Presidents of six of GA’s alphabet groups have asked the Transportation Security Administration to work with general aviation on ways to reduce business losses sustained under airspace restrictions during presidential travel, according to a report at AOPA.org, which gives as one example at FBO a Midway Airport that loses an average of $60,000 a day […]
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Illinois kicks off airport economic impact study
The Illinois Department of Transportation is launching a new study to determine the economic impact that the more than 100 Illinois airports statewide bring to their communities, according to a report in the Quad City Times. The 18-month study will update a similar study conducted in 2002.
Hunt inducted into Florida Aviation Hall of Fame
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s former president Jack Hunt was inducted into the Florida Aviation Hall of Fame at the Florida Air Museum May 21. Hunt, who died in 1984, was Embry-Riddle’s longest-serving president. He was represented at the induction ceremony by his widow Lynn Hunt-Doten and her husband, former Embry-Riddle vice president Eric Doten. Hunt served […]
Landmark Aviation makes donation to Ronald McDonald House
Landmark Aviation has made a $75,000 donation to Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego to support the newly built Ronald McDonald House in San Diego, which provides a “home away from home” for families with sick children being treated at local hospitals. The donation was made as part of the company’s “Landmark Cares” corporate […]
First flight: Teen Flight’s RV-12
In late 2009, a group of men in Aurora, Ore. — all successful in business, all deeply involved in aviation – were discussing a frequent lament: How to interest young people in flying? Maybe it was the expense, maybe it was some sort of cultural divide, maybe aviation seemed so remote and unreachable that teenagers […]
SEF gets $1.5 million to extend runway
Florida’s Sebring Regional Airport (SEF), home to the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, has received the green light from the Florida State Legislature to proceed with a 1,476-foot extension to runway 18-36 with the approval of a 90-acre land acquisition. A $1.5 million state legislative appropriation will go to the airport as a result of the […]
Eclipse owners gather
More than 200 customers, pilots, and Eclipse enthusiasts attended the Second Annual Eclipse Aerospace Customer Event in Albuquerque, N.M., in May. The event kicked off with a joint keynote presentation from Mason Holland, Chairman and CEO of Eclipse Aerospace, Inc., and Jeff Pino, President of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. In a two-hour presentation, both Holland and […]
ISM tower wins award
The air traffic control (ATC) contract tower at Florida’s Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) recently won “Air Traffic Control Contract Tower of the Year” award. The airport’s contract tower was selected from more than 120 other facilities in the U.S that participate in FAA contract tower (FTC) program. The award is given to an airport’s ATC […]
Bequest earmarked for aviation collection
The Cleveland Foundation will receive more than $12 million from the estate of Kathleen S. “Kay” Crawford to support the Crawford Auto Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS). Crawford’s estate recently created the Frederick C. and Kathleen S. Crawford Fund of the Cleveland Foundation. The foundation expects to receive $12 million by […]