User:Slowtationjet

Welcome to the official Slowtationjet user page. My main interests include aviation, athletics, and history with additional interest in the American education system, especially post-secondary education. Most of my energy is focused on copy editing and clarifying ambiguous passages. Occasionally I'll add additional information about new topics and even start new articles.

I have developed a special passion for updating and expanding articles about lesser-known topics in aviation. I spend a lot of time focusing on small general aviation airports (like Rio Linda Airport), but I'm also interested in niche aircraft and aircraft manufacturers. One of my main focuses has become creating articles about said smaller airports to create a more complete picture of the American general aviation landscape.

I've started using editing as a way to learn about topics I'm interested – aviation especially. Interacting with topics and stories through editing and research, in my mind, makes for a much better learning environment than just trying to remember things I read off the internet.

The Definitive List of Airports with Restaurants on the Field

Most of this list is based on research I've done. Restaurants I've seen myself will have a star at the end, and places I've actually eaten at will be bolded. Who knows...maybe I'll start leaving reviews here too.

Arizona

• Crosswinds Restaurant at Payson Airport
• Mesa Grill Sedona at Sedona Airport
• Volanti Restaurant at Scottsdale Airport

Florida

• The Landing Strip Cafe at Okeechobee County Airport
• Landing Strip Tavern at Flagler Executive Airport

Illinois

• Airport Steakhouse Restaurant at the Coles County Memorial Airport
• Bill's Toasty Diner at Taylorville Municipal Airport
• Bonnie Cafe at Mount Vernon Airport
• Charlie's Restaurant at Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport
• Flight Deck Bar & Grill at Rochelle Municipal Airport*
• Flightline at Southern Illinois Airport
• The Kitty Hawk Cafe at the DuPage Airport
• Lynnie Ques BBQ at Lansing Municipal Airport
• Orchard Landing Apple Farm in Hanover, IL (Private Airport)
• Pilot Pete's at Schaumburg Regional Airport
• Smoked and Smashed Restaurant at Sparta Community Airport
• St Nicholas Brewing Company at Southern Illinois Airport

Michigan

• Jackie's Airport Restaurant at Clare County Airport
• WAKO Kitchen at W. K. Kellogg Airport
• A restaurant whose name I don't know at Jackson County Airport

Ohio

• The Airport Cafe at Grimes Field
• The Fly In Patio Grill at the Richard Downing Airport
• KPOV Coffee & Bagel at the Portage County Regional Airport
• Skyline Restaurant at the Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport
• Tim Goose Diner at the Erie–Ottawa International Airport

Wisconsin

• Air Host Inc at the Green Bay–Austin Straubel International Airport
• Bessie's Diner at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport*
• Blind Rooster Kitchen + Bar at the Central Wisconsin Airport
• Central County Flyers at the Central County Airport
• Fuel Cafe at the Sheboygan County Memorial Airport
• Hangar 54 Grill at the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport
• The Jet Room at Dane County Regional Airport
• Piccadilly Lilly Diner at the Tri-County Regional Airport

Airports With Aviation Museums

Delaware

• The Delaware Aviation Museum at the Delaware Coastal Airport

Illinois

• The Prairie Aviation Museum at Central Illinois Regional Airport
• Air Classics Museum of Aviation at Aurora Municipal Airport
• Heritage in Flight - WWII Aero Museum at the Logan County Airport
• Poplar Grove Vintage Wings Wheels Museum at the Poplar Grove Airport

Michigan

• The Selfridge Air Military Museum at the Selfridge Air National Guard Base

Ohio

• Butler County Warbirds museum at the Middletown Regional Airport
• The Champaign Aviation Museum at Grimes Field
• The Grimes Flying Lab Foundation at Grimes Field
• The International Women's Air & Space Museum at Burke Lakefront Airport
• The Liberty Aviation Museum at the Erie–Ottawa International Airport
• The Northern Branch of the Mid America Flight Museum at Grimes Field

Oklahoma

• The 99s Museum of Women Pilots at the Will Rogers World Airport

Regular Aviation Events and Showcases

Ohio

• The All Ohio Balloon Festival at the Union County Airport

My Favorite Edits/Updates/Contributions To Date

• As of July 2022, my biggest edit was adding accident information to Whiteside County Airport's page
• July 2022 additions to Comac C919's page is one of my biggest edits to a major page to date. That same month, I was the first to start building out the section on accidents reports on Provo Municipal Airport's page.
• I'm proud to have started the Air Tractor AT-1002 page.
• I was the first to add annual movement statistics to the Central Illinois Regional Airport page.
• In early November 2022, my addition to Gogebic–Iron County Airport's page became my biggest at the time. Later that month, I began the history section on the Alpena County Regional Airport page and added additional information in other sections, ultimately increasing the page's size by 50%.
• I more than doubled Challenge Airlines page, adding historical information as well as expanding information about the company and expanding its fleet.
• It's not often that I add as much historical information to an airport's page as I did for Hillsdale Municipal Airport's page.
• In early 2023, I nearly tripled the West Michigan Regional Airport page, including starting the history section for the airport.
• In January 2023, I started the page for electronic flight bag ForeFlight.
• In March 2023, I made substantial additions to and added all the sources (at time of writing this) for the Skyway Estates Airport.
• In April 2023, I added significantly to the Meyers–Diver's Airport page, including information on a close call between a skydiving plane operating at the airport and a Spirit Airlines jet.
• In May 2023, I more than doubled the size of the Delaware Coastal Airport page, including adding significant information about about airport facilities and attractions. That same month, I also started a page covering the 2021 Trevor Jacob plane crash. I also also made significant updates to the pages for both major airports in Akron, Ohio – both Akron–Canton Airport and Akron Executive Airport – as well as to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, which constituted my largest addition to a major American airport.
• In June 2023, my edit of the Ohio State University Airport became my largest at nearly 20,000 bytes.
• In early 2024, I significantly expanded the pages for the two airports in Youngstown, Ohio: Lansdowne Airport, the original airport in the city, and Youngstown Elser Metro Airport.
• I enjoyed updating Michigan's Richmond Field
• In February 2024, I significantly expanded the Newark–Heath Airport page.
• I started the article on the National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence

Part 135 OPS

• Corporate Air
• Alpine Air Express
• Freight Runners Express
• IBC Airways
• Castle Aviation
• Vieques Air Link
• New England Airlines
• AirNet Express