The folks at Calhoun Air Center at Calhoun County Airport (PKV) in Texas, have put together a video looking back at the great progress made at the airport and business in 2011. Please share: Continue Reading →
Long Island FBO bought by Hawthorne Global
Posted on January 23rd, 2012 by Janice Wood
Hawthorne Global Aviation Services has acquired ExcelAire, LLC, an FBO, aircraft charter and management company based at MacArthur Airport (ISP) in Ronkonkoma, New York. Continue Reading →
Airport hopes to attract tenants with rebate program
Posted on January 18th, 2012 by Ben Sclair
Lexington, NC – The Davidson County Airport Authority is offering a new fuel rebate to tenants at the Davidson County Airport. The program will be tracked by the airport’s FBO operator, Fly High Lexington and is based on annual fuel... Continue Reading →
Transportation Trust Fund fact sheets
Posted on January 18th, 2012 by Ben Sclair
The Airport and Airway Trust Fund (AATF) is not the only trust fund facing current and future financial challenges. Taxpayers for Common Sense has created a fact sheet regarding the AATF as well as the Highway, Inland Waterway and Harbor... Continue Reading →
Armstrong appointed director at NY society
Posted on January 18th, 2012 by Ben Sclair
Bayport, NY – The Bayport Aerodrome Society (which operates the Bayport Aerodrome Museum) has appointed William T. Armstrong as Membership Director on the Societies Board of Directors. The Bayport Aerodrome Society (BAS) is dedicated to the preservation and heritage of... Continue Reading →
Idaho general aviation trade show slated
Posted on January 16th, 2012 by Janice Wood
Aero Mark, an FBO in Idaho Falls, Idaho (IDA) will be hosting the 2nd annual Trade Show Aviation Idaho on Friday and Saturday May 18-19, 2012. The trade show, run in conjunction with the Idaho Aviation Association’s Annual Conference &... Continue Reading →
New chair of aerospace engineering Named at Embry-Riddle
Posted on January 16th, 2012 by Janice Wood
As Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University prepares to offer its first Ph.D. program in Aerospace Engineering, the school has appointed Anastasios (Tasos) Lyrintzis as professor and chair of the Aerospace Engineering Department at the Daytona Beach campus, starting spring semester 2012. Continue Reading →
Wings of Freedom tour to arrive at FMY
Posted on January 16th, 2012 by Janice Wood
Aviation enthusiasts and history buffs will have the opportunity to tour — or take flight — in rare, historic World War II aircraft when the Collings Foundation brings its Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress “Nine-O-Nine” heavy bomber, Consolidated B-24J Liberator “Witchcraft”... Continue Reading →
IND ready to welcome general aviation Super Bowl fans
Posted on January 12th, 2012 by Janice Wood
Super Bowl XLVI is less than a month away, but officials at the Indianapolis Airport Authority (IAA) have been working on the airport’s game plan for more than a year. With an expected 500 to 700 additional general aviation aircraft... Continue Reading →
SEF adds new benefits for companies that relocate
Posted on January 11th, 2012 by Janice Wood
Florida’s Sebring Regional Airport (SEF) has modified its Foreign Trade Zone Act to provide a new benefit for businesses that locate within the service area of the Foreign Trade Zone, Continue Reading →
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