Washington State awards Foss Waterway $30K grant to study seaplane base

Foss Waterway Development Authority recently received $30,000 for "planning and environmental investigation for a proposed seaplane base," according to a statement released recently by WSDOT officials. Similarly, $5,906 in state funds and $224,413 in federal funds will be directed to Pierce County for "Runway 17/35 rehabilitation and design engineering" at Tacoma Narrows Airport. Twenty-six Washington […]

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BRUNSWICK EXECUTIVE ADDS A BELFORT AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION SYSTEM

Belfort Instrument Company, one of the country’s oldest meteorological sensor and meteorological system manufactures, announced the installation of its DigiWxTM Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) at the Brunswick Executive Airport (BXM)), in Brunswick, Maine. The AWOS AV provides real-time wind speed, wind direction, temperature, relative humidity, dewpoint and altimeter setting, visibility, and cloud height information […]

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SSI Receives FDOT Contract Award for Security Training

SSI, a Tucson company specializing in safety and security e-learning tailored to the aviation industry, was awarded the Florida Department of Transportation contract to provide security training to all Florida public-use airports. SSi, Inc was ranked highest of the respondents who were judged in seven categories:  Key Personnel, Training Course Content, Web-Based Interactive System, Production […]

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F-16 Runs Off Runway at EAA’s AirVenture

                                                                                                                    An F-16 from the Alabama Air Guard ran off the end of the runway at Witman Field in Oshkosh Thursday just after 11 A.M. The pilot managed to escape the jet and according to witnesses, jogged away from the aircraft under his own power, but was taken for medical observation as a precaution. The […]

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