day despite the fact that Harry drove there in the pouring rain that morning.

Barn Finds/Hangar Finds:  Need an appraisal on your barn find?  Visit our Appraisal Page for information on our appraisals.  If you need insurance for your barn find or collector car, visit our insurance section of the Flymall.

Visit our online store to search for hard to find car parts, aircraft parts, and much more.  You can pay online in our secure store, just click on the Store button on our home page.

Visit the Test Drive section of the Flymall for reviews on automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, and more. Read about it before you buy it.  You can also research price info on a wide variety of vehicles, collectibles, and more in the Market Watch section of the Flymall. 

If you’re restoring a fabric aircraft, Ira Walker of Walker Aviation is your resource.  Visit his page on the Flymall by clicking here. 

CFI / DPE Notes:  Visit Harry’s Practical Test page for information on his checkrides.  You will also find useful information there to help you prepare for your checkride.  You can also visit Harry’s Lesson Plan section of the Flymall for other flight training information.  Visit our Flight Training page for information on our aviation training classes.

Most checkrides are conducted in the Cessna 172. The Cessna 172 made it’s first flight on June 12 1955. The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is the most-produced aircraft in history, with more than 44,000 units manufactured. First flown in June 1955 and officially introduced for the 1956 model year, it quickly became the definitive foundation of modern civilian flight training. Its enduring success lies in its high-wing design, forgiving flight characteristics, and unmatched reliability. We have a nice Cessna 172XP for sale (pictured here). This 172XP has the 210 horsepower STC, making this one a nice cross country machine. Click here for details on this Cessna 172XP that we have for sale.

Weather in the news: The end of June brought a heat wave to much of the United States as well as numerous European countries. Many record high temperature records were broken.

Three Wheel Association (TWA) & 3-Wheelers.com:  Harry started the Three Wheel Association in 2013 to promote/support the industry of three wheel vehicles of all types. Visit the Three Wheel Association page on the Flymall for more info on the association.

Want a reproduction vintage 3 wheeler.  Walker Aviation can scratch build from pictures or drawings.  Visit his page on the Flymall.  

Our award winning Lomax is for sale. She’s won over 50 awards over the years we have owned her. This is a nice driving 3-wheeler. Click here for more info. We our downsizing our large collection of motorcycles and other rare vehicles. Click here to view some of the vehicles for sale.

Nautical Notes: Next month, we will be attending the Wine Country Classic Boats annual boat show on Keuka Lake.

Earlier in June, Pat & Harry got to try out their new Niphean inflatable paddle on Little Seneca Lake.

Riding The Rails: We have a 1901 Light Rail Inspection Car available for sale. It was made by the Teeter Company of Hagerstown Indiana. Click here for more information.

The Flymall Team visited Sail250 at the Baltimore Inner Harbor.

Here’s just a few of the ships that were there: INS Sudarshini an Indian Training Vessel, BAP Union a Peruvian Naval Training Vessel, HMS Gladan a Swedish Naval Training Vessel, the Lynx a Topsail Schooner, USS Constellation, ARC Gloria Columbian Naval Training Vessel, Kings Point a working tug, BAE Guayas the Ecuadoran Naval Vessel, and the Belle Poule French Naval Training Vessel.

Here’s a complete list of the ships that were visiting Baltimore as a part of Sail250:
United States of America, USCG Cutter EAGLE
Argentina, ARA LIBERTAD
Canada, HMCS WILLIAM HALL (P433)
Colombia, ARC GLORIA
Ecuador, BAE GUAYAS
France, BELLE POULE
Germany, GORCH FOCK
India, INS SUDARSHINI
Italy, AMERIGO VESPUCCI
Peru, BAP Unión
Portugal, NRP SAGRES
Romania, NMS MIRCEA
Spain, JUAN SEBASTIAN De ELCANO
Sweden, HMS GLADAN
Uruguay, ROU Capitán MIRANDA
United States of America, USS ARLINGTON LPD 24
United States of America, USS MARINETTE LCS 25
United States, L.S. 116 CHESAPEAKE
United States, U.S.S. CONSTELLATION
United States, GAZELA PRIMEIRO
United States, Liberty Ship S.S. John W. Brown
United States, JOLLY DOLPHIN
United States, Tug Boat KINGS POINT
United States, LADY MARYLAND
United States, LYNX
United States, MARYLAND DOVE
United States, MILDRED BELLE
United States, PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II
United States, N.S. SAVANNAH
United States, Skipjack SIGSBEE
United States, U.S.S. TORSK
United States, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHEC-37

Animals in the headlines: An afternoon boating (in our classic Walker Bay 8) on Little Seneca Lake with a lot of interesting wildlife.

A Northern Red-bellied Cooter.

A common water sanke.

A white Heron.

And even some deer cooling off in the water.

Earlier in June, Sherman escaped from his habitat. He became a Facebook star that day with numerous pictures of him walking down Blunt Road and stopping traffic. Here’s one of them. Checkout what the person wrote. Its seems that people know his name and reputation. Click on the image for a larger view.

Remembering Little Emely this month. She only lived 2 months, April 19 2013 – June 20 2013. This was our first Tamaskan we got from a breeder. The dog got sick within a few weeks of birth. The breeder gave up on her. Pat and I gave her the best chance. She was too weak to stand or sit and spent most of her time in her food bowl.