More than 500 people came out recently to help raise more than $30,000 to build a community park at the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina. “This was the park’s first big fundraising event and it went great,” reported Joe Frasher, airport director. While most things were donated for the party, including the food, […]
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Of airport BBQs and the TSA
By DAVE HOOK. I am partial to barbeques, so when I received a recent invitation to go to a local airport and enjoy a free barbeque lunch and escape the office, I jumped at the opportunity. I had the pleasure of enjoying my pulled-pork sandwich and iced tea with some local aviators that call the […]
New hangars planned for Jackie Cochran Airport
Up to 32 hangars are planned for a new development at Jacqueline Cochran Airport (TRM) in La Quinta, Calif. The hangars, dubbed Penny Lane, will range from 2,100 square feet up to 15,000 square feet in the Penny Lane general aviation development. Up to 32 hangars are planned at the 4.5-acre airport site. Amenities include […]
New hangar project completed at SUS
Aviation Development Group has completed and sold the first building in a multi-phase hangar complex at Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS) in Chesterfield, Mo. Officials with the Denver-based company say they are now planning and accepting purchase reservations for Phase II of the development. The project, located at the northeast corner of North Bell […]
Kids pitch in to raise funds for GMU park
Several children are joining the fundraising efforts for a new park at Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in South Carolina. Vincent Weisner, 10, is donating a portion of his proceeds from candy machines he operates at the airport towards the park, while sisters Desiree and Tessa Starke are going old school: Operating a lemonade stand. Airport […]
Work begins on GMU park
Work has begun on a new park at Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU), the largest general aviation airport in South Carolina. Earth-moving equipment worked for several days to prepare raw land for transformation into the new park. “When the heavy equipment arrived it was an incredible moment for those of us who have worked on this […]
Rare JU52 to visit Front Range Airport
Front Range Airport (FTG) near Denver will be one of only five United States stops on the RIMOWA JU52 2012 North American Tour. The rare 1930s vintage aircraft will continue on to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., where it will be displayed on the showcase ramp during the show. The 3-engine, 9-cylinder JU52 was designed […]
Do something
We donated a gift subscription to the Friends of Oceano Airport (FOA) for their May 12 Oceano Airport Celebration silent auction. In today’s mail I received a thank you letter from FOA organizers, Mitch Latting and Jolie Lucas. From the letter, “we’ve gathered funds which will help us continue to promote and protect this ‘little slice of […]
DuPage Airport pumps $117 million into local economy
A newly released independent economic impact study of the DuPage Airport (DPA) in West Chicago shows the general aviation airport brings economic benefits to DuPage County and metropolitan Chicago, pumping $117 million into the local economy in 2012 and creating nearly 1,000 jobs. The study, conducted by the Deerfield-based Gruen Gruen + Associates, found a […]