New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has issued a proclamation designating Sept. 29, as “Aviation Awareness Day,” to highlight the value of general aviation to the Garden State. Please share: Continue Reading →
World War II reenactment slated
Posted on September 19th, 2010 by Janice Wood
The Collings Foundation is hosting a World War II reenactment and World War II veterans roundtable discussion Oct. 9-10 in Stow, Mass., with more than 150 reenactors representing several branches of Allied and Axis military. Fully restored military equipment of... Continue Reading →
Homecoming for first Colonial Skimmer
Posted on September 12th, 2010 by Janice Wood
John Staber, who spent 11 years painstakingly restoring the first Colonial Skimmer C-1, flew it to Sanford Regional Airport (SFM) in Maine earlier this month to show off the plane to her designer and builder, David B. Thurston, and to... Continue Reading →
More airports to get recovery act grants
Posted on September 12th, 2010 by Janice Wood
The FAA recently selected five additional airport projects for funding, paid for with $9 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds that became available because of low bids on airport projects nationwide. Continue Reading →
Finding the grass in Mount Dora
Posted on September 7th, 2010 by Drew Steketee
It had to be here somewhere. I was hunting a small grass strip south of pretty Mount Dora, Florida, as my search for a retirement town continued. Aside from its growing reputation as a new Florida “cultural capital” and great... Continue Reading →
Legislative confusion in Maine over ethanol and Mogas
Posted on August 31st, 2010 by Kent Misegades
Readers might have seen Maine’s Morning Sentinel report about the loss of mogas at the Norridgewock, Maine, airport (OWK). There was another airport in Maine that used to have mogas up until a couple of months ago, Sanford Regional (SFM),... Continue Reading →
The new voting block in town
Posted on August 23rd, 2010 by Jamie Beckett
Traditionally, aviation enthusiasts are an ignored minority population. That’s certainly true when election time rolls around. Politicians rarely show up at the airport trolling for votes, Continue Reading →
GA pilots ‘in limbo’ at new Florida airport
Posted on August 10th, 2010 by Janice Wood
Construction delays at the new $318 million Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP) have left local pilots “trapped in a state of limbo” at an abandoned airport site for months without fuel, maintenance or low viability radar, according to a... Continue Reading →
Three times the charm
Posted on August 10th, 2010 by Janice Wood
Women in Aviation, International and the Experimental Aircraft Association repeated the WomenVenture initiative, with a week’s worth of camps, seminars, panels, a networking breakfast and reunion picture during AirVenture 2010 in Oshkosh. Continue Reading →
San Antonio new site of Texas CAP Wing HQ
Posted on August 8th, 2010 by Janice Wood
Thanks to the San Antonio’s generosity, Civil Air Patrol’s Texas Wing Headquarters will have a new home at Stinson Municipal Airport. The City Council voted Thursday, Aug. 5, in favor of signing a no-cost 50-year lease with the Texas Wing... Continue Reading →
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