The Spirit of Flight Foundation, located in Westminster, Colorado, is working on an upcoming feature film, entitled Flight For Life, which is currently in development in Colorado. The story centers around a former Army helicopter pilot turned flight instructor/parts runner, who is on the brink of life after the FAA grounds his plane for maintenance […]
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NATA’s General Aviation Advancing America Initiative Lands at Airports Across Colorado
Recently, the National Air Transportation Association’s (NATA) “General Aviation Advancing America” initiative took flight, landing at seven total regional airports throughout Colorado. NATA Senior Vice President Ryan Waguespack led focus groups with essential community and aviation stakeholders in Loveland, Longmont, Salida, and Meadow Lake to discuss how rural airports serve as a runway for economic […]
Penny Hamilton Receives 2020 Spirit of Flight Award
Penny Rafferty Hamilton, Ph.D., received the 12th Annual Spirit of Flight Award at the annual Spirit of Flight Day held as an outdoor event at the new Spirit of Flight (SOF) location in Westminster, Colorado, close to the Rocky Mountain Metro Airport. For over ten years, Dr. Hamilton has supported the mission of Spirit of […]
New Colorado Aviation Weather Cameras Now Operational
Photo above – A look above the Bald Mountain (7BM) AWOS site located approximately 11 miles east of Cottonwood Pass. This is one of 13 Colorado mountain weather stations now equipped with FAA weather cameras. The Colorado Division of Aeronautics and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have announced the availability of 52 new aviation weather […]
Dibble Engineering Welcomes Rick Zabel and Clint Sciacca
Dibble Engineering (Dibble) welcomes Rick Zabel, PE and Clint Sciacca, PE to its Denver office and the Airport Development practice. Their addition to the Airport Development practice bolsters its already robust and comprehensive airport engineering, planning, and construction management services, particularly in its expanding Colorado operations. Zabel and Sciacca bring with them expertise in large […]
Denver International Airport Renews Contract with Telos ID to Process Background Checks for Aviation Workers
Telos® Identity Management Solutions, LLC (Telos ID), announced that the City and County of Denver has contracted with Telos ID to provide Transportation Security Administration (TSA)-approved Designated Aviation Channeling (DAC) services for processing worker background checks at Denver International Airport. Telos ID’s DAC services improve data integrity, increase the efficiency of credentialing operations and reduce […]
Liteye Systems Inc. Hires Matt Pflieger as Vice President of Finance
Liteye Systems, Inc, announced that their recent success and growth has led to the hiring of Matt Pflieger as Vice President of Finance. Liteye is a world leader in Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (CUAS), ruggedized thermal cameras and helmet mounted displays with over $100M in Government contracts. With over 20 years in finance, Pflieger’s experience […]
Woolpert Employing UAS to Conduct TMOSS Design Surveys to CDOT Standards
Woolpert was hired to complete right-of-way (ROW) and TMOSS design surveys utilizing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in Castle Rock, Colo. The design and ROW plan surveys are being conducted per Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) standards. TMOSS stands for InRoads Terrain Modeling Survey System and represents the best practices followed by CDOT surveyors and contract […]
Draft Legislation in Colorado Proposes Aviation Fuel Fees to Finance PFAS Mitigation
The Colorado Aviation Business Association (CABA) reports that draft legislation has been proposed by Senator Steve Fenberg (D-Boulder) and Senator Pete Lee (D-El Paso) for the Colorado State Legislature to create an enterprise, to be funded in part by a fee of up to five cents per gallon of aviation fuel used at any airport […]
FAA Expands Weather Camera Program to Colorado
Photo by Shahn Sederberg, Colorado Division of Aeronautics. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expanding its highly successful weather camera safety program to Colorado. The FAA has entered into a cost-reimbursement agreement with the State of Colorado Division of Aeronautics to install weather cameras on 13 Automated Weather Observing Systems (AWOS) in mountainous areas, beginning […]
