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[edit]
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.
Illinois[edit]
- Charlie's Restaurant at Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport
- Flight Deck Bar & Grill at Rochelle Municipal Airport*
- Flightline at Southern Illinois Airport
Michigan[edit]
- WAKO Kitchen at W. K. Kellogg Airport
- A restaurant whose name I don't know at Jackson County Airport
Wisconsin[edit]
- Bessie's Diner at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport*
Airports With Aviation Museums[edit]
Illinois[edit]
- The Prairie Aviation Museum at Central Illinois Regional Airport
My Favorite Edits/Updates/Contributions To Date[edit]
- 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.