The Port of Skagit (Washington) has purchased, for $485,100, a 95-acre parcel abutting Skagit Regional Airport to further buffer airport activity from encroachment. The port is pursuing corporate and general aviation growth, but does not foresee scheduled air carrier service. Acquiring the property, according to the Port Executive Director Patsy Martin will allow the property […]
Airport
Pair of newsletters posted online
The Montana Department of Transportation – Aeronautics Division has posted the July 2011 edition of Montana and The Sky for download. The California Pilots Association has made its July/August 2011 edition of Airport Advocate available.
CALPILOTS May/June newsletter online
The May/June 2011 newsletter of the California Pilot Association is now online. Archived issues are available as well.
Rocky Mountain LSA Expo set for May 14
The Colorado Pilots Association will host the Rocky Mountain LSA Expo on May 14 at Front Range Airport (KFTG) in Watkins, Colorado (just outside of Denver). Organizers acknowledge current economic challenges by pricing vendor spaces as low as $25.
Let silence reign
Jamie Beckett is a CFI and A&P mechanic who stepped into the political arena in an effort to promote and protect GA at his local airport. My local newspaper, The News Chief, ran a piece in its Reader’s Rants and Raves section this week that read as follows; “Where are the clear-thinking Winter Haven leaders […]
Coming clean in the TSA era
Jamie Beckett is a CFI and A&P mechanic who stepped into the political arena in an effort to promote and protect GA at his local airport. The conversation turned to the TSA at my morning coffee gathering today. Pretty much everyone at the table flies for business or pleasure, at least occasionally. So it is […]
CALPILOTS annual meeting at AOPA’s Summit
The California Pilots Association will hold its Annual Meeting during AOPA‘s Summit in Long Beach from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday November 13th in Hyatt Regency Long Beach Hotel room Seaview A. On the agenda: Airport Advocates of the year; Update on power plants and airports; AOPA VP for Region Affair Greg Pecararo; Friends of […]
Copperstate a grassroots fly-in
It is easy to get caught up in the business side of flying. The future of fuel, security directives, regulations, Congress, and the economy tend to stress a great many pilots out. An antidote to that stress is an old-fashioned fly-in. The 37th annual Copperstate Fly-In, held Oct. 21-23 at Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ), […]
Sky Manor wins top N.J. aviation award
Sky Manor Airport in Pittstown, New Jersey was recently awarded the 2010 Gill Robb Wilson Award for outstanding contribution to New Jersey Aviation. The award was given by the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Coalition in recognition of saving the airport. New Jersey airports have been closing at an alarming rate in recent years, reducing the network of […]