The award-winning Airbus Perlan Mission II – a nonprofit organization made up of volunteer pilots, engineers and scientists – is developing soaring technologies and testing stratospheric air launch operations to study weather patterns and atmospheric chemistry with the goal of improving flights. Attaining its first world record in 2006 at 50,722 feet with a non-pressurized […]
Month: November 2019
Kansas State Polytechnic Hires Lindsey Dreiling as First Executive Director of Aviation Strategy
Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus has hired its first executive director of aviation strategy to help position the school as a global leader in the aviation industry. Lindsey Dreiling, who most recently served as deputy director of aviation and unmanned aircraft systems for the Kansas Department of Transportation, has been hired for the new position […]
GCR Launches New AirportIQ 5010 Site
GCR Inc. (GCR), a New Orleans-based technology and professional services firm, announced that it has launched a new version of the popular 5010 site along with a new domain: AirportIQ5010.com. For more than 20 years, GCR’s AirportIQ 5010 site has displayed the most current airport information provided by the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Aeronautical Data […]
Interel Closure to Leave NASAO Homeless, In Search for New President
The National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) has announced a change of management and executive leadership heading into 2020. NASAO has been contracted with the association management firm, Interel, since 2017 when the company acquired Association Management Group, Incorporated. With the announcement of Interel’s U.S. office closure, and termination of all association management services […]
EAA Honors Five Aviators with Halls of Fame Induction
The Experimental Aircraft Association recognized the contributions made by five people to the world of flight as they were inducted into the EAA Sport Aviation Halls of Fame on November 7 during a ceremony at the EAA Aviation Center in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The five inductees represent a spectrum of aviation within the EAA community and […]
Judge Rules in Favor of North Carolina Airport in Land-Lease Court Case
Wake County, North Carolina Superior Court Judge A. Graham Shirley ruled today in favor of the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority in a lawsuit filed by activists who oppose the land-lease agreement between the Authority and Wake Stone Corporation. In the ruling regarding the agreement that could expand an existing quarry on airport property, Judge Shirley found […]
American Airlines Offers Flight Education Grants to High Schools Utilizing AOPA’s You Can Fly Curriculum
In an effort to grow and diversify the pilot population, the American Airlines Pilot Recruiting & Development team has announced the 2019 continuation of the Flight Education Grant. These grants are awarded to fund creative and inspirational ideas aimed at growing and diversifying the next generation of aviators. In the last several years, American Airlines […]
C&S Joins The Good Traveler Program for Carbon Offsets of Airline Travel
C&S Companies has announced its partnership with The Good Traveler Program to reduce the firm’s carbon footprint related to employee air travel. Building on years of experience working with airport clients to decarbonize the aviation industry, the company says it is excited to continue and deepen their commitment to corporate sustainability. As a national firm […]
Data on the Fly Event In NC Uses Aviation to Inspire Students, Honor Gold Star Families
Photo above – Karen Allen and Don Koch, SAS employees that have been instrumental in developing the successful Data on the Fly program. Data on the Fly, an event sponsored by SAS that uses aviation to inspire students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math careers, returned to the North Carolina DOT’s Division of Aviation […]
CAMI Launched to Support Responsible Integration of Air Mobility into Urban Transportation
Photo above – Airbus display at EAA AirVenture 2019. SAJ photo. The Community Air Mobility Initiative (CAMI) has announced its launch with the support of its founding members. CAMI is a new nonprofit industry association dedicated to providing communities, and the decision makers that support them, with the information and tools that will be vital […]
