The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) completed its final implementation milestone with Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B), the state-of-the-art surveillance system that enables air traffic controllers to track aircraft with greater accuracy and reliability. The last two of the 155 airports to receive ADS-B, Akron-Canton Airport and Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport, both in Ohio, became […]
NCDOT Using Drones for Cleaner, Safer Herbicide Spraying
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation and its Environmental Analysis Unit have teamed up to fight invasive plants with a new tool: drones. The area around Bodie Island Lighthouse was overrun with Phragmites, a type of aggressive, non-native marsh grass that pushes out all native species. NCDOT was responsible for combating the invasive […]
Southeast Council of Airshows Returns to Serve Aviation Community
Photo above – John Willhoff The Southeast Council of Airshows (SECAS), an organization dedicated to promoting the safe and professional production of air shows in the Southeast and throughout the air show community, announced its return to active duty as a non-profit corporation effective July 30th, 2019. Members of the new SECAS Board of Directors […]
AeroDefense Receives SAFETY Act Designation from Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently named AeroDefense’s AirWarden™ Drone Defense technology the recipient of the Developmental Testing and Evaluation (DT&E) Designation under their SAFETY Act (Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002). US Congress created the SAFETY Act in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks to encourage the […]
Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Museum Strikes a Chord with Local Guitar Makers
What does a pilot, a lumber company and the jungles of Nicaragua have to do with a world-renowned guitar making school in Arizona? The answer is the creation of the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery. More than 60 years ago, a pilot named John Roberts was scouring tropical forests for mahogany to begin a hardwood import […]
EAA, AMA Creating Hands-On ‘Build-and-Fly’ R/C Model Building, Flying Opportunities for Kids
Bringing hands-on aviation activities to young people is the goal as the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) unveil the new “Young Eagles Build and Fly” program to engage youth in hands-on building and flying of radio-control aircraft. The initiative provides EAA chapters the opportunity to purchase a specially designed SIG […]
U.S. DOT Announces 6th Allotment of Infrastructure Grants
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced that the Department will award $157 million in airport infrastructure grants to 34 airports in 19 states, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands. This is the sixth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States. […]
Michigan’s W.K. Kellogg Airport Celebrates 95th Birthday
W.K. Kellogg Airport celebrated its 95th birthday last week. On September 24, 1924, the Battle Creek, Michigan Area Chamber of Commerce signed a five-year lease of a farm, with an option to purchase, for an aviation field. Field grading began quickly, and the Battle Creek Airport officially opened Aug. 28, 1925. The Battle Creek Airport […]
Passenger Growth Elevates RDU from Medium to Large Airport Category
Record-setting passenger growth elevated Raleigh-Durham International Airport from a medium to large airport in a 2019 J.D. Power study of North American airports. The North Carolina airport ranked fifth, in passenger satisfaction in its new category. “We are thrilled that passengers consider RDU one of the top five best large airports in North America,” said […]
AOPA’s Baker Testifies with Other Industry Groups, Tells Congress to Modernize not Privatize
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) President and CEO Mark Baker returned to Capitol Hill to express AOPA’s support for modernizing the nation’s air traffic control system without privatizing it. Baker told members of the Senate Aviation and Space subcommittee on Sept. 24 and the House Subcommittee on Aviation on Sept. 26 that private […]
