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 & Convention, will feature new aircraft, maintenance and avionics, aviation clubs and associations, and all other […]
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New chair of aerospace engineering Named at Embry-Riddle
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. Lyrintzis comes to Embry-Riddle from Purdue University’s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, where he was a […]
Wings of Freedom tour to arrive at FMY
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” heavy bomber and North American Dual Control P-51C Mustang “Betty Jane” fighter to Florida’s Page […]
Agreement for general aviation security renewed
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently approved a five-year extension of its partnership with National Air Transportation Association Compliance Services (NATACS) to provide security in the general aviation sector. The agreement authorizes NATACS to continue as a Trusted Fingerprint Facility to process biographical and biometric information for general aviation worldwide. NATACS has been partnered with […]
IND ready to welcome general aviation Super Bowl fans
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 anticipated at IND and nearby regional airports during the Super Bowl travel period, tarmac space […]
Pilots band together on hangar leases at SLE
A new job always comes with a learning curve. You need to learn procedures and ways of doing business, as well as determining the needs of your clients. The clients, meanwhile, hopefully will be patient with you. Without proper communication, things can get muddled and tensions rise. This is particularly true of airport management. At […]
SEF adds new benefits for companies that relocate
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, which includes DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, and Okeechobee Counties and the cities of Belle Glade and Pahokee. The modification allows any new company that […]
AWOS installed at PLS
Belfort Instrument Co. has installed a DigiWxTM Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) at the Providencialaies International Airport (PLS) in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The AWOS AV provides real-time wind speed, wind direction, temperature, relative humidity, dew point and altimeter setting on a graphical display and on the Internet. Providenciales International Airport, on the island […]
Business up at GMU
Air traffic and fuel sales are up at Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU), the busiest general aviation airport in South Carolina, signaling expectations of a turnaround. In 2011, air traffic at the Greenville Downtown Airport rose 6% over the year ending 2010, reports Joe Frasher, airport director. “In 2010, GMU had 55,267 operations, which are counted […]