For the first time since 2007, the FAA has the certainty of long-term authorization to operate the air traffic control system, build up airport infrastructure, and develop the air traffic control system of the future. According to a report at AOPA.org, President Barack Obama signed the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 Feb. 14. […]
Movie star Paul Walker to narrate ‘Air Racers 3D’
Actor Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious franchise, Takers) will narrate “Air Racers 3D,” the first IMAX 3D theater film devoted to the fastest race in the world: the legendary Reno National Championship Air Races. With aerial photography filmed entirely in 3D and unprecedented access granted to the course, Air Racers 3D takes audiences […]
Sporty’s releases free app for Women in Aviation conference
Sporty’s now offers a fourth app in its series of apps for aviation conventions and airshows. Having produced apps for Sun ‘n Fun, EAA AirVenture and AOPA Expo, Sporty’s has now developed an app for the 2012 International Women in Aviation Conference to be held in Dallas, Texas, from March 8-10. “Thank you to Sporty’s […]
Lifelong aviator publishes ‘Memories’
Just published is “Memories” by Weston H. Ament, which offers a personal history of life as an American pilot through most of the 20th century. Born in California in 1921, Ament was already drawn to airplanes and flight by the time he was in high school. A boyhood dream soon became reality with aviation studies […]
Iowa Aviation Conference slated
Registration is now open for the Iowa Aviation Conference in West Des Moines April 25- 26. The Iowa Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Office of Aviation and Iowa Public Airports Association (IPAA) host the annual conference to help promote a strong air transportation system in Iowa and to benefit airports, aviation businesses, and government agencies in […]
Security Planning 101
When most think of airport security, they see in their mind’s eye fences, television cameras and DVRs, lights, and so on. But in the big picture of security these elements in reducing risk to an acceptable level are only the fourth of five steps. There are three steps in front of this step, so if […]
Love is in the air
The folks at Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina know a thing or two about young love. That’s why they were all so accommodating when Courtney Blackwell asked airport authorities if she could surprise her fiancee, John Harmon, by taking their engagement photos at the airport. You see, John is crazy about aviation. The […]
More aviation companies hired than fired in 2011
Officials at aviation job distribution network JSfirm say the first two quarters of this year should be a good time to find a job in the aviation industry. According to a report at Aviation International News, a hiring trends survey released by the Fort Worth, Texas-based company indicates that companies across the aviation spectrum hired […]
Former General Aviation News editor dies
Daryl Murphy, who served as editor of General Aviation News from 1985 to 1989, died Jan. 3, in his home in Irving, Texas. He was 76. Murphy was born in Sterling, Kan., Nov. 14, 1935, to Clyde E. and Alice M. Burke Murphy and was the grandson of early homesteaders, Ralph I. Murphy and Julia […]