The Commonwealth of Australia has taken delivery of the first of three very long range Falcon 7X trijets it has acquired from Dassault Aviation to be operated by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) for government VIP service. The other two aircraft will be handed over in the following months. The VIP units are being […]
Month: May 2019
ACT Engages Next Generation of Aviators at Aviators Rendezvous in North Carolina
The ACT (Aviation Careers Technology) took flight recently on May 4-5, showcasing its STEM program that connects NextGen Technology, ADS-B and IoT to engage the next generation of aviators. ACT exhibited at Aviators Rendezvous, an event held at the Davidson County Airport in Lexington, NC, that features many unique aircraft landing and taking off all […]
Colorado Museum Wins Award for Children’s Aviation History Programs
By Penny Rafferty Hamilton, Ph.D. Grand County Historical Association Emily Warner Field Aviation Museum, located in the historic Rocky Mountain Airways former airline terminal on Granby/Grand County Airport, just won the statewide 2018 History Colorado Caroline Bancroft Award for their children’s aviation history programs. This prestigious annual State History award, is given by History Colorado […]
Wood Adopts Delair UX11 UAV for Large Scale Surveying and Quantity Measurement for Mines, Quarries
Delair, along with one of its regional resellers, Frontier Precision, announced that Wood has adopted the Delair UX11 high-performance UAV for its work in site planning and asset management in mining and quarry projects in the western US. Wood – a global leader in the delivery of project, engineering and technical services to the energy, […]
Students Find Career Options at Aviation Career Day
More than 1,200 students learned about aviation career opportunities at the 14th Annual “The Sky’s the Limit: Aviation Career Day” event at Van Nuys Airport (VNY). Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nury Martinez, The Park VNY, Van Nuys Airport and The Valley Economic Alliance hosted over 40 exhibitors showcasing interactive and static aircraft displays, and students […]
KDOT Announces Kansas Airport Improvement Projects
Forty-one projects totaling a combined award of $5 million have been granted for the Kansas Airport Improvement Program (KAIP) funding for planning, constructing or rehabilitating public use general aviation airports. The aviation industry represents $20.6 billion economic impact and employs more than 92,000 Kansans. In addition, 94 percent of the state’s population is within 30 […]
Arizona Airports Association Names 2019 Awards of Excellence Recipients
The Arizona Airports Association (AzAA) awarded its 2019 Awards of Excellence at its Spring Conference hosted by Laughlin-Bullhead International Airport and held in Laughlin, Nevada. Joe Husband (Glendale Municipal Airport) and Dr. Robin Sobotta (Prescott Regional Airport) received 2019 Airport Executives of the Year Awards, and Jared Bass (Dibble Engineering) received the 2019 Corporate Member […]
Southwest Florida International Airport Reports Record-Breaking March
During March, 1,482,239 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Fla., an increase of 7.4 percent compared to March 2018. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 7.4 percent compared to last year. The traffic leader in March was Southwest Airlines with 288,142 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top […]
P-51 Reunion Highlights EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019 Salute to World War II Ace Bud Anderson
World War II ace Clarence “Bud” Anderson, a National Aviation Hall of Fame member who was a triple ace during World War II, will be saluted during warbirds activities at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019, which is July 22-28 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The program will be highlighted by a reunion of North […]
FAA Releases Aerospace Forecast
All safety, efficiency and economic indicators show that air travel in the United States is strong, according to the FAA Aerospace Forecast Fiscal Years (FY) 2019-2039 (PDF). With aircraft operations expected to increase more than 25 percent over the next 20 years, the FAA is advancing major airspace modernization and infrastructure improvements to meet this […]
