Piper Aircraft Inc. delivered 14 new aircraft during December to Qatar Aeronautical College, a leading Arabic Gulf provider of airline pilot training. The fleet sale consists of four Piper Seneca Vs and 10 Piper Archer IIIs. Qatar Aeronautical College’s Pilot Training Division is updating its current fleet, which consists of a number of Piper training […]
FAA Celebrates Recovery Act Funded ARFF Facility at St. Louis Downtown Airport
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today celebrated the completion of an Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting building at St. Louis Downtown Airport, East St. Louis, Ill., paid for with $4.7 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds. “This new facility in East St. Louis is one of the many Recovery […]
Rubin Salter, Jr. To Chair The Tucson Airport Authority
Rubin Salter, Jr. assumed the chairmanship of the Tucson Airport Authority (TAA) at its annual meeting today. The membership elected 11 new members. A member of the Authority since 1984, Mr. Salter was named to the Board of Directors in 2005. A lawyer in private practice since 1964, Mr. Salter was the lead attorney […]
U.S. Parachute Association Reports Improving Safety Record
Skydiving continues to improve its safety record, according to new statistics released by the U.S. Parachute Association (USPA), America’s skydiving authority. In 2010, USPA recorded only 21 fatal skydiving accidents in the U.S., indicating that the sport continues to become safer. In the 1970s, the sport averaged 42.5 skydiving fatalities per year. Since then, the […]
Woolpert to Acquire Bohannan Huston’s Dallas Operations, Expand Services to Texas Clients
Woolpert announced today it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Bohannan Huston’s Dallas operations by early February. Bohannan Huston is a spatial data, mapping, civil engineering and advanced engineering technology services firm headquartered in New Mexico. Woolpert, a design, engineering and geospatial firm headquartered in Dayton and celebrating its 100th year in business, […]
Arizona Governor Proclaims January 19th “Arizona Aviation Day”
Wednesday, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, proclaimed January 19th, "Arizona Aviation Day" during her attendance at the 6th Annual “Aviation Day at the Legislature.” Event officials estimated that over 400 attended the event which promotes the value and impact that aviation has on the State of Arizona to members of the state legislature. (Photo – Jeff […]
FAA Announces Record Number of Laser Events in 2010
The FAA announced today that in 2010, nationwide reports of lasers pointed at airplanes almost doubled from the previous year to more than 2,800. This is the highest number of laser events recorded since the FAA began keeping track in 2005. Los Angeles International Airport recorded the highest number of laser events in the country […]
Washington state looks to develop aviation biofuels from wood waste
Legislation is being proposed in Washington state, by the Commissioner for Public Lands, to use wood waste as a feedstock for renewable jet fuel. Peter Goldmark wants the Department of Natural Resources to launch a pilot project under its forest biomass program to study manufacturing methods, markets and supply sources to convert forest wood waste […]
Transportation Related Internships Available for Women and Girls in Great Lakes Region
The Great Lakes Small Business Transportation Resource Center (SBTRC) at the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is recruiting college women to participate in the Women and Girls Internship Program for Spring 2011. The Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (IHCC) was chosen to operate the SBTRC for the Great Lakes Region that covers the states of […]
PIPER TO TERMINATE PIPERSPORT DISTRIBUTOR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
Piper Aircraft Inc. will terminate its business relationship with Czech Republic-based Czech Sport Aircraft to market that company’s Light Sport Aircraft, citing differences in business philosophies. “After a year working with Czech Sport Aircraft, Piper determined that it is in our company’s best long-term interests to discontinue the business relationship which distributed a Light Sport […]
