The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission (NDAC) has announced that commercial airline boarding numbers for October 2023 reached 101,377 passengers, which represents a growth of 6,757 boardings or an 7% increase from October of 2022. Six of the eight of the commercial service airports also had higher passenger numbers than during this same period last year. […]
Iowa Transportation Commission Approves Award for Commercial Service Airport Terminal Improvements
The Iowa Transportation Commission has approved $10 million for the Commercial Service Terminal Program. The Commercial Service Terminal Program will provide $10 million for commercial service airport terminal improvements. The program is funded through an appropriation from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund. To be eligible, applicant airports were required to provide a 90 percent local […]
Electra Completes World’s First Hybrid-Electric eSTOL Aircraft Flight
Photo above – Electra’s EL-2 Goldfinch takes off on its first hybrid-electric flight on November 19, 2023. (Credit: John Langford/Electra) Electra.aero, Inc. has announced that it has successfully completed the first flights of its EL-2 Goldfinch, a hybrid-electric, ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft. “The Goldfinch completed an all-electric test flight on November 11 and […]
FAA Takes Actions to Address Independent Safety Review Team’s Recommendations
The Federal Aviation Administration is taking immediate action to enhance air traffic controller training and safety reporting following the release of the National Airspace System Safety Review Team report. “Aviation is safe because we are continuously looking for ways to improve,” said Administrator Mike Whitaker. “The independent safety review team made some excellent recommendations, and […]
Boca Raton Mayors Ball Honors Boca Raton Airport Authority with 2023 George Long Award
Pictured above – Bonnie Kaye, Kaye Communications, Jon Kaye, Kaye Communications and Scott Singer, City of Boca Raton Mayor. In its grand tradition, The Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton (RCDBR) presented its eighth Annual Boca Raton Mayors Ball last Saturday, November 11th at Boca West Country Club. Each year Boca Raton’s business leaders and community […]
AOPA’s Air Safety Institute Releases Richard G. McSpadden Report (Formerly Joseph T. Nall Report)
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association 33rd edition of the AOPA Air Safety Institute Accident Report—retitled the Richard G. McSpadden Report—covers calendar year 2021. The report was renamed in honor and memory of our beloved friend and colleague who tragically lost his life in an airplane accident on October 1, in Lake Placid, New York. […]
Microsoft Flight Simulator Receives New Content with World Update XV: Nordics & Greenland
World Update XV: Nordics and Greenland has arrived for Microsoft Flight Simulator which brings more fun for those wanting to visit Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands! Enhancements include the following: 90 hand-made points of interest 10 TIN (triangulated irregular network) cities 5 hand-crafted airports Broad-based, high-resolution geographic updates using significantly […]
NBAA Unveils Runway-Focused Working Group
In written testimony submitted as part of a Senate hearing last week, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) President and CEO Ed Bolen noted the business aviation community’s longstanding, comprehensive approach to aviation safety, and pointed to a new, dedicated NBAA working group focused specifically on runway and surface incidents. “We are pleased to announce that […]
Women’s Aviation Career Symposium Set for Sixth Year to Promote Networking, Education and Scholarships and Careers in Aviation
The Women’s Aviation Career Symposium (WACS) will be held for the sixth year on March 16, 2024. WACS is a professional career conference for women from high school junior through retirement and will take place at the Western Michigan University College of Aviation in Battle Creek, Michigan. Designed to introduce women to aviation and to […]
Switchblade Flying Sports Car Achieves First Flight
The world’s most sought-after flying car, the Switchblade, recently completed its maiden flight in Washington State. The first flight was flown out of the Moses Lake Airport/Grant County Airport, which is often used by Boeing and other major aircraft makers for flight testing. Veteran test pilot, Robert Moehle, conducted the successful flight, concluding years of […]
