Representatives from airports across Virginia met March 28 at Richmond’s Virginia Aviation Museum to discuss promoting aviation in the current economic climate. The seminar, “Promoting Aviation in Challenging Times,” was held by the Virginia Department of Aviation. Topics included events planning, airport advocacy, DOAV’s Aviation Promotion Program and media resources. Bill Dunn, of the Aircraft […]
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AERO 2009 shows aviation is strong
Reports from the AERO 2009 gathering at Friedrichshafen, Germany, provided encouraging signs that the aviation industry is coping well with the world’s current economic problems. While emphasizing “the fascination of flight and the thrill of discovering new aircraft,” the international aviation trade show gave the industry an important boost, with increases in the numbers for […]
Lunch breaks cancel flights – in New Zealand
If you think we have problems with air traffic control in the United States, be glad you don’t fly in New Zealand. Air New Zealand said April 6 that it will have to cancel 25 regional flights so tower staff at five small airports can comply with new labor rules, which require lunch breaks to […]
Aviation expert John Goglia to speak at K-State
Aviation expert John Goglia will discuss aviation safety issues in his ADVANCE Distinguished Lecture at Kansas State University at Salina. Goglia’s lecture will be at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, in the Conference Room at K-State at Salina’s College Center. The lecture is free and the public is welcome. Goglia, who is senior vice president […]
Real ground transportation for GA
Airport Cars Club is an online club that turns seldom used cars into a ground transportation network for general aviation pilots. Members who base a car at an airport can register their vehicles at Airport CarsClub.com, then exchange the use of their car for the use of other members’ cars at other airports. Since the […]
Jet-Alliance has a plan for DayJet Eclipse’s
Finding a way to market the 28 Eclipse 500s formerly flown by now-bankrupt DayJet has proven a formidable task at which several would-be entrepreneurs already have failed. Not deterred by that history, Randall Sanada, chairman of California-based Jet-Alliance, a charter and management firm, has proposed a new way to market the jets, which are owned […]
More layoffs at Cessna, Bombardier
Cessna Aircraft and Bombardier Aerospace each announced cuts in their business jet production rates, this week. Both said that they plan to lay off more people, as well. On March 30, Cessna’s Jack Pelton told employees that, because of continuing economic decline, “We have revised [downward] our production schedules for 2009 and 2010, and that […]
Wright brothers’ house, factory get Park Service protection
Amanda Wright Lane, great-grandniece of the Wright brothers, joined Congressman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) for a White House ceremony, March 30, at which Hawthorn Hill and the Wright factory buildings were brought under the protection of the National Park Service. Turner sponsored the bill, which was signed by President Barack H. Obama. “Adding Hawthorn Hill and […]
Airport is an ‘economic machine’
Virginia’s Chesterfield Airport is a definite spoke in the regional air transportation wheel. According to a story at MidlothianExchange.com, approximately 30,000 vehicles pass the sign that shows the entrance to the Chesterfield Airport on a daily basis. The local spot records about 82,000 take-offs and landings each year that seemingly go unnoticed from passer-bys except […]