Paula Raeburn, executive director of the Florida Aviation Trades Association, will be a featured speaker at next year’s Women in Aviation International conference in Nashville, showcasing her association’s general aviation advocacy program, “Beyond the Runway – Why General Aviation Means Business.” The Beyond the Runway GA advocacy program was conceived in 2010 as a way […]
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Pilot’s Guide to Avionics free at NBAA
Distribution of the 2012-13 edition of the Aircraft Electronics Association’s Pilot’s Guide to Avionics continues Oct. 30-Nov. 1 in Orlando, Fla., during the 65th annual National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Meeting & Convention. The free Pilot’s Guide will be available from AEA staff at booth No. 2591. This year marks the special 10th anniversary edition […]
NAFI headquarters 40th chapter of the IMC Club
A new chapter of the IMC Club has opened at the headquarters of the National Association of Flight Instructors in Kalamazoo, Mich. The IMC Clubs concept is to bring together IFR-rated pilots who fly in real-world “actual IMC” and provide them an opportunity to share stories, network with the larger pilot community, and gain valuable […]
EAA to induct five into Hall of Fame
OSHKOSH, Wis. — The Experimental Aircraft Association will recognize the contributions made to the world of flight by five aviators on Thursday, Nov. 15, as it inducts them into the EAA Hall of Fame during a banquet at the EAA Aviation Center in Oshkosh, Wis. The five aviators represent the spectrum of aviation within the […]
University Aviation Association presents awards
The University Aviation Association (UAA) recently presented five awards to educators from around the nation. The William A. Wheatley Award for 2012 was presented to Dr. Elizabeth Bjerke, associate professor and assistant chair of Assessment, Aviation Department, at the University of North Dakota (UND). Bjerke is active in numerous national and international aviation related organizations, […]
University Aviation Association elects officers
Dr. José R. Ruiz of Southern Illinois University Carbondale recently assumed the University Aviation Association’s (UAA) top elected position as president for 2012-13. As one of his first official duties, he announced the election of Dr. Julie Speakes to a one-year term as president elect and Jorge E. Calaf to a two-year term as treasurer. […]
EAA president resigns
OSHKOSH – Rod Hightower, who has led the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) for the past few years, has resigned. Hightower will be returning to St. Louis to reunite with his family. “Maura and I have five children ranging in age from pre-school to college freshman,” Hightower said. “When I accepted the position two years ago […]
AOPA names Spence permanent secretary general of IAOPA
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has made Craig Spence the permanent secretary general of the International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Association (IAOPA). He was named acting secretary general in May. Spence, son of General Aviation News Capital Comments columnist Charles Spence, joined the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association in June 2008 as […]
NBAA to honor Tuskegee Airmen
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) will bestow the organization’s highest award — NBAA’s 2012 Meritorious Service to Aviation — to the Tuskegee Airmen, Oct. 31, during a general session of the association’s Annual Meeting & Convention (NBAA2012) in Orlando, Florida. “We are honored to present this award to these storied aviators, who in a […]