At the annual Tennessee Airports Conference, held Aug. 22-24 in Nashville, Jo Ann Speer, from Everett Stewart Regional Airport (UCY) in Union City won Airport Manager of the Year. Speer has been the airport manager for five years and previously ran the FBO. She has been active in the aviation industry for 13 years when […]
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San Francisco Aeronautical Society bestows first scholarships
SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Aeronautical Society has named the inaugural winners of the SFAS Scholars Program. Scholarships are open to high school seniors attending a public high school in one of the following school districts: San Francisco Unified School District, San Mateo Union High School District, Jefferson Union High School District and Sequoia […]
Paradigm launches ATC simulation product line
DENVER — Paradigm Shift Solutions has launched its Air Traffic Control (ATC) simulation product line. The company exhibited its new ATC products at the University Aviation Association Fall Conference late last month. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology has signed on as Paradigm’s launch customer and development partner for ATC simulation. “We have been so […]
Estelle Wingster: A vintage airplane with a modern message
In 1953 Ken Miller of Van Nuys, Calif., was a college student. He went to the airport with two friends and met a man who was giving rides in his Cessna 150. “The guy said he would take each of us up for $10 a piece,” Miller recalled. “I had $20 in my pocket. The […]
What has PAMA done for you lately?
By DALE FORTON. Often I am asked: “What does the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) do?” The first response is to tell you what we are supposed to do per our ends statements: Be the industry resource for information regarding aircraft maintenance; Be an advocate for the aviation maintenance professional in legal and regulatory affairs, […]
Looking beyond the election
Business aviation leaders are relatively quiet when asked about the presidential election, saying both candidates face stark budget choices regardless of who gets into office. From an industry standpoint, their worries are less about who wins and more about the tough decisions that will need to be made once the election is over, according to […]
AOPA unveils Center to Advance the Pilot Community
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has launched the new Center to Advance the Pilot Community designed to arrest a decline in the pilot population that has been occurring for several decades. “The decline in the pilot population didn’t happen overnight and reversing the downward trend requires a long-term commitment,” said AOPA CEO Craig […]
Air Zoo adds Curtiss Robin to its collection
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Air Zoo has added a new plane—a 1928 Curtiss Robin—to its collection of aircraft. The Curtiss Robin is a high-wing monoplane built by the Curtiss-Robertson Airplane Manufacturing Co. It is one of the first airplanes to feature an enclosed cabin and was primarily used as a mail plane, passenger carrier, and […]
Berg Aerodrome slates open house
The Grass Strip Foundation at Berg Aerodrome (9GA2) in Midway, Georgia, will hold its third annual Open House Saturday, Oct. 27. Owner Steve Berg invites all pilots and aviation enthusiasts to fly in their vintage airplanes or drive in their vintage cars to the open house and “enjoy telling the rest of us how great […]