The International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) will hold its 49th annual convention Dec. 5-8, 2016, at Paris Las Vegas on the famous Las Vegas Strip, and its encouraging aviation professionals, from airport managers to pilots, to join the air show industry’s largest business gathering of air show professionals. “If you’re thinking about hosting an […]
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AOPA hosts second annual high school aviation STEM symposium
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) hosted its second annual High School Aviation STEM Symposium at Seattle’s Museum of Flight Nov. 6 and 7. The event was attended by almost 200 education and aviation industry representatives from 33 states and Canada. Last year’s symposium, the first of its kind, was held at the Aerospace […]
Partnership launches to develop atmospheric research programs
Weather Modification International (WMI) and the University of North Dakota (UND) have begun a collaborative partnership that includes the sale of UND’s Cessna Citation II weather research aircraft to WMI, as well as expanded cooperation between the organizations to develop atmospheric research programs and educational opportunities for students. “WMI will begin deploying this Citation II aircraft as […]
Mulder named executive director of KRSW and KFMY
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Lee County Port Authority reports that Jeff Mulder will become the new executive director at Southwest Florida International Airport (KRSW) and Page Field (KFMY) on Jan. 1, 2017. Mulder comes to the Lee County Port Authority with a 28-year career in airport operations, marketing, development and administration. For the past 11 years, […]
Applications now being accepted for Cascade Warbirds scholarship
Cascade Warbirds, an organization that promotes the restoration, preservation, operation and public display of historically significant military aircraft, is offering scholarships for Private Pilot Ground School with introductory flights to inspire today’s young people to become the aviation pioneers of tomorrow. Cascade Warbirds has teamed with Galvin Flight Service at Boeing Field in Seattle, to provide scholarship recipients […]
Wounded vet first recipient of new Lockheed Martin/Able Flight Scholarship
Able Flight has selected Captain Ferris Butler, US Army (retired) as the first recipient of the new Lockheed Martin/Able Flight Scholarship. Butler is a Chester, Maryland, resident who sustained severe lower leg injuries in Iraq in 2006 when struck by an improvised explosive device (IED). Butler, a double amputee, is the recipient of the Purple […]
New Mexico Airstrip Network takes off
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) joined representatives of federal and state agencies, aviation groups, and landowners at the U.S. Forest Service Regional Headquarters in Albuquerque on Nov. 10, 2016, to sign a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) creating the New Mexico Airstrip Network (NMAN). The groups will collaborate to preserve, promote, and […]
Avionics sales top $1.6 billion so far this year
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — The Aircraft Electronics Association released its third-quarter 2016 Avionics Market Report, which shows that for the first nine months of the year, total worldwide business and general aviation avionics sales amounted to $1.66 billion. That’s a 6.2% decrease in year-over-year sales compared to the first nine months of 2015, when sales topped $1.77 billion. Sales during […]
Learn to Fly Month takes off in May 2017
The Flight School Association of North America will launch “Learn to Fly Month,” in May 2017. The new initiative is designed to help increase a dwindling U.S. civil pilot population and engage non-aviators to explore the wonders of flight along with the aviation and aerospace industry, according to association officials. “One of the major goals of FSANA […]