The Federal Aviation Administration has opened the application process for Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to modernize air traffic control towers at many small town and municipal airports. The FAA will fund projects that sustain, construct, repair, improve, modernize, replace or relocate airport-owned towers and install communications equipment. “Residents of smaller and rural communities rely on […]
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NBAA Announces Chris Rocheleau as Incoming COO, With Steve Brown Retirement Approaching
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has announced that senior Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) executive Christopher J. Rocheleau has been named the association’s new chief operating officer, overseeing NBAA’s activities relating to aircraft and flight department operations, as well as the administrative, financial and human resources functions. Rocheleau will join NBAA in June, succeeding Steve […]
NBAA’s Stewart D’Leon, Sierra Grimes Elected to Industry Boards
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is pleased to announce that Director, Environmental and Technical Operations Stewart D’Leon, CAM, has been invited to join the Board of Directors of the Aerospace Maintenance Council (AMC) and Sierra Grimes, senior manager for government affairs, has been named to the Red Tail Flight Academy Board of Directors. “NBAA […]
NASA/JPL Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Awarded 2021 Robert J. Collier Trophy
The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) is pleased to announce that NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team has been named the recipient of the 2021 Robert J. Collier Trophy for ““… the first powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet, thereby opening the skies of Mars and other worlds for future […]
FAA Updates Airport Design Guidance
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration updated its advisory circular on Airport Design that provides guidance to airport sponsors and airport consultants designing and developing airports around the country. “The advisory circular provides a critical roadmap for the aviation industry when planning, designing and developing the nation’s airports,” said FAA Associate Administrator of […]
TWU Endorses Safe Aircraft Maintenance Standards Act
The Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) strongly endorsed new legislation to that establishes a new level of safety and security for aircraft maintenance. Led by Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Representative John Katko (R-NY), the bipartisan Safe Aircraft Maintenance Standards Act (S. 3944, H.R. 7267) raises safety standards for U.S.-flagged aircraft […]
AOPA ANNOUNCES 2022 EVENTS
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has released its 2022 schedule of events – a brand-new take on aviation fly-ins, or—Hangouts as the Association is calling them this year. Since 2014, AOPA has seen more than 100,000 attendees at their gatherings around the country and this year AOPA is looking forward to new adventures. You […]
HeroX Launches Phase 2 of NASA’s “Watts on the Moon” to Source Power Transmission and Energy Storage Solutions for Lunar Activities
HeroX recently launched the NASA’s Watts on the Moon Phase 2 Challenge prize competition on behalf of NASA. In support of the agency’s return to the Moon under Artemis, which will establish a long-term human presence at the Moon, NASA seeks innovative engineering approaches that will integrate power transmission and energy storage to support astronauts, […]
AOPA Air Safety Institute Announces New VFR Into IMC Campaign
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Institute (ASI) announces a new safety campaign, VFR into IMC: Avoidance and Escape. The campaign, which runs through December 31, is designed to focus efforts and outreach on addressing the most significant cause of weather-related accidents in general aviation (GA)—visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions (VFR […]
AOPA Honors Aviation Excellence at Sixth-Annual R.A. “Bob” Hoover Awards
Photo above – R.A. “Bob” Hoover Trophy recipient, Wally Funk is recognized by AOPA President Mark Baker. Photos by David Tulis. Wally Funk has carved a career of trailblazing firsts. A true aviation pioneer, she may be best known to many for her recent journey into space on a Blue Origin rocket, but many years and […]
