John Bales, Director of Aviation at Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS), recently received the Airport Executive Partnership Award from the National Air Transportation Association (NATA). The NATA honor is given annually to an airport manager for outstanding efforts to foster relationships between aviation business and airport operators. Recipients of this award must clearly demonstrate […]
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Air Zoo to open Tuskegee Airmen exhibit
On May 21 the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Mich., will open The Test: The Tuskegee Airmen Project, an exhibit about the first black combat aviators who served in the U.S. military during World War II. The Tuskegee Airmen were part of an effort by the U.S. War Department to determine if blacks were capable of […]
Mid-Continent Instruments donates equipment to K-State
Mid-Continent Instruments recently donated numerous attitude indicators, altimeters, vertical speed indicators, directional gyros, and air speed indicators to Kansas State University Salina’s avionics program. Ryan Reid, Mid-Continent Instruments employee and 2008 graduate of K-State’s professional pilot program, coordinated the donation with Raylene Alexander, K-State’s avionics program lead and assistant professor of aviation. Reid serves as […]
Girls Scouts earn badges at GMU
On Saturday, May 7, 29 fourth and fifth grade Girl Scouts earned their Aerospace Badges at the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina. “In partnership with Mad Science of the Upstate, a local science enrichment provider, a badge workshop was offered at the Greenville Downtown Airport’s Runway Cafe,” stated Lynn Arve, Director of Program […]
Super Saturday at AirVenture
Southwest Airlines is celebrating 40 years as one of the nation’s largest air carriers by being the presenting sponsor of “Super Saturday” at AirVenture 2011 on Saturday, July 30. The 59th annual edition of “The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration” will be held July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. From sunrise to well past […]
Nearly 200 events slated for International Learn to Fly Day
On Saturday, May 21, nearly 200 events will turn dreams of flight into reality for tens of thousands of people during the second annual International Learn to Fly Day, an aviation community-wide effort helping people of all ages take that first step to discover the fun and freedom of flight. Find a local International Learn […]
Florida Air Museum launches STEM camps
The Florida Air Museum (FAM) at Sun ‘n Fun has received a grant from the Impact Lakeland initiative of the Community Foundation of Greater Lakeland (CFGL) for the museum’s “STEMtastic Saturday Camps,” a series of one-day camps that will help middle school students improve their understanding and appreciation of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) […]
Training reform begins
Just two weeks after the Pilot Training Reform Symposium in Atlanta chaired by the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE), Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA), Sporty’s Academy and SAFE have made their training syllabi available not only from the SAFE website, but from the Pilot Training Reform website as well. Responding to a recommendation […]
Iceman’s Flight Log
Our thanks to reader Patrick Rydzewski, who sent us this link to a blog written by Fort Worth pilot Ron Phillips, chronicling his training and his love of flight. Phillips, who is known as “Iceman,” says: “This site is the story of my flying career…what there is of it. I haven’t completed my goal of […]