Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Randy Babbitt announced today that effective immediately the FAA will place an additional air traffic controller on the midnight shift at 27 control towers around the country that are currently staffed with only one controller during that time. The FAA is taking this action after […]
Author: Kim Stevens
FAA Operates From New Air Traffic Control System Command Center
The Federal Aviation Administration announced today that the new David J. Hurley Air Traffic Control System Command Center, located in Warrenton, VA, is fully operational. “If you think of our national airspace system as an orchestra, the Command Center’s the conductor,” said Deputy Secretary Porcari. “It’s a 24/7 operation where the traffic flow is set […]
State Aviation Officials Participate in Discussion of Regional Aviation Issues
The Western Regional Partnership Border Committee and the State Aviation Journal sponsored an aviation meeting last week in Sacramento, CA., to discuss issues impacting airspace users in a five state region. The meeting, which was held at the Sacramento International Airport included current and former state aviation officials from California, Nevada and Arizona. Other states […]
CONKLIN & DE DECKER INTRODUCES LATEST 2011 AIRCRAFT COST EVALUATOR VOLUME I
Conklin & de Decker has released the latest Aircraft Cost Evaluator for 2011. The Aircraft Cost Evaluator delivers the most up-to-date variable, fixed and benchmarking cost data and is the most extensive operating cost database available to the aviation industry. It is part of the family of aircraft operating cost, performance data and acquisition data […]
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Hosts 20th Annual Symposium
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport hosted the 20th Annual Aviation Symposium last week at the Arizona Biltmore, drawing attendees from around the globe. From the first symposium in 1992 which saw TWA file for bankruptcy protection to the formation of the OneWorld alliance in 1999 to last year’s merger of United and Continental, the annual […]
Aviation Media Treated to Sky Train Construction Tour in Phoenix
Members of the aviation media, many in town for the 2011 Sky Harbor International Aviation Symposium were treated to a tour of Stage One construction of the Sky Train, underway at the Phoenix, AZ airport. Stage One, will run between the METRO light rail station on 44th Street, East Economy parking and Terminal 4 and […]
Colorado Pilot Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Penny Hamilton, Colorado General Aviation Pilot and volunteer Director of the Teaching Women to Fly Research Project (www.teachingwomentofly.com ) and Colorado Airport History Preservation Project (www.coloradoairporthistory.com ), was recently honored by the Greater Granby Area Chamber of Commerce with their rare Lifetime Achievement Award for her years of outstanding business and community leadership. “This year […]
CAV Aerospace Inc. Earns ISO Approval
CAV Aerospace, Inc. has received ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100:2004 Rev. B certification for the company’s supply, repair and installation of its proprietary TKS ice Protection System. The approval is for the company’s operation at the Salina Airport in Salina, Kan. The effective date of the company’s certificate of registration was March 27, 2011. "We are […]
Hawker Beechcraft Leads Industry in Turboprop Sales
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) continued its long-standing leadership in turboprop aircraft sales in 2010 by recording nearly 25 percent of the general aviation industry’s total deliveries in the segment, according to statistics released by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) earlier this year. The company also delivered another 24 military turboprops in 2010, which were […]
Hawker Beechcraft Launches Custom Flight Deck iPad® Promotion for Beechcraft Customers in North & South America
Promotion includes free one year subscriptions to ForeFlight and Jeppesen With the annual Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In underway, Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) today announced it is launching a custom flight deck iPad® sales promotion for its Beechcraft line of turboprop and piston aircraft. Customers in North and South America who place an order for […]
