There’s a new airport opening in Nevada today, but it will be gone without a trace in 10 days. According to a report at AVweb, the airport was created as part of the Burning Man Festival in the Blackrock Desert. Check out the report, along with photos, here.
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K-State Aviation lands highest level of accreditation
Kansas State University Salina’s professional pilot program’s accreditation from the Aviation Accreditation Board International was recently renewed. The accreditation is good for another five years. “The accreditation means we are among a relatively few collegiate aviation programs in the world that have been evaluated according to very stringent criteria and found to be worthy of […]
Mountain High supports civilian, military pilots
Mountain High Oxygen and Supply has built its 3,000th two-person O2D2 Pulse-Demand Oxygen Unit. I spoke with Mountain High’s Robert Jamieson who confirmed the first unit was shipped in 2008, and they’ve delivered about 1,000 units per year since. In fact, about the time the O2D2 came out, Jamieson mentioned that the Department of Defense […]
Angel MedFlight awards scholarship
Angel MedFlight Worldwide Air Ambulance has named Matthew Grega the recipient of the 2011 Angel MedFlight Scholarship for Excellence in Aviation. Grega, a graduate of Horizon High School in Scottsdale, Ariz., is pursuing an Aeronautical Engineering degree at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz. “Matthew is an exemplary student who goes above and beyond to […]
New president for AIA
The Aviation Insurance Association (AIA) has named its president, Frank Kimmel III, and board of directors for the 2011-2013 term. Kimmel, of Kimmel Aviation Insurance in Greenwood, Miss., was installed as president at the conclusion of the 2011 AIA Annual Conference in Miami. Prior to his tenure as president, Kimmel served on the Education Committee […]
Preparing for National Aerospace Week
National Aerospace Week kicks off Sept. 11. The aerospace and defense industry is the lifeblood of America’s industrial base, employing approximately 800,000 workers directly, and supporting more than 2 million middle-class jobs in related fields, according to officials with the Aerospace Industries Association. More than 30,000 suppliers in the industry provide high-skill, high-paying jobs in all […]
Frontiers of Flights names new officers
The board of directors of the Frontiers of Flight, a Smithsonian-affiliated museum in Dallas, has appointed three new officers in leadership positions. Their roles are to advance the mission of the museum, which is to educate and inspire the youth of North Texas to become involved with science, engineering and mathematics especially as they relate […]
Taking it to the people: Pilot’s Bill of Rights
Even with all the chaos going on in Washington, D.C., the week of Oshkosh — from debt ceiling talks to the partial shutdown of the FAA — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) flew to AirVenture — twice. He flew his new RV-8 up on Thursday, but had to return to Washington. He then flew back […]
Pilots mobilizing to respond to Hurricane Irene
Bahamas Habitat is mobilizing pilots to conduct relief flights to the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Irene. The organization’s Disaster Relief Coordinators will be flying to the Bahamas as soon as practical to assess damage and needs. Once the needs are determined, the group will direct its volunteer pilots and planes to the greatest […]