The Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) in Greensboro, N.C., has landed a couple of major league tenants, including Honda, which has located a worldwide headquarters at the airport where it will manufacture the HondaJet. The company, expected to make a $100 million investment in its facility at the airport, plans to eventually employ 600. Honda, […]
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LaFoy appointed L-3 Avionics Systems president
Jay LaFoy has been appointed president of L-3 Avionics Systems. LaFoy will oversee all aspects of the L-3 Avionics Systems business, which is a supplier of avionics products for the general aviation, business jet, military and commercial air transport markets. He has more than 25 years of aviation industry experience in the areas of operations, […]
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A gift of flight for Father’s Day
“Send Dad to the sky this Father’s Day,” the Pilot Journey organization suggested in a May 21 news release. “It might not be like flying to the moon, but the experience of a first-time aviation flight lesson is just about the closest thing to heaven that a son or daughter could ever give Dad on […]
Michigan considering fuel tax hike – again
Feeling the economic pinch of the recession, Michigan’s legislature is considering a proposal to increase the excise tax on fuels across the board, including aviation fuel. A similar effort was quashed last year when the state’s aircraft owners and pilots objected strongly to having a disproportionate tax burden forced on them The latest proposal would […]
Stories that Fly
Two of the top programs at Ohio’s Kent State University – the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the College of Technology’s Aeronautics Program – have teamed to create Stories that Fly, a web-based magazine that promises to take journalism to new heights, while telling the story of aviation and the legions of people […]
Love is in the air at Sporty’s
It was a day of celebration at Sporty’s at Ohio’s Clermont County Airport May 2 as Sporty’s hosted its first wedding reception for newlyweds Keith and Jennifer (Thacker) Landrum. Keith, who is an assistant chief instructor for Sporty’s, has been with the company since 2004. Sporty’s Palmer Hangar was transformed into an elegant setting for […]
Lectures by air show performer Mike Goulian and F-16 pilots slated
Air show performer Mike Goulian will present an educational lecture June 3 at Manitowoc Airport in Wisconsin, just before the Thunder on the Lakeshore air show. During the lecture, Goulian will show off the “inside” of his new Extra 330SC, while F-16 pilots will share insights on military training. The lecture, which will be at […]
“James Bond” to fly LoPresti Fury May 22-24
James Bond’s stand-in pilot, J.W. “Corkey” Fornof, will be sporting the sleek LoPresti Fury at the Mid-Atlantic Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention at the Lumberton, N.C., Municipal Airport, May 22 through 24. Fornof and his father, J.W. “Bill” Fornof, flew matching bronze-colored Bearcats in a world-famous two ship air show, but for the May 22-24 […]