The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has named Sean Collins (shown at right), as its new eastern regional manager. Collins will focus on building government relations and local aviation communities in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. He is one of seven […]
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Piper Names Jack Mill as V.P., Engineering
Piper Aircraft Inc. has named Jack Mill (shown at right), as Vice President of Engineering, reporting to President and CEO Simon Caldecott. Mill most recently had been leading the Piper Engineering team as VP in an interim role for several months. "Jack brings more than 30 years of aircraft design and engineering experience at Piper […]
Pennsylvania Governor Announces State Investment for Safety Enhancements, Improvements at 10 Airports
A $10 million state investment will fund important projects at 10 airports across Pennsylvania, Governor Tom Corbett announced last week. "As I outlined in my transportation proposal, a multi-modal transportation system is essential to sustaining and growing our economy," Corbett said. "These investments will enhance safety and improve facilities to ensure that regional needs […]
Colorado Governor Announces New Aeronautical Board Appointments
Three new members of the Colorado Aeronautical Board (CAB) were recently appointed by Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper beginning their terms on February 1, 2013. The terms of John William Reams, William L. Thompson and Dr. Jeffrey Scott Forrest will expire on December 19th, 2015. John William Reams of Naturita, CO was appointed to the CAB […]
Colorado Aviation Grant Program Takes to the Clouds
Following nearly a year of development, the Colorado Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics has unveiled an in-the-cloud data management solution for the Colorado Discretionary Aviation Grant Program. The new Web-Based Information Management System (WIMS) now allows airport sponsors and grantees to apply for, track, and manage their grants from a central web-based portal. Airports […]
2013 Aviation Grant Program Shows Impressive Results for Colorado’s Airports
The Colorado Discretionary Aviation Grant (CDAG) Hearings were held on January 28th, 2013 in conjunction with The Colorado Airport Operators Association’s (CAOA) Winter Conference. The Colorado Aeronautical Board approved 44 aviation grants totaling $20.7 Million. Over $41.2 Million of Federal funds were leveraged as a result of the 2013 Aviation Grant Hearings. This year’s aviation […]
2012 Collier Trophy Winner to be Announced in March
The nomination period for the 2012 Robert J. Collier Trophy has ended and the selection committee, made up of industry stalwarts and past Collier recipients, has been assembled. The selection will be made on March 11, 2013 from the following nominees: The Lockheed Martin Cargo Unmanned Aerial System The NASA/JPL Dawn Project Team The Gulfstream […]
Piper Achieves Higher Revenue, Deliveries in 2012
Piper Aircraft Inc. ended 2012 with increased annual revenue from new aircraft sales of $148,968,967, up more than 13 percent from $131,263,539 in 2011. The revenue increase was a result of a 16 percent rise in new Piper deliveries to 158 aircraft in 2012 from 136 the previous year. "We stabilized the manufacturing and delivery […]
Guidance Aviation to Unveil New Mobile APP at HELI-EXPO
Guidance Aviation of Prescott, Arizona, will be celebrating its 15th Year Anniversary and unveiling its newest training technologies; a “Maneuvers Guide” mobile application (“App”) and an online training portal called “MyGA”, during HELI-EXPO 2013. The mobile application includes a series of High Definition (HD) instructional flight videos and a digital Maneuvers guide. This new training […]
Duncan Aviation Adds Services with Accessory Skydrol Test Bench
Duncan Aviation is adding an upgraded hydraulic Skydrol test bench to provide additional capacity and capabilities for large-body aircraft and to move work previously outsourced in-house, which improves customer service and decreases project turntimes. “The addition will increase the efficiency of our component capabilities for landing gear projects as well as add more than 100 […]
