Censys Technologies, with its most recent and largest Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) waiver approval for Architecture, Engineering, Constructions, Operations, and Management (AECOM), has maintained its 100% BVLOS waiver approval rate. AECOM provides architecture and design, construction management, engineering, and environmental services within the energy, healthcare, and government sectors (among others). The AECOM waiver […]
AOPA Air Safety Institute Announces Four New Webinar Series
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Institute (ASI) is offering four new webinar series this year, led by industry expert presenters: NTSB Insider: Accident Investigations Revealed Flight Deck Tech: Strategies for Optimizing Modern Avionics Flying the Backcountry: Risks and Rewards Weather Flying: Safety for all Seasons Each series includes three webinars giving audiences […]
NBAA, NATCA Salute FAA’s Teri Bristol for Leadership in Public Service
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) both recognized (FAA) Air Traffic Organization Chief Operating Officer Teri Bristol on her decades of public service, including a federal career that began in 1992 with the Department of Transportation. She will be retiring at the end of February. NBAA President and CEO, Ed […]
Carolinas Aviation Museum to be Renamed to Honor Captain “Sully” Sullenberger
The Carolinas Aviation Museum (CAM) will be renamed in honor of Captain Chesley Burnett “Sully” Sullenberger III, who together with the crew of US Airways Flight 1549, heroically landed the plane in the Hudson River and saved all lives on board. The Museum will formally announce its official new name later this year. Upon reopening […]
Jerry Perez Selected as USFS National Director of Fire and Aviation
The U.S. Forest Service has selected Jerome “Jerry” Perez to be the new National Director of Fire and Aviation Management in Washington, D.C. He is currently the Forest Supervisor of the Angeles National Forest in Southern California. The position has been vacant, occupied by acting personnel, since Shawna Legarza retired 18 months ago, June 30, […]
Airport Manager Sought for Tri-State Steuben County Airport Â
The Tri-State Steuben County Airport in Indiana currently has an available job opening for Airport Manager. The requirements listed in this document are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Steuben County provides reasonable accommodation to qualified employees and applicants with known disabilities who require accommodation to complete the application process or perform essential […]
Optimism Abundant for North Carolina Aviation Industry in 2022
Much of the aviation industry in North Carolina is upbeat about the prospects of 2022 being a good year. That message is being heard from airport officials across the state, state and county governments and even aerial applicators. “The future looks bright for the 72 public use airports in the State of North Carolina,” said […]
Public Investment Expected to Propel North Carolina Aviation in 2022
Innovations in air transportation and a major infusion of new state and federal funding will create economic opportunity in 2022 for companies with the experience and capacity to help airports build and maintain their infrastructure and push the boundaries of unmanned aviation. That activity should increase the economic impact of North Carolina’s 72 public airports, […]
A January Milestone in Women’s Aviation History
By Penny Rafferty Hamilton, Ph.D. Amelia Earhart knew ten pilots had died earlier attempting to fly solo from Hawaii to California over the vast Pacific Ocean. According to a detailed account on Hawaii Aviation, because of weather delays, Amelia took a short nap on that rainy January day. Her red Vega monoplane was similar to […]
LIFT Academy Adds Stanly County Airport as Winter Satellite Location for Flight Training
As winter weather rolls into the Midwest, LIFT (Leadership In Flight Training) Academy, based in Indianapolis, began its winter flight training operations at Stanly County Airport in Albemarle, North Carolina, to give its students not only a warm weather environment conducive for visual flight rules but also an opportunity to train in different topography. LIFT, […]
