By Kim Stevens Aviation and airspace played a part in the Western Regional Partnership’s (WRP) Fifth Principals’ meeting held in Sacramento, California in September. The two-day meeting was hosted by the State of California and OSD. The mission of WRP is to provide “a proactive and collaborative framework for senior-policy level Federal, State and Tribal […]
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Progressive Aerodyne Passes FAA LSA Prototype Audit, Obtains Airworthiness Cert
Progressive Aerodyne, Inc., (PA) the manufacturer of SeaRey, Light Sport Amphibian Airplane, successfully passed an FAA Light Sport Aircraft Prototype Audit by the audit team from FAA AIR-200 in Washington D.C. and obtained an airworthiness certification from the FAA Orlando MIDO (Manufacturing Inspection District Offices) office on November 8, 2012. (Photo – Certification Team) PA […]
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. […]
PASSUR Aerospace Selected To Provide International Collaborative Traffic Management Platform
PASSUR® Aerospace, Inc. (OTC: PSSR), a business intelligence software and solutions company, announced last week that it has been selected by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as its partner to build the association’s web platform for collaborative, tactical air traffic management, supporting the IATA Liaison Desk at the FAA Command Center. The new platform […]
Colorado WAM to Benefit New Mexico Airport
Pilots flying in and out of Navajo Lake Airport in Navajo Dam, New Mexico will now be able to take advantage of Colorado’s Wide Area Multilateration (WAM), which began initial operations in Colorado on September 12, 2009. According to Ronald B. Keller, Aviation Safety & Education Administrator, New Mexico Department of Transportation -Aviation Division, a […]
AOPA President – Issues Prior to Election Still Remain
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) issued a release the day after the election with a statement by President and CEO Craig Fuller (Shown at right) that said the election process available to millions of Americans is important and deeply respected by the association. “Every four years our nation focuses on the issues that […]
Phoenix Deer Valley Airport Receives Safety Award
The Phoenix Deer Valley Airport was recently presented the 2012 Airport Safety Award by the Aviation Safety Advisory Group of Arizona (ASAG). The award is one of many handed out each year during the organization’s annual awards banquet held in Phoenix. In January 2012, the Phoenix Deer Valley Airport set out to create a “Culture […]
New FAA Phoenix Field Office Set for December Opening
By Scott Malta A new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Phoenix Field Office is set to open sometime in December 2012 gand is part of the FAA Airports Division’s geo-balancing effort to both standardize and right-size their field offices across the country. The new Phoenix Office is the only new office to be opened in the […]
13th Annual Conklin & de Decker Aircraft Acquisition Seminar is CAM Approved
Conklin & de Decker will host their 13th Annual Aircraft Acquisition and Planning Seminar in Scottsdale, Arizona on December 5-6, 2012 at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort. This seminar was recently certified by the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) to be a Certified Aviation Manager (CAM) accepted program allowing attendees to receive CAM credit for participating […]
Kansas State Student to Receive 5th Annual Conklin Scholarship at 2012 NBAA
Nicole Lordemann, a senior at Kansas State University in Salina Kansas has been selected to receive the fifth annual Alan H. Conklin Business Aviation Management scholarship. Conklin & de Decker, in association with the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) will present the award at the 2012 NBAA Annual Meeting and Convention in Orlando, Florida on […]
