Piper Aircraft, Inc. delivered the first of 100 new Piper Aircraft trainers to the University of North Dakota John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, which placed the unprecedented order for 80 Archer TXs and 20 Piper Seminoles in April of this year. “The first delivery to the University of North Dakota is part of […]
Month: November 2016
FAA Administrator Focuses on the Caribbean
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta today outlined the agency’s Caribbean Initiative with media and international stakeholders. “The Caribbean region is of critical importance to the United States,” Administrator Huerta said. “By working together, we are building a foundation of increased cooperation that will allow us to enhance safety and efficiency throughout a region […]
Armstrong Takes Top Arizona Engineering Award for Navajo Airport Project
Armstrong Consultants is a Grand Award winner in the 2016 American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Engineering Excellence Award program for their work with the Navajo Nation. The Armstrong team joins nine other firms that were recognized with Grand Awards for engineering excellence in the state. “This award is a wonderful recognition addressing the improvements […]
City of Mesa Falcon Field Honored as One of ENR’s Best Projects in the Southwest
The City of Mesa Falcon Field Airport Terminal Upgrades project has been selected as the Best Project in the Renovation/Restoration category for the 2016 Engineering News-Record (ENR) Regional Best Projects awards competition for the Southwest region. The annual awards program is dedicated to honoring the best construction projects and companies in the U.S. and Puerto […]
American Airlines Safety Department Partners with Vaisala AviCast® Lightning Alert System for Real-Time Data and Alerts
Vaisala, recently announced that it has been awarded a three-year contract by American Airlines to supply lightning alerts, using its Vaisala AviCast Lightning Alert System. The technology will be deployed at 26 maintenance locations and 25 regional airport locations at which American Airlines conducts flight operations. Fifty of these sites are in the continental U.S. […]
Flying Salukis Earn Ticket to Nationals
The Southern Illinois University Carbondale Flying Salukis utilized depth to turn in another dominating performance for the team’s sixth straight National Intercollegiate Flying Association Region VIII title Saturday, Oct. 29. Senior Bradley C. Smith earned top pilot honors and six other Flying Salukis finished among the top 10 overall scorers as SIU won a ninth […]
Nominations for the Strickler and Crown Circle Awards Are Now Open
The National Coalition of Aviation and Space Education (NCASE) has established two awards recognizing outstanding leadership in aerospace education, the Crown Circle Aerospace Leadership Award and the Mervin K. Strickler Jr. Aerospace Leadership Award to honor individuals or organizations who exemplify leadership in aerospace education. These two awards provide an opportunity to recognize outstanding efforts […]
Panther Expands Aviation Division, Names Basonic State Aviation Project Manager
Panther International LLC, a grant management software company based in Tampa Bay, announced that Tim Basonic will join the company as State Aviation Project Manager. Basonic has more than 25 years of project management, software security, database design, network administration, information architecture, application development, database deployment and management experience while serving in the military as […]
FAA Awards $33.7 Million in Environmental Grants to Airports
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Friday announced the recent award of $33.7 million in FAA grants to nine airports around the country to reduce emissions and improve air quality through the FAA’s Voluntary Airport Low Emission (VALE) and Zero Emissions Airport Vehicle (ZEV) programs. “These grants represent the U.S. Department of Transportation’s continued commitment […]
FAA Awards $90 Million in Infrastructure Grants to Airports
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced on Friday more than$90 million in FAA grants to six airports in Alabama, Missouri, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, and Wyoming for airport runway, taxiway, and apron projects. “A safe and efficient air transportation system for the traveling public requires building and maintaining the airport infrastructure at our nation’s […]
