The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) published the First Quarter 2022 General Aviation Aircraft Shipment and Billing Report. The aircraft manufacturing industry’s results for the first three months of 2022, when compared to the same period in 2021, point to increasing aircraft unit deliveries across each aircraft segment while the overall value of the aircraft […]
Month: May 2022
Oklahoma Legislation Creates Flight Path for Core Credit for High School Aviation Classes
Photo above – Career and Online Education Director David Day with Pryor High School Innovation Center is one of Five Oklahoma Aviation High Schools of Excellence teaching the AOPA “You Can Fly” curriculum. A three-year effort to qualify aviation and aerospace courses as core curriculum for students has been signed into law. The goal was […]
Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority Board Passes $143.8M FY 2023 Budget
The Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority (MSCAA) Board of Commissioners voted Thursday to approve a balanced MSCAA budget for Fiscal Year 2023 (July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023). The $143.8 million Operations and Maintenance (O&M) budget sets the fees and charges that the airlines pay to the Airport Authority and establishes spending authority for MSCAA […]
TITAN Aviation Fuels® Brings New Fuel Services to Europe with EBACE Debut
TITAN Aviation Fuels® is bringing a new portfolio of fueling options to Europe. Following its recent acquisition of European-based fuel reseller AKRYL, the established North American business introduces its broad suite of fueling services to operators, FBOs and pilots at EBACE. As one of the largest suppliers of aviation fuel services in the United States, […]
Munich Airport Celebrates Milestone Birthday
Exactly 30 years ago, on the night of May 17, 1992, Munich Airport moved to its current location about 30 kilometers northeast of Munich. Since then, Munich Airport has handled around 850 million passengers and almost six million tons of air freight on a total of nearly ten million flights to and from Munich. In […]
Flying Musicians Select 2022 Solo Scholarship Recipient
Photo above – Flying Musician 2022 scholarship award winner, Jovencia (Jovie) Webbeking. The Flying Musicians Association (FMA) has announced the selection of their fifteenth overall scholarship recipient of the FMA Solo program: Jovencia (Jovie) Webbeking from Washington state. FMA received thirty-seven outstanding nominees from all across the United States and Canada. The FMA board had […]
First-Ever Utah Aviation Conference Draws 500, Builds Community
Photo above – from left are, Dave Haymond, (Aviator of the Year), Brenda Maughan, (accepting the Disciple of Flight award for her father, LaVar Wells), Jared Esselman, Steve Durtschi (Airport of the Year – Skypark Airport), and Aaron Organ (Aviation Educator of the Year award). The Utah Aeronautics Division held its first conference on May […]
Flight Safety Foundation Honors Bryan Burns and Russ Lawton with Meritorious Service Award
On May 11, Bryan Burns and Russ Lawton, both aviation safety leaders from the Air Charter Safety Foundation (acsf.aero), were presented with the 2022 Business Aviation Meritorious Service Award for their contributions to business and charter aviation safety. The award was presented by Dr. Hassan Shahidi, the President and CEO of the Flight Safety Foundation […]
NCDOT Awards State Funds for Improvements to Richmond County Airport
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has awarded Richmond County Airport $745,000 for safety improvements. The grant will help the airport replace its outdated lighting system with an LED system. Project bids are expected to open to contractors by June 8. Richmond County Airport is one North Carolina’s 72 public airports that connect people […]
Icelandair Launches Inaugural Flight at RDU
Icelandair launched its first flight from RDU on Thursday, providing nonstop transatlantic service to Reykjavik, a tourist destination that also serves as a midway point between North America and Europe. The inaugural flight marks the first new international route added since 2019 and RDU’s first transatlantic flight since March 2020. “We welcome Icelandair to RDU […]
