US News posted an article on June 29 entitled “10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Federal Aviation Administration.” While many readers of General Aviation News may know most of those things, it’s nice that US News is interested in educating the general public about aviation. On the other hand, read on. All of us […]
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New TV series: The Aviators
A new television series targeting the aviation community will get nationwide US distribution to all 320 Public Broadcasting Stations when it premieres in 2010. “The Aviators is something that the aviation industry really needs right now,” said Executive Producer Anthony Nalli. The series, shot completely in high definition, will feature correspondents from within the aviation […]
Bingelis Scholarship Fund rewards 38 students
The Tony Bingelis Scholarship Fund, formerly The Texas Fly-In, has announced the conclusion of a two-year effort to provide funds to young Texans who aspire to careers in aviation. So far, 38 students have received the scholarship awards. The qualifications for the applicants, in class standing, grade point averages, community service, Scouting and Civil Air […]
Harrison Ford says: Stop Obama from giving away productivity
More than 1.2 million jobs and billions of dollars of economic activity are generated by general aviation, actor and pilot Harrison Ford states on a Web site posting a petition to Members of Congress. “You can help keep it that way,” Ford states. His petition opposes Obama Administration policies detrimental to general aviation. “By lending […]
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome opens 50th season
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome has announced the beginning of its Golden Anniversary celebration and highlights of its 2009 show season. A barnstorming air show on June 13, featuring pioneering antique airplanes, will open the season. Featured on June 14 will be mock dogfights between biplanes of The Great War and a cameo appearance by the evil […]
Commerce Secretary to close ATC weather offices
The Department of Commerce announced on June 4 that it is moving forward with a controversial plan to close the National Weather Service units located at each of the 20 Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the continental United States. The forecast units provide real time, face-to-face, weather guidance to air traffic controllers and air […]
Another Dauntless to be recovered from Lake Michigan
A World War II Navy dive bomber that flew out of Pearl Harbor will be recovered from the bottom of Lake Michigan on June 19, if all goes as planned. It is to be restored and, eventually, returned to Hawaii, where it will go on display at the Pacific Aviation Museum at Ford Island, where […]
Teenage girl to make “Sea to Shining Sea” flight
In a tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, 15-year-old Kimberly Anyadike will make history by piloting a single-engine red-tail airplane from Compton, California to Newport News, Virginia and back. Departing on June 29 with an estimated arrival date in Newport News of July 4, Anyadike will be accompanied by safety pilot Ronell Norman, as well as […]
AIAA names top 10 new technologies
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has released its annual list of top emerging aerospace technologies, developed by the institute’s Emerging Technologies Committee. The list comprises the following: 1. “Greener Aviation” technologies, including emission reduction and noise reduction, as used in the Federal Aviation Administration’s Continuous Low Emissions, Energy and Noise (CLEEN) program, […]