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Meg Godlewski

Arizona airports prepare for Super Bowl

By Meg Godlewski · January 14, 2015 ·

Airports near Glendale, Arizona, are preparing for a temporary population explosion next month as football fans fly in for Super Bowl XLIX. The game will be played at the University of Phoenix Stadium Feb. 1. The stadium is also the venue for the Pro Bowl, which is being played Jan. 25. Glendale Municipal Airport (KGEU) […]

Parapalegic pilot earns wings — and the respect of his peers

By Meg Godlewski · January 5, 2015 ·

Learning to fly is challenging for most people. You have to get the money together and put in the time, overcome learning plateaus, and weather, and equipment challenges. Scott Miller from Albia, Iowa, had an additional challenge on the path to getting his wings — he is in a wheelchair. Miller’s journey began in 2006 while serving […]

Evergreen Vintage Aircraft files bankruptcy

By Meg Godlewski · December 19, 2014 ·

The Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Ore., is not closing. That’s the message from officials at the not-for-profit museum in the wake of the bankruptcy filing of Evergreen Vintage Aircraft, a separate for-profit company that owns several vintage aircraft that are on display at the museum, but are not museum property. On Friday, Dec. […]

Port takes over operation of Tillamook Air Museum

By Meg Godlewski · December 16, 2014 ·

The Tillamook Air Museum begins 2015 with new management. Last month the Port of Tillamook announced plans to assume operations of the museum, which is located in a wooden hangar at Tillamook Airport (KTMK) on the coast of Oregon. During World War II Tillamook was a Naval Air Station housing Squadron ZP-33, consisting of eight […]

IMC Clubs: Practice makes proficiency

By Meg Godlewski · December 3, 2014 ·

Hangar flying, the time-honored activity where pilots sit around and swap stories about aviation techniques, can be a valuable educational tool. Add organized informational seminars illustrated with powerpoint demonstrations and desktop flight simulation devices and you have the interactive learning environment of the IMC Club. IMC stands for Instrument Meteorological Conditions, which necessitates flying on […]

New runway begins improvements at Pottstown Airport

By Meg Godlewski · November 26, 2014 ·

A newly rehabilitated runway at Pottstown Municipal Airport (N47) in Pottstown, Pa., is the beginning of enhancements at the Philadelphia-area airport. The refurbished 2,704-foot runway was recently reopened after a month-long closure, according to Erica Weekley, assistant manager of the borough of Pottstown. “The runway was constructed in the 1960s and has had a few […]

EAA chapter helps bring mogas to Southern Oregon airport

By Meg Godlewski · November 16, 2014 ·

What do you get when you combine an industrious chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association and a resourceful airport manager? If you are at Grants Pass Airport (S38) in Southern Oregon, you get a fuel truck that dispenses automotive fuel, known as “mogas,” for use in aircraft engines. The acquisition of the fuel truck makes […]

Anti-airport group victorious in Santa Monica

By Meg Godlewski · November 13, 2014 ·

On Nov. 4, a ballot initiative to give the Santa Monica City Council more control over operations at Santa Monica Municipal Airport (KSMO) in Southern California was approved by voters, signaling — for some — a death knell for the embattled airport. Measure LC allows the City Council to manage the airport as it sees […]

Changes in store for Black Hills Airport

By Meg Godlewski · November 12, 2014 ·

An airport is like any other business in that you need to invest time, as well as money, to make it grow. Usually that task falls to the airport sponsor, and sometimes a change of sponsor is in the best interest of the airport. That’s the situation at Black Hills-Clyde Ice Field (KSPF) in Spearfish, […]

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