The Board of Trustees of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) has announced that its coveted 2019 Spirit of Flight Award will be presented to Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited (MBA) during the 57th Annual Enshrinement Dinner & Ceremony to be held in Denver, Colorado at Wings Over The Rockies Air & Space Museum on […]
Month: August 2019
Blackhawk Picks P&WC and Hartzell to Create the World’s Fastest King Air
Blackhawk Aerospace has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to transform the Beechcraft King Air 300 into the fastest King Air in the world. Coupled with Blackhawk’s conversion to factory-new Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PT6A-67A engines replacing stock PT6A-60A engines on 12,500-pound and 14,000-pound gross weight models of […]
Lufthansa’s Eurowings to begin Phoenix – Frankfurt Flight in 2020
Eurowings, a Lufthansa Group airline, has announced the start of new nonstop flights between Frankfurt, Germany and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Service on the Airbus 330-200 aircraft will begin April 29, 2020, five days per week until November (Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri, Sun). Flights will leave Frankfurt at 2:05 PM, arriving in Phoenix at […]
FDOT Recognizes Orlando Int’l Airport CEO as Aviation Professional of the Year
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) Chief Executive Officer Phil Brown has been named 2019 Aviation Professional of the Year by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). The announcement was made recently at the opening ceremony of the Florida Airports Council (FAC) annual conference in Fort Lauderdale. Every year, as part of its Aviation and Spaceports […]
Jaded Thunder Returns to Salina, Kansas Airport
More than 800 military personnel are set to converge on Salina and the surrounding area for the next couple of weeks to participate in the joint-service exercise, Jaded Thunder. The exercise will include joint forces integration by members of Air Force, Marine, Navy and Army units, as well as representatives of the U.S. Special Operations […]
Illinois Presents 2019 Airport of the Year Awards
Photo above – Primary Airport of the Year is Quincy Regional Airport. From left are Linda Schumm, Bureau Chief, Aviation Safety and Education, Division of Aeronautics; Kyle Moore, Mayor of Quincy; Sandra Shore, Airport Director, Quincy Regional Airport and Alan Mlacnik, Bureau Chief of Engineering, Division of Aeronautics. Each year, the Illinois Department of Transportation […]
Honda Aircraft Company Breaks Ground on New Wing Production Facility
Honda Aircraft Company celebrated its most recent expansion in a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, July 30th, 2019. The new facility will allow for more HondaJet Elite wings to be assembled concurrently, resulting in a major increase in production efficiency. This expansion will also add additional storage for service parts for the growing fleet of HondaJets […]
Report Touts Economic Impact of Alaska’s Aviation Industry
Aviation built Alaska, supports thousands of jobs, and adds billions of dollars to our economy. A recently released report, the 2019 Economic Contribution of the Aviation Industry to Alaska’s Economy presents an economic analysis of Alaska’s aviation industry. The report shows that the aviation industry supports more than 35,000 jobs statewide while adding more than […]
Redesigned B4UFLY App Available Now Available
The FAA in partnership with Kittyhawk relaunched its B4UFLY mobile application that allows recreational drone flyers know where they can and cannot fly in the national airspace system (NAS). The new B4UFLY app is now available to download for free at the App Store for iOS and Google Play store for Android. “As we continue […]
U.S. DOT Announces an Additional $478 Million in Infrastructure Grants
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao has announced that the Department will award $478 million in airport infrastructure grants to 232 airports in 43 states, including American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Rico. This is the fourth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for […]
