During the Oklahoma Aerospace and Defense Summit & Expo held last month in Norman, the Oklahoma AeronauticsCommission was presented with a Seeds of Greatness Award for its Center for Aerospace and Supplier Quality (CASQ) program. CASQ was created to increase the number of contracts from the Department of Defense and prime contractors that are […]
USPA Encourages GA to Look Closely at Proposed Change for Airport Design Standards
In this morning’s Federal Register the FAA published a proposed change to AC 150/5300-13, the advisory circular that sets airport design standards for federally-obligated airports. This change, a new Appendix 18, would set a standard for any Parachute Landing Area (PLA) on an obligated airport. In response to that proposed change the USPA has sent […]
McCall Stepping Down in Sedona
Mac McCall has announced that he is stepping down from his position as manager of the Sedona Airport. In a message to all of his family, friends and co-workers in aviation, McCall said his contract to manage Sedona is at an end, so he decided to retire after 37 years in airport management. McCAll said […]
Oklahoma Commission Approves $1.3 Million in Grants
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 […]
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 […]
State Aviation Journal to Sponsor State Aviation Newsletter Award
The State Aviation Journal in coordination with the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) will be sponsoring an annual state aviation newsletter award in an effort to recognize the fine work that state aviation offices do throughout the country in creating, writing and distributing newsletters to their customers. The award, which will be […]
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 […]
