The Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission (OAC) recently approved state funding totaling $1.3 million for several airport projects across the state as part of its Capital Improvement Program. Muskogee’s Davis Field is set to receive a $500,000 CIP grant from the Aeronautics Commission to replace the airport’s existing terminal building at a cost $1,135,800. The city […]
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Dan Burkhart, Regional Rep for NBAA Set to Retire
Business aviation veteran Dan Burkhart, who joined the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) in 1998 to create NBAA’s Regional Program, will retire from his post as the director of regional representatives for the organization, effective July 6. In addition to building the national program, Burkhart has represented the NBAA Western Region that includes Alaska, Arizona, […]
PHX Sky Train™ First to Ride High over Taxiway
The PHX Sky Train™ at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, became the first transit system in the world to cross an active taxiway. This is yet another major milestone for the PHX Sky Train™ project as it took its first official ride on the bridge over Phoenix Sky Harbor’s taxiway “R” while aircraft […]
Tucson Airport Hires Bewley as Director of Operations
The Tucson Airport Authority (TAA) in Tucson, Arizona, announced last week that Danette Bewley has joined TAA as director of operations, a position that was newly created. Bewley’s 23-year airport management career has taken her around the nation. She recently served as assistant director of airport economic development for the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority. Bewley, […]
Changes Urged to California Bills that Divert Aviation Taxes to General Fund
Aviation advocates including the national Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) are urging California legislators to reject changes in two bills that would transfer the excise taxes on aviation fuels from the aeronautics account to the general fund in the next three fiscal years. SB 1005 and AB 1465 were amended on June 14. The […]
Air Race Classic Takes Off from Lake Havasu City
Mercedes Eulitt, left and Pamela Flesher on the ramp with Li’l Red, a Grumman AA-5. (Photo by Kim Stevens) Women pilots from around the country took off from Lake Havasu City, Arizona on Tuesday, for the first leg of the 36th Annual Air Race Classic 2012. With more than fifty teams registered the pilots began […]
Jack Ferns Receives FAA New England Leadership Award
Jack Ferns was this year’s recipient of the 2012 New England Regional Administrator’s Aviation and Space Education Leadership Award. (Photo – Left to right are Michael Huerta, FAA Acting Administrator, Ferns and Corbett.) Ferns was cited for his exemplary service with the New Hampshire Department of Transportation in which he engaged in countless STEM-AVSED activities. […]
GOOD THINGS COME IN THREES AT Nebraska’s Beatrice Airport
There have been three first solo flights in three days at the Beatrice, Nebraska airport recently. Joel Weber of Weber and Sons (shown below left), flew a Cessna 152 by himself the first time on June 4th. Joel plans to use his pilot’s license as part of his cattle feeding business west of Dorchester, NE […]
North Dakota Airlines Boardings Up in May
Larry Taborsky, director of the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission reported that 84,000 people boarded planes at the state’s eight commercial and regional airports last month. Taborsky said airports at Bismarck, Dickinson and Williston had all-time record boardings in May while Grand Forks and Minot set boarding records for the month. More than 10,800 travelers boarded […]
Honoring Virginia’s Aviation Pioneers reception a success!
Published with permission of the Virginia Department of Aviation The Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach hosted the Virginia Department of Aviation and the Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society’s “Honoring Virginia’s Aviation Pioneers” reception this past Saturday, June 9, 2012. The gorgeous weather brought out over 120 award recipients, flying octogenarians, goverenment and airport representatives, and […]
