Swinerton has announced that it has topped out the new Terminal 2 Parking Plaza at San Diego International Airport. Swinerton team members from Orange County, Los Angeles, and San Diego partnered with Watry Design and Gensler as a design-build team to deliver the new parking plaza, which will serve as one of the gateways to […]
Month: October 2017
Young Musician Performs First Solo Flight
The overlap in skills between music and aviation was evident recently at the Piper Memorial Airport, when violinist William Knauth completed his first solo flight at AvSport of Lock Haven. William, 18, a recipient of the Flying Musicians Association Solo Scholarship, completed this landmark achievement after two months of training, with an accumulated 10.2 hours […]
Duncan Aviation’s Satellite Avionics Facilities to Offer Quick, Flat-Rate LoPresti Light Installations
Duncan Aviation’s satellite avionics shops and workaway stations are collaborating with LoPresti Aviation to offer customers quick, flat-rate installation of the BoomBeam High Intensity Discharge (HID) lighting system on a variety of business aircraft. “We are in the process of developing flat-rate pricing for the BoomBeam lighting system and will be offering these flat rates […]
Six Arizona Aviation Organizations Speak Out Against Air Traffic Control Privatization
Six leading Arizona aviation groups recently joined with many others nationwide to oppose H.R. 2997, a Bill that would privatize our air traffic control system, putting it in the hands of a private board dominated by commercial airline and private interests. The Arizona Business Aviation Association, Arizona Flight Training Workgroup, Arizona Pilots Association, Aviation Safety […]
Primera Air Continues to Show Rapid Growth as it Enters U.S. Market
Primera Air today announced that during the first eight months of 2017, the company increased its total earnings by 16.3% and its revenues per available seat by 12.1% compared to the same period last year. Primera Air has also shown compelling performance regarding ancillary revenue that has grown by 3.11%, reaching income of 9.36 million […]
BRS Aerospace Positions Installation Network for Cessna 172/182 Aircraft Parachute Recovery Systems
BRS Aerospace has established a nationwide Cessna Parachute System Authorized Installation Network to handle whole aircraft parachute installations on the sizeable Cessna 172 and 182 single-engine piston powered fleets. “The network of factory-approved installation centers are all equipped and qualified to install the BRS Aerospace whole aircraft parachute recover systems in 172s and 182s providing […]
FAA Restricts Drones over Statue of Liberty, Other Landmarks
At the request of U.S. national security and law enforcement agencies, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is using its existing authority under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) § 99.7 – “Special Security Instructions” – to address concerns about unauthorized drone operations over 10 Department of the Interior (DOI) sites, including […]
Drones, Airlines Get New Seats on FAA Management Advisory Council
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the appointment of seven new members to the Federal Aviation Administration’s 13-member Management Advisory Council (MAC). The MAC advises the FAA’s senior management on policy, spending, long-range planning, and regulatory matters. The MAC’s newest members continue to represent a cross section of public and private […]
LEE COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY WELCOMES NEW HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR
Laura Rhoad has joined the Lee County Port Authority as director of human resources. She will be responsible for overseeing all activities related to employee matters at Southwest Florida International Airport and Page Field in Fort Myers, including working with members of the executive management team to build and manage organizational development, policies and programs, […]
