By Penny Rafferty Hamilton Wings over the Rockies Air & Space Museum hosted a special 2012 Spreading Wings Gala evening to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) on Friday, December 21. Colorado WASP members honored were: Annabelle Craft Moss, Betty Jo Reed, Josephine Kater Robinson, Lucile Doll Wise, Millicent Peterson Young, along with additional […]
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Stegman Named Global Communications Director for Denver International Airport
Denver International Airport (DIA) has named Stacey Stegman as the new Global Communications Director. The position will lead the airport’s communications and marketing efforts on a local, regional, national and international level. Stegman plans to join DIA on December 10, 2012 and will oversee all functions of DIA’s Communications and Marketing office including media relations, […]
NEW MEMORIAL PROJECTS AT COLORADO’S SPIRIT OF FLIGHT CENTER
Thanks to their supporters, the Spirit of Flight Center museum collection has risen to new levels. The Spirit of Flight Center in Erie, Colorado has recently added a Douglas A-4 Skyhawk fighter jet, a tribute to Astronaut Scott Carpenter and have completed the mobile air museum which has been featured at several events this last year. […]
Colorado Aviation Business Association Announces Scholarship Award Winners
The Colorado Aviation Business Association (CABA) has announced this year’s scholarship winners during an event held at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in October. The scholarships, totaling $6,000, were awarded at the 2nd Annual Aviation Safety Symposium, an event co-hosted by Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Department of Aviation and Aerospace Science. […]
Teton Aviation Group Announces CEO’s Retirement
Teton Aviation Group LLC (formerly Avtrak LLC) announces the retirement of its CEO, Joe Hertzler. Mr. Hertzler, along with his brother Glenn, co-founded Avtrak in 1996 and grew the company to become one of the industry’s premier maintenance tracking companies. Earlier this year, Avtrak sold most of its assets to CAMP Systems International including the […]
Aerobahn Now Operational at Denver International Airport
Saab Sensis’ airport surface management system, Aerobahn®, is now operational at Denver International Airport. Key airport stakeholders, including authorized airlines, ancillary service providers and the airport operator, now use a common situational awareness, communications and operations management platform for greater collaboration, management of airfield operations and reduced costs at the world’s eleventh busiest airport. At […]
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SAJ Contributing Writer Awarded Wolf Aviation Fund Grant
State Aviation Journal (SAJ) contributor and volunteer director of the Teaching Women to Fly Research Project, Dr. Penny Hamilton has been awarded a 2011 grant from the prestigious Wolf Aviation Fund. Hamilton explained that of the top 10 barriers identified in their original 2008-10 research, the number two barrier identified by participants to female success […]
Jviation Appoints Travis Vallin as Principal
Jviation, Inc., an aviation-focused planning, engineering and construction management firm, announced the appointment of Travis Vallin as Principal. Vallin will be joining the three founding Principals of Jviation, Jim Trott, J.D. Ingram, and Jim Fluhr, as principal and part owner to further develop Jviation’s aviation practice throughout the United States. Vallin joined Jviation in 2010 […]
Colorado Prepares to Celebrate Aviation Week
On April 10, 2012, Governor John Hickenlooper proclaimed June to be General Aviation Appreciation Month for the State of Colorado. Continue reading for a list of events sheduled for the week of June 4 – 10, 2012. June 7 – 10, 2012 "Aluminum Overcast" B-17 Flights and Tours by EAA/Wings Over the Rockies Public Invited (Flights […]
COLORADO GENERAL AVIATION ALLIANCE ORGANIZED
By Penny Rafferty Hamilton A concept originally considered in 1995 finally came to be as the Colorado General Aviation Alliance (CGAA) held its first organizational meeting Saturday, May 5th. Many leaders of general aviation groups along with enthusiastic individuals met in the Mt. Evans meeting room at the Rocky Mountain Metro Airport-RMAA/BJC. General aviation industry […]
