The FAA has given officials in St. George, Utah, the nod to build a new airport. The community’s current airport, St. George Municipal (SGU), is located about a mile from the city. St. George is in southwest Utah, approximately 119 miles northeast of Las Vegas. The municipal airport has run out of room to grow, […]
Last airworthy C-82 returns to Hagertown
What may be the last airworthy Fairchild Aircraft Corp. C-82 now belongs to the Hagerstown Aviation Museum in Hagerstown, Md. It is a homecoming of sorts because between 1945 and 1948 the Fairchild factory in Hagerstown produced 223 C-82 Packet cargo and troop transport planes. “This is one of the most important airplanes built in […]
New Jersey’s Bader Field to close
City officials in Atlantic City, N.J., have notified the FAA of their intent to close Atlantic City Municipal/ Bader Field Airport (AIY). As this issue was going to press, the FAA was processing the city’s petition for closure. “The paperwork is being reviewed to be sure everything that needs to be done when you close […]
Ohio pilots pitch in to recruit next memers of the aviation community
A program created by two pilots from Columbus, Ohio, has helped to get more than 2,000 kids and many of their parents excited about aviation. Called Youth Aviation Adventure (YAA), the program began nine years ago with a curriculum based on the requirements for the Boy Scout aviation merit badge. Over the years, more items […]
Airlines vs GA
Airlines drive the cost of the system, according to GAMA’s Bunce. Huge costs are generated “at certain times of the day when we have major arrivals and departures at hub airports,” he said. “It is not the same to move a general aviation aircraft from Chicago to New York City using reliever airports as an […]
WASP Phyllis Tobias Felker dies at 86
Phyllis Tobias Felker, who flew with the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II, died of cancer at her Springfield, Va., home July 22. She was 86. Born in Detroit, she was the daughter of a Ford dealer who enjoyed taking his daughters to air shows where her first biplane flight nurtured a love […]
Improvements ahead for Florida’s Kissimmee Gateway Airport
Important renovations and upgrades are in store for Florida’s Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM), now that the FAA has awarded a $609,000 grant to pay for two key projects. The first will be rehabilitation of Taxiway A where it leads to the main runway. The second will widen Taxiway B, which gives access to runway 06/24. […]
Diamond Aircraft expanding sales network
Diamond Aircraft has expanded its sales network, naming Columbia Aircraft Sales in Groton, Conn., as the exclusive distributor for Diamond aircraft in New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Diamond also has expanded the territory of Premier Aircraft Sales, its distributor for Florida, Alabama and Texas, to Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Eastern […]
Virginia Regional EAA Fly-In and Expo
The Virginia Regional EAA Fly-in and Expo, slated for Sept. 30-Oct. 1, celebrates its 10th anniversary this fall. Plans are to focus on educational activities. To give pilots flexibility to arrive and depart when they want, there will be no airshow this year, according to organizers.