A small private airplane landed near the FARM Institute in Katama Tuesday after struggling with its takeoff from the nearby airfield, according to officials.

No one was hurt Sunday after an engine issue forced a sightseeing biplane pilot to make an emergency landing on a Chappaquiddick beach. 

Katama Airport general manager Alyssa Fitzpatrick didn't anticipate learning to fly when she started working for Mike Creato, the Island's biplane specialist, 20 years ago.

The Katama Airfield Commission has awarded Zared and Evan Shai — owners of Backyard Taco and Dos Mas eateries — the bid to operate the restaurant space at the airfield.

The World War II-era hangar at Katama Airfield was reduced to scrap on Thursday afternoon — not for the first time, but definitely for the last.

More than half a dozen World War II-era planes paid a visit to Martha’s Vineyard Sunday, landing at the Katama Airfield, and putting on a small show overhead.