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21-420: Bay Bridge Airport was home to Lynn Aviation, the personal company of famed aerobatic pilot Nancy Lynn . Bay Bridge Airport covers an area of 72 acres (29 ha) and contains one asphalt runway (11/29) measuring 2,714 x 60 ft (827 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending July 7, 2023, the airport had 35,280 aircraft operations, an average of 97 per day: 99% general aviation and <1% air taxi . There

42-683: A consultant and appeared in safety videos released by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and hosted segments of the program "Wing Tips" on Discovery Wings . Lynn felt that flying was a metaphor for life and would speak to children, civic groups, and businesses. On October 14, 2006, Nancy Lynn was flying her Extra Flugzeugbau GMBH 300 in the Culpeper Airfest at the Culpeper Regional Airport (CJR) , Culpeper, Virginia . The only female pilot in

63-655: A female pilot and remained on display through September 2007. Lynn is also featured in Above and Beyond:100 years of Women in Aviation , an award-winning documentary produced by Art-Reach International. A college fund was established for Lynn's son, Pete Muntean, who was 18 at the time of the crash. In 2020, Pete joined CNN as a correspondent in Washington, D.C., and covers aviation for the network. Like his late mother, Pete also competes in aerobatic flying competitions and

84-471: A more contemporary subject matter than those competitors, but it occasionally presents historical programming as well. Actor Dennis Haysbert serves as the network's continuity announcer for its on-air promotions . In addition, the channel also presents feature films with a military theme (usually within the hosted movie series An Officer and a Movie , which is hosted by Lou Diamond Phillips ), as well as individual episodes of other shows (such as Belly of

105-549: A passion for aerobatic flight. After a year of lessons, she quit her job with Procter & Gamble, cashed in her pension plan , and bought a Pitts S-2B aerobatic biplane to enter in International Aerobatic Club competitions. In March 1993, Lynn's husband, Scott Muntean, crashed her Pitts into a cornfield field in near Queenstown, Maryland. Even though Muntean lost his left eye, he flew again. He died from brain cancer in 2000, widowing Lynn. Lynn

126-706: A weather segment near the top of each hour featuring aviation forecast data from the National Weather Service . Discovery Communications filed a trademark application with the United States Copyright Office for the use of the name "Military Channel" in 2002, after the trademark was abandoned by an unrelated start-up cable network based in Louisville , Kentucky , also named The Military Channel , which went dark in 1999 and later went bankrupt. That network – which focused on

147-769: Is Chesapeake Sport Pilot, which provides light sport instruction and light sport aircraft rental. The current fleet includes Tecnam Sierra , Tecnam Eaglet , Remos GX , Flight Design CT , and Sky Arrow aircraft. This article about an airport in Maryland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nancy Lynn Nancy A. Lynn (c. 1956 – October 14, 2006) was an aerobatic pilot , flight instructor , and air show performer. She owned and operated Lynn Aviation, an aerobatic flight school located at Bay Bridge Airport in Stevensville, Maryland , with her husband Scott Muntean and son Pete. Nancy A. Lynn

168-487: Is a flight instructor. American Heroes Channel American Heroes Channel (formerly Military Channel and originally Discovery Wings Channel ) is an American multinational pay television channel owned by the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks unit of Warner Bros. Discovery . The network carries programs related to the military, warfare, and military history and science. As of November 2023 , AHC

189-468: Is available to approximately 28,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2014 peak of 62,000,000 households. Along with Boomerang , Cooking Channel , Destination America , Discovery Family , Discovery Life , and Science Channel , American Heroes Channel is among the less prevalent networks of Warner Bros. Discovery. In recent years, AHC has lost carriage with

210-428: The 2008 US Financial Crisis. The flight school employs multiple flight instructors and boasts a rental fleet of fixed-gear Cessna aircraft, a Piper Arrow, a twin-engine Beechcraft Duchess , a Super Decathlon for aerobatic and tailwheel training, and at least one Cirrus aircraft. Trident provides primary instruction through ATP, and is an authorized Cirrus training center. Also operating out of Bay Bridge airport

231-418: The accident indicated Lynn was flying at a constant engine power throughout the maneuver and subsequent accident sequence. Lynn's son Pete has stated she simply flew too low and was unable to pull out of the maneuver. The NTSB later issued a determination which stated the probable cause as "the pilot’s disorientation while performing an aerobatic maneuver, which resulted in the airplane’s inadvertent impact with

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252-693: The ground." A memorial service was held in Lynn's hangar at Bay Bridge Airport in Maryland, but even it was not large enough to hold all the mourners who attended. The following year, in October 2007, Culpeper County’s Air Fest was held in memory of Lynn, with the show's theme billed as "A tribute to Nancy Lynn". Lynn's skill as a pilot earned her a display at the International Women's Air & Space Museum. The exhibit, titled "Nancy Lynn: Inspiration Was Her Mission" covers Lynn's life and career as

273-457: The growth of streaming alternatives including its parent company's Max , and has generally been depreciated by Warner Bros. Discovery in current retransmission consent negotiations with cable and streaming providers. The channel launched in July 1998, as Discovery Wings Channel ; it originally focused on programs relating to aircraft and aerospace . During its early years, the network also aired

294-581: The heroes, history and hardware of the international military scene – experienced difficulty raising capital, despite early success. On January 10, 2005, the network was rebranded as the Military Channel . Carrying over from its original format, many of the network's programs as the Military Channel were dedicated to aerial warfare and related technologies and issues. In 2005, the channel aired its first live program from Philadelphia at

315-521: The programs featured on American Heroes Channel are war documentaries , the contents of which deal in large part with modern warfare , and in particular the U.S. military from World War II onward. While the A+E Networks -owned History , Military History and H2 air similar programming, those networks tend to show more programs about other time periods and cultures ( ancient , Roman , Medieval , Eastern , and other forms of warfare). AHC has

336-412: The scene and were able to cut Lynn from the badly damaged and burned aircraft. Lynn was flown to a local hospital with burns covering 90% of her body. She was pronounced dead later that same night. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) 's investigation showed that the propeller had been shattered on impact, but no evidence of mechanical engine failure existed. Witnesses and video footage of

357-489: The show, Lynn had been flying for approximately 6 to 7 minutes when her plane crashed alongside Runway 22. The crash created a 950-foot path, which ended 50 feet from the edge of the runway. At the time of the crash, Lynn was reportedly flying a series of flat spins , during which the left wingtip struck the ground. The aircraft was sent over an embankment, landing upside down and on fire. Rescue crews, along with Lynn's son Pete who had been narrating her flight, rushed to

378-628: The site of the Army–Navy college football game, two hours before that game's kickoff, in which Fox Sports commentator Chris Myers hosted from a set outside of Lincoln Financial Field . On March 3, 2014, the channel was rebranded as American Heroes Channel , with the intent to "provide more history based, narrative-style documentary programming." The network is a sponsor of the United Service Organizations (USO) and frequently runs commercials for that organization. Many of

399-554: Was "regarded as a serious competitor" in the Advanced aerobatic competition category flying the Extra 300L . She was also known as "a top-level instructor," and gave more than 3,000 hours of aerobatic flight instruction to students from around the world. In 1998, she started performing in air shows. At the time of her death, she was one of the seven percent of all pilots who are female. In addition to teaching aerobatics, Lynn worked as

420-674: Was 78 aircraft based at this airport: 66 single-engine, 5 multi-engine, and 7 helicopter. One resident of Bay Bridge Airport is Trident Aircraft, a flight school that caters to all pilots. Trident Aircraft currently trains midshipmen from the nearby U.S. Naval Academy to prepare them for further training at the Pensacola Naval Air Station . The school took over this position from former Bay Bridge resident school Chesapeake ProFlight, when ProFlight ceased operations in November 2008 after failing to secure investors following

441-686: Was born in Dayton, Ohio , the daughter of Dayton attorney James T. Lynn. After graduating from Denison University, Lynn began working for Procter & Gamble in the 1980s and became one of the first women to hold a position as manufacturing plant manager. Lynn worked as a manager for Procter & Gamble in Ohio, North Carolina and Baltimore for 16 years while learning to fly as a hobby. While working Procter & Gamble in Baltimore, Lynn began taking commercial flight lessons in 1988 and soon discovered

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