Last weekend’s Fall Color Flight aboard EAA’s Ford Tri-Motor is one Jill Bowers will never forget. That’s because her boyfriend, Paul Reynebeau, proposed by asking EAA staffers to place a message on the taxiway at Wittman Regional Airport: “JILL, WILL U MARRY ME? -PAUL”. Read the full story here. (She said yes, by the way).
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Lake Hood Seaplane Base: The center of Anchorage general aviation
Activity at Alaska’s Lake Hood Seaplane Base continues to buzz like a beehive, according to a recent blog post by Rob Stapleton at AlaskaDispatch.com. Lake Hood is the largest and most heavily populated seaplane base in the world. Over 1,000 aircraft, mainly general aviation, use the facility year-round, Stapleton reports, noting those who are lucky […]
Missouri Senate hopeful PIC
Missouri Democratic Senate hopeful Robin Carnahan has her own campaign plane, and a special place in it — the pilot’s chair. According to a story at STLToday.com, Carnahan, daughter of Mel Carnahan, who died 10 years ago in a plane crash, has been a pilot since the 1990s. The story quotes state Rep. Rachel Storch, […]
Bizav rebound forecasted by 2012
In the 19th edition of its annual Business Aviation Outlook issued today, Honeywell forecasts delivery of approximately 11,000 new business jets from 2010 through 2020, generating estimated industry sales in excess of $225 billion. This represents approximately a 10% increase in total expected industry sales value versus the prior 10 year horizon forecasted in Honeywell’s […]
Growth fuels hiring at Eagle Creek Aviation Services
Eagle Creek Aviation Services, a provider of aircraft service, new and used aircraft sales, and aircraft charter and management, plans to hire 25 full-time and part-time employees in response to the company’s service demand level and sales growth. Recruiting efforts will begin immediately and hiring will continue through the first quarter of 2011. The majority […]
FAA administrator breaks ground on new control tower at OAK
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt helped break ground Friday for a new air traffic control tower at Oakland International Airport (OAK) funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The Oakland International Airport ARRA grant, totaling $33.2 million, is the FAA’s largest, single Recovery Act award. “This Recovery Act project will make a difference for […]
Virtual flying at N.C.’s Transylvania Airport
You can find video of just about everything else on the Internet, so why not approaches into an airport? Randy Bagby, manager of Transylvania Community Airport (3NR3) near Asheville, N.C., knew the Internet was the way to go, so when the airport owner decided to create a webpage for the field, he took matters into […]
Drive-In/Fly-In movies at FAR
What a cool way to reach out to the community! Fargo Jet Center Inc (FJC), along with the Hector International Airport (FAR) Authority, hosted its 1st Annual Drive-In/Fly–In Outdoor Movie Night Oct. 1. “We were looking for a unique way to reach out to the community,” said Darren Hall, VP of Marketing at Fargo Jet […]
7,000 and counting at Van’s
The “Hobbs Meter” of completed aircraft on Van’s Aircraft’s website hit 7,000 Oct. 12 when RV-12 builder Ron Jagels of Novato, Calif., reported the first flight of his homebuilt. “RV-12 N647RM completed her first flight (this) morning. Construction started in May of 2009… the materials and detailed instructions made it a real pleasure to build. […]