Astronics Corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Astronics Max-Viz, commended the FAA’s General Aviation Joint Steering Committee (GAJSC) for recent statements in support of enhanced vision technology to improve general aviation safety in situations involving weather, night, smoke and other obstructions to vision. Max-Viz develops Enhanced Vision Systems (EVS) that enable increased pilot visibility, especially in […]
New York
Albany International Completes Runway Rehabilitation
The recently completed Runway 01-19 project at Albany International Airport involved a very tight milling and paving schedule, and was done completely at night. Money talks, and the airport made sure that their runway rehabilitation would be completed on time by instituting a $5,000 liquidated damages clause for every 15 minutes of delay in re-opening […]
New York Job-Creating Initiative Passed to Support Airports
The New York State Senate and Assembly passed, as part of the state budget, a job-creating initiative to stimulate New York’s aviation industry and support the state’s airports and the communities they serve. Known as the New York Aviation Jobs Act, the measure was advanced with the strong support of the New York Aviation Management […]
New York Awards $9 Million to 26 Aviation Projects
The State of New York awarded $9 million to 26 aviation projects through the Governor’s Aviation Capital Grants Program. These investments will enhance airport safety and security, including taxi-lane striping and markings, runway and airfield maintenance, and installation of automatic weather observation stations. Other airport related improvements that will benefit from this funding include the […]
FAA Announces New York UAS Test Site Now Operational
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration today announced that the Griffiss International Airport unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test site in Rome, N.Y., is ready to conduct research vital to integrating UAS into the national airspace system (NAS). The site is the fifth of six test sites to become operational. In addition to providing invaluable […]
Bell Helicopter Delivers First Bell 429 to the New York Police Department
Bell Helicopter announced the delivery of the first Bell 429 helicopter to the New York Police Department (NYPD.) The aircraft will be one of four new Bell 429s that will be used for airborne law enforcement patrol on behalf of the citizens of New York City and surrounding jurisdictions. The aircraft was delivered in mid-July […]
Passero Associates Announces New Hires
Passero Associates has announced the hiring of four new employees; Bruce Clark in Albany, New York and Tim Harris, Matt Newcomb and Tim Geier in Rochester, NY. Clark (shown at right) was hired as an Aviation Services Senior Project Manager. He is a seasoned veteran in aviation services with over 30 years of multidisciplinary project […]
GEICO SKYTYPER PILOT EARNS NATIONAL FAA HONOR
GEICO Skytyper pilot and Northport resident Bob Johansen became the latest recipient of the FAA’s Wright Brother’s Master Pilot Award at a ceremony at the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Long Island. The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award Program (MPA) recognizes pilots who have conducted 50 or more consecutive years of […]
National and New York Aviation Groups Applaud Governor for May Proclamation
New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, is receiving applause from national aviation organizations as well as the New York Aviation Management Association (NYAMA), for declaring the month of May as Aviation Appreciation Month. In a news release issued by the Alliance for Aviation Across America, Kim Stevens, Interim President and CEO of the National Association of […]
Senior Technology Executive Joins Baldwin Associates
Steven Baldwin Associates (SBA) has announced the hiring of Douglas Hamlin, a technology company executive and senior business consultant, as its newest Associate. SBA’s founder and CEO, Steve Baldwin, stated, “Doug has a long track record of leading a variety of companies in achieving their strategic goals, and he makes an exciting addition to our […]
