PELLA, Iowa — Twin brothers Dan Fredrickson and Josh Fredrickson, who were born on Feb. 29 in a leap year, passed their private pilot checkrides March 1 — the first day they were eligible for the test. Dan and Josh, now 17, took their checkrides with an FAA-Designated Pilot Examiner at the Pella Municipal Airport […]
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Fulbright Scholars research UAVs and aircraft acquisition
Dr. Brian Butka from the College of Engineering at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar to teach and conduct research at Management Center Innsbruck (MCI) in Austria this fall. Meanwhile, the College of Business at the Daytona Beach Campus is hosting a Fulbright Scholar from Ukraine, Dr. Viktoriia Myroniuk, through […]
Close to home: The impact of tower closures
If you are a pilot, nothing gets your attention faster than when the FAA proposes closing local control towers. As part of FAA budget cuts due to the sequester, agency officials notified 173 contract air traffic control towers across the country that they will be shut down on April 7. Airport officials have until March […]
Is the control tower at your airport up for closure?
Go to SaveContractTowersNow.com and click on Affected Towers and Communities to download a PDF that lists all the airports slated for closure. The website also has information on how to contact your elected representatives and tips on what to say to get the message across that closing the towers is a bad idea.
Unmanned aircraft industry poised to create 70,000 jobs in next three years
A new study from the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) finds that the unmanned aircraft industry is poised to create more than 70,000 new jobs in the first three years following the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into U.S. national airspace system. Integration is scheduled to take place in 2015. Beyond the […]
Able Flight scholarship benefit at Fantasy of Flight
How do you throw a great party in aviation and make it possible for wounded veterans and other people with disabilities to become pilots? Just mix inspiring new pilots with music and food and have the party at Fantasy of Flight near Orlando on Saturday, April 20. It’s a night to celebrate aviation’s good news […]
Avemco continues Safety Education Tour at WAI conference
Avemco Insurance Co. Vice President Marci Veronie, will present “The Top 10 Aviation Insurance Myths” during the Women in Aviation International Conference, March 14-16, at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. This is the second speaking stop for the Avemco 2013 Safety Education Tour, an aviation advocacy initiative that focuses on encouraging pilots to […]
Double lung transplant survivor earns Private
“Well, I am now a real private pilot, as of yesterday,” noted an email I received this morning from Jennifer Julian. If you don’t recall, I wrote about Jennifer last May. She survived a double lung transplant, earned her 3rd class medical, and was an active student pilot. She’s now a certificated pilot. Jennifer is a woman who […]
Founder of Treasure Coast Avionics passes away
Lawrence (Larry) Holland, founder of Treasure Coast Avionics in Florida, passed away March 3 after a long illness. He was born in 1944 in Wichita, the Air Capital of the World. His love for electronics and ham radio led him to start his career at Bevan Rabell 1964. In 1971 he moved to Savannah, Ga., […]