Nova Southeastern University (NSU) will begin offering a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Services Administration with a concentration in Human Factors in Aviation in fall 2012 in partnership with American Flyers. The program includes two areas of concentration: Basics in Aviation and Professional Development in Aviation. The concentrations will provide opportunities for students to […]
New bus service from Pine Mountain Lake Airport
Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System (YARTS) has begun daily bus service from Groveland, Calif., to Yosemite National Park. Pine Mountain Lake Airport (E45) serves the Groveland area and, through the cooperation of local pilots and residents on the airport, a pilot can fly into E45, hitch a ride to town, connect with the new bus […]
Summer programs take off at New England Air Museum
The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Conn,. has kicked off its special programs and hands-on activities for its visitors during the summer. The programs will run through Aug. 24. Visitors to the museum, which is located by Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn., will have the chance to get up close and […]
20N hosts art exhibit
Kingston-Ulster Airport (20N) in Kingston, N.Y., is hosting an Aviation Photo & Art Exhibit until June 30. The exhibit features aerial photographs and aviation-inspired photos, art and sculpture beneath the arched ceiling of the airport’s 4,800-square-foot hangar. The art exhibit is free and open to the public daily from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Student pilot challenged by crosswind
This June 2010 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Diamond DA-40. Injuries: None. Location: Farmingdale, N.Y. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The student pilot was attempting to land on runway 32. During […]
Taking to the air
The history of aviation is a long record of man’s restless urge to emulate soaring eagles and swooping hawks, to escape the earth and reach the freedom of the skies. Even though the air had been harnessed for centuries with aerodynamic devices such as the feathers on an arrow or the shape of a boomerang […]
Father and daughter fly endangered ferrets to new home
On a cold and windy February day, LightHawk volunteer pilot Michael Baum and his daughter Kimberly embarked on a cross-country journey from their home in Los Altos, Calif., to help give black-footed ferrets a fighting chance to bounce back from near extinction and rejuvenate the North American prairie at the same time. Baum and his […]
Pilot’s Bill of Rights blocked in Senate
U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.) took to the Senate floor June 14 to ask for passage of his Pilots Bill of Rights legislation. The effort, however was blocked by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) and ranking member Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), according to a report at RotorNews. The bill would require, among other […]
New airport in the works
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Oak Ridge is heading toward its next step in getting a general aviation airport on the west end of town. According to a report at OakRidger.com, the City Council voted unanimously to support creation of the airport at the East Tennessee Technology Park. Target completion of the airport project will be […]