The Swift Museum Foundation is preparing to host the 70th Anniversary of the Globe Swift in June of this year. As a part of the museum’s fundraising activities, it is holding a raffle with a grand prize of a $30,000 credit toward the purchase of a Continental or Lycoming Engine. The museum is also offering an option for a winner […]
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Women in Aviation tops $10 million in scholarships
At the 27th annual International Women in Aviation Conference, held March 10-12 in Nashville, the association handed out 126 scholarships, topping the $10 million mark since the inception of the scholarship program in 1995. At this year’s show, scholarships were distributed to WAI members at every stage of life, from university students to mature members seeking […]
Activities to celebrate Women of Aviation week doubles
More than 100 activities, twice as many as in 2015, unfolded across the world during the sixth annual Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week, a global aviation awareness week for girls of any age, founded and managed by the Institute for Women Of Aviation Worldwide (iWOAW). The initiative revolves around offering girls and women not familiar with […]
Lone Star Flight Museum selects builders for new facility
HOUSTON — The Lone Star Flight Museum has taken the next step toward opening its new facility, selecting D.E. Harvey Builders, as general contractor after a public, competitive bid process. The new 130,000-square-foot museum will be located at Ellington Airport, future home of the Houston Spaceport and one of Texas’s oldest continuously operating airfields. “Harvey Builders […]
Video: CAP launches 75th anniversary celebration
The Civil Air Patrol has launched the organization’s 75th anniversary celebration. While CAP will officially turn 75 on Dec. 1, having been founded six days before Pearl Harbor, a yearlong observation of the milestone is underway, including the unveiling of a special 75th anniversary website and a special video marking the milestone. Anniversary activities and displays are planned throughout […]
NATA president resigns
WASHINGTON, D.C. — National Air Transportation Association (NATA) President and CEO Thomas L. Hendricks has announced his intention to resign Aug. 31. “It has been an honor to lead NATA through this period of significant change by greatly enhancing its position as the voice of aviation business on Capitol Hill, at the agencies, and in the states,” he […]
Women in Aviation creates Girl Scout patch
Women in Aviation International has created a Girl Scout fun patch to award to Girl Scouts who take part in Girls in Aviation Day events. The first chance girls will have to earn the patch will be at Girls in Aviation Day Nashville, on Saturday, March 12, at the International Women in Aviation Conference. The patch […]
Bill to extend FAA reauthorization introduced in House, Senate takes up reauthorization
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bill has been introduced in the House to extend the authorization of the FAA through July 15. Meanwhile, the Senate has unveiled its own plan for the agency’s reauthorization. In the House, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) introduced the bill to […]
Hartzell Engine Technologies introduces starter for Continental engines
Hartzell Engine Technologies has introduced a mid-weight, direct-drive, FAA PMA approved starter for six-cylinder Continental engines. “Continental has expressed growing interest in this new PM-Series starter as a lighter weight alternative to the standard Energizer style they have been using on their six-cylinder engines,” said Mike Disbrow, president. “This new starter is a mid-weight. It’s over […]