Historic Stearman Speedmail biplanes carried 2,700 letters for 1,200 miles from San Diego to Seattle from Sunday, May 13, to Friday, May 18, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of airmail service in the United States. The Mail Centennial Celebration included a stop in Olympia where the public viewed these rare planes. The Olympia stop on […]
Guardian Flight Names Jared Sherman as Alaska Executive Director
Guardian Flight Inc. has appointed Jared Sherman as Alaska Executive Director. As a member of Guardian Flight’s Executive Management Team, he reports to Fred Buttrell, Guardian Flight President and President and CEO of Air Medical Group Holdings (AMGH), which is Guardian’s parent company. “Jared is charged with maximizing medical care and service availability throughout Guardian […]
GAMA Announces 2018 Aviation Design Challenge Winning Teams
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has announced that Erie 1 BOCES Harkness Career and Technical Center in Cheektowaga, New York, is the winner of the sixth annual Aviation Design Challenge and St. Croix Lutheran Academy in St. Paul, Minnesota, is the second-place winner. The Design Challenge, created in 2013, promotes Science, Technology, Engineering, and […]
New Scottsdale Arizona Hangar Undergoes Bubble Test
In less than three minutes, a 30,000 sq. ft. hangar was filled with foamy bubbles for a fire foam suppression test to ensure airport users and luxury jets are well protected in the event of a fire. This hangar is one of the two new executive hangars being built at Scottsdale Airport as part of the […]
UK’s Ideagen Q-Pulse Software, Further Improves Aviation Safety Reporting
AIM-listed software developer, Ideagen, has released a new version of its safety management system software, Q-Pulse that helps aviation organizations to improve safety reporting. Regulation (EU) 376/2014 on the reporting, analysis and follow-up of occurrences in civil aviation requires aviation organizations to store occurrence reports in databases that are compatible with the European Coordination Centre […]
Med-Trans Opens New AeroCare VIII Helicopter Base in Plainview, Texas
Leading air medical transport company Med-Trans Corporation has opened a new AeroCare medical helicopter base in Plainview, Texas, joining a ground ambulance already operating there. A medically-equipped Bell 407 helicopter is now available at Hale County Airport to serve patients in the Texas Panhandle and surrounding areas. “Med-Trans Corporation is pleased to be able to […]
Aero Club of New England Presents the 2018 Godfrey L. Cabot Award
The Aero Club of New England (ACONE) announced this year’s winner of the prestigious Godfrey L. Cabot Award. This award has been presented each year since 1952 to “individuals or teams who were the first in their field and who have changed the course of aviation and or history, as inventors of types of aircraft, […]
FAA Modifies Restrictions on Drone Operations over DoD Facilities
At the request of the Department of Defense, and Federal security and law enforcement agencies, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been using its existing authority under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations § 99.7 – “Special Security Instructions” – to address the potential threat posed by malicious drone operations by establishing Unmanned […]
Flights to Frankfurt Now Departing from Arizona’s PHX Sky Harbor International Airport
America’s Friendliest Airport® welcomed its newest airline, Condor Airlines, to Arizona today. Phoenix, Mayor Greg Stanton and local leaders gathered at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to greet the first arriving flight and celebrate the start of service to Frankfurt, Germany. Condor Airlines, part of the Thomas Cook Group, will operate the route between Phoenix […]
Ken Wiegand Joins BA Group to Provide Airport Consulting Services
The Business Aviation Group announced that Kenneth F. Wiegand, A.A.E., principal of Business Airport Consulting, LLC, is now providing airport consulting services to BA Group clients. “I am excited to be working with Iver Retrum and David Vaughan, who are respected industry experts in airport real estate and the Fixed Base Operations. I look forward […]
