At the American Airlines Hangar 80 situated at Tulsa International Airport, over 400 aviation students and educators made the journey to attend the first-ever Oklahoma Student Pilot Day on April 6. Students gathered at the event presented by the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission in partnership with American Airlines, Tulsa Air and Space Museum, the Oklahoma Air […]
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AeroX Takes Major Steps Toward Building an Unmanned Aviation Ecosystem, Annual Report Shows
North Carolina-based nonprofit AeroX has taken major steps toward building a regional advanced air mobility (AAM) ecosystem since forming in 2021, including launching the development of what business and community leaders expect to become the nation’s first urban unmanned air traffic management system (UTM). These and other results are captured in the organization’s first annual […]
K-State Salina Names New Residence Hall After Kansas Aviator Amelia Earhart
Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus has named its third on-campus residence hall Earhart Hall in honor of Kansas aviator and female trailblazer Amelia Earhart. Earhart Hall will open later this year, and the facility’s name recognizes the campus’s history of teaching future aeronauts. “Providing a strong campus community helps students succeed both […]
North Carolina DOT Names Rebecca Gallas as Interim Aviation Director
As current Aviation Director Bobby Walston’s retirement date draws near, the process has begun to recruit a new Aviation Director. “While we go through that process, I have named [Rebecca] Becca Gallas as our Interim Aviation Director,” noted Julie White, Deputy Secretary for Multimodal Transportation with the North Carolina Department of Transportation. “During her 10-year […]
Sustainable Aviation Fuel for Falcon Aircraft in Little Rock
All customer acceptance and departure flights from the Dassault Aviation completion facility in Little Rock, Arkansas, will use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The use of SAF at this site is part of the SAF plan implemented by Dassault to reduce the carbon footprint of its aviation operations. Under this plan, all flights operated by company-owned […]
Epic Flight Academy Expands Training Fleet with Cessna Skyhawk
Textron Aviation announced an agreement with long-term customer Epic Flight Academy at the 2023 Sun n’ Fun Aerospace Expo for the order of 15 new Cessna Skyhawk 172 aircraft. As a Cessna Pilot Center, Epic Flight Academy has been training pilots since 1999 and thousands of students from over 80 countries have graduated from the […]
ALSIM Provides Cirrus Aircraft with Second ALSR20 Simulator
ALSIM announced that Cirrus Aircraft has acquired a new ALSIM SR20 Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD) simulator for its new flight training operation in Scottsdale, Arizona. This is Cirrus Aircraft’s second ALSIM device for the SR20, with the company currently operating an ALSIM SR FTD at its Vision Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. The new SR20 […]
Kenji Sugahara Named Department of Aviation Director
Kenji Sugahara has been appointed by Oregon Governor Tina Kotek to be the next Director of the Oregon Department of Aviation (ODAV). He is expected to be confirmed by the Senate in April and will succeed current Director Betty Stansbury, who is retiring at the end of April. Sugahara is a Salem resident with a […]
United Airlines and Archer Announce First Commercial Electric Air Taxi Route in Chicago
Archer Aviation Inc. and United Airlines announced plans to launch the first air taxi route in Chicago, between O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and Vertiport Chicago. Vertiport Chicago, North America’s largest vertical aircraft take-off and landing facility, is located in the Illinois Medical District near the Chicago Loop. This site was selected as the takeoff and […]
Eleven Roaring Fork Valley Students Receive $100,000 in Scholarships from Aspen Flight Academy
The Aspen Flight Academy (AFA) in partnership with Atlantic Aviation, the operator of the Aspen FBO, will award a generous total of $100,000 in scholarships to 11 Roaring Fork Valley high school students to learn to fly and obtain their Private Pilot’s Licenses. Atlantic Aviation has been a supporter of the Aspen Flight Academy since […]
