The Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) has awarded a grant to help maintain Dug Bar Airstrip (OR8) in Oregon.
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Charging station for electric aircraft added to four FBOs
Atlantic Aviation and BETA Technologies have already installed one charger at Elmira Regional Airport (KELM) in New York and have signed agreements for three additional locations, including Birmingham International Airport (KBHM) in Alabama, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (KJAN) in Jackson, Mississippi, and Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport (KBAF) in Westfield/Springfield, Massachusetts.
Beacon Air Group opens new FBO at KBIL
Beacon Air Group has opened its new private terminal and FBO at Montana’s Billings Logan International Airport (KBIL).
General aviation airports suffer from costly mismanagement
In his study of 236 general aviation airports in Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida, Michael Jones found “dozens of examples of politicians making perfectly logical decisions which were completely wrong for an airport.”
Picture of the Day: Off to Martha’s Vineyard
Nick Robinson submitted this photo and note: “Before setting out on a short cross country to Martha’s Vineyard, my wife took this nice picture of the classic Piper Arrow II we were flying with the tower of Hanscom Field, Massachusetts, and the morning sun in the background.”
Picture of the Day: Camping under the wing
Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “Four pilot friends fly in to Grant County Airport (W99) in West Virginia for a weekend of camping and catching up.”
Neighbors sue KBJC over noise, leaded fuel
The lawsuit notes there has been a “significant increase in flight operations at Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport. This increased traffic has led to “detrimental effects in the area, such as increased exposure to leaded fuel and decreased home values,” the lawsuit claims.
Picture of the Day: Sunrise on the Island
Ben Cash submitted this photo and note: “This beautiful sunrise reflection was taken at Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (KDKX) in the middle of the Tennessee River. The overnight rain creates a perfect reflection of the sky while the planes create a nice symmetry. Foggy mornings are common on the island and to get a clear sunrise in late summer like this is rare.”
Just what the doctor ordered
Dr. Ron Bingham’s hangar at at McKeller-Sipes Regional Airport (KMKL) in Jackson, Tennessee, has a 70-foot by 16-foot Schweiss Doors hydraulic door equipped with remote openers. He keeps a CJ1 and a Cirrus SR22 in the new hangar.