NEW HAMPSHIRE – Laconia Municipal Airport Manager Diane Cooper-Terrill was recently elected president of the Granite State Airport Management Association (GSAMA), becoming the first woman to serve in that office. Please share: Continue Reading →
HZR wins award for solar taxiway lighting
Posted on January 28th, 2013 by Janice Wood
BATON ROUGE, La. – False River Regional Airport (HZR) recently received the 2012 Illuminating Engineering Society/Aviation Lighting Committee Award for Excellence for its solar-powered airfield lighting. Continue Reading →
IWS adds AWOS
Posted on January 23rd, 2013 by Janice Wood
Belfort Instrument Co. has installed its AWOS AV with Ceilometer at the West Houston Airport (IWS), Houston, Texas. Continue Reading →
Rock Airport of Pittsburgh to be auctioned off
Posted on January 16th, 2013 by Janice Wood
Rock Airport of Pittsburgh (9G1), an industrial airport and airpark in Pennsylvania, is scheduled for public auction in the spring. And while a bid of $6 million has been made for the property, which is now in bankruptcy, airport officials... Continue Reading →
Time warp
Posted on January 13th, 2013 by GAN Staff
By DAVID NIXON Many of us in aviation today are guilty of the sin of “the way it used to be-itis.” I’m a second-generation general aviation pilot who spent many a Saturday and Sunday out at the airport in the... Continue Reading →
GA fuels activity at SPI
Posted on January 2nd, 2013 by Janice Wood
General aviation (GA) drives business activity at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) in Springfield, Ill., and airport officials say they will continue to invest in infrastructure to ensure the facility remains an important economic driver in the city. According to... Continue Reading →
Construction begins on new hangar at ILN
Posted on January 1st, 2013 by Janice Wood
WILMINGTON, Ohio — Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services, Inc. (AMES) and the Clinton County Port Authority report they have completed the necessary arrangements to proceed with the financing and construction of a new hangar facility at the Wilmington Air Park... Continue Reading →
Runway reconstruction alters flight activity at TUL
Posted on January 1st, 2013 by Janice Wood
TULSA, Oklahoma – Reconstruction activity on the airport’s primary runway resumes on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. The $19.9 million project is the third phase in a multi-phased effort to completely reconstruct the airport’s 9,999-foot runway. Continue Reading →
Watch your downwind
Posted on December 20th, 2012 by GAN Staff
By Mary Rosenblum, President-Elect, Oregon Pilots Association TROUTDALE, Ore. – You drive out to the hangar one afternoon, it’s a great day to be in the air and you can’t wait. You make the turn onto the airport and what do... Continue Reading →
6A4 installs AWOS
Posted on December 19th, 2012 by Janice Wood
Belfort Instrument Co. recently installed an AWOS AV at the Johnson County Airport (6A4) in Mountain City, Tennessee. Continue Reading →
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