Drew Steketee was president of BE A PILOT, senior vp-communications for AOPA and executive director of the Partnership for Improved Air Travel. He also headed PR and media relations for Beech, GAMA and the Airport Operators Council International. More than 10 years ago, I asked AOPA members to vote for their “Favorite Fly-Outs.” These would […]
N.J. airport puts open land to innovative use
Drew Steketee was president of BE A PILOT, senior vp-communications for AOPA and executive director of the Partnership for Improved Air Travel. He also headed PR and media relations for Beech, GAMA and the Airport Operators Council International. In rural southern New Jersey, GA seems to be going one way and high-end sports car racing […]
Smoketown and the world’s most famous 150
Drew Steketee was president of BE A PILOT, senior vp-communications for AOPA and executive director of the Partnership for Improved Air Travel. He also headed PR and media relations for Beech, GAMA and the Airport Operators Council International. TA-DA! Here it is. In the center ring, ladies and gentlemen, the world’s most famous Cessna 150, […]
Want an unmanned aircraft or two with that?
Drew Steketee was president of BE A PILOT, senior vp-communications for AOPA and executive director of the Partnership for Improved Air Travel. He also headed PR and media relations for Beech, GAMA and the Airport Operators Council International. In August, Washington was abuzz over an unmanned Northrup Grumman Firescout helicopter that escaped Navy test controllers […]
Finding the grass in Mount Dora
It had to be here somewhere. I was hunting a small grass strip south of pretty Mount Dora, Florida, as my search for a retirement town continued. Aside from its growing reputation as a new Florida “cultural capital” and great weekend outing from Orlando, Mount Dora had two or three grass airstrips on its map. […]
Fields of Dreams: Saved but not immune from the times
As pilots now of a “certain” age, we look back on airports that were part of our lives. This is the second post in a series of three. There’s nowhere like Van Sant Airfield in Pennsylvania’s historic Bucks County. Fifty miles north and decades away from big-city Philadelphia, Van Sant salves my soul with old […]
Fields of Dreams: Not its ‘old self,’ but going strong
As pilots now of a “certain” age, we look back on airports that were part of our lives. This is the third of a three-part series. “Recession? What recession?” So said Mike Gilbert, Gold Seal CFI for Aviation Adventures at Leesburg Municipal (excuse me, Executive) Airport. Yep, they changed the name and, perhaps, for good […]
Fields of Dreams: Dreams have changed
As pilots of a “certain” age, we look back on airports that were part of our lives. This series starts with three. My first was a little grass field in New Jersey. Twin Pine was down home, midway between the state capital and Princeton, the college town. I started as line boy there in ’65. […]