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Wisconsin Homeschoolers Win Build-A-Plane Design Contest
WASHINGTON, DC – The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and Build A Plane have announced that the CHEF Homeschoolers in Cuba City, Wisconsin, have won the third Aviation Design Challenge to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) knowledge among … Continue reading
Posted in Aircraft, Education, June/July 2015, Sections, WATA Difference
Tagged Build A Plane, CHEF Homeschoolers, GAMA, Jeppesen, Pete Bunce, STEM
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Tiffany Brown Named Acting Director of Aviation At KDOT
Tiffany Brown of the Kansas Department of Transportation has been named acting Director of Aviation by Kansas Transportation Secretary Mike King. Brown, who joined KDOT in February 2013 as the State Aviation Engineer, has also served as the agency’s Deputy … Continue reading
Posted in June/July 2015, People, Sections
Tagged Jesse Romo, Kansas Department of Transportation, Mike King, Tiffany Brown
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26th Annual Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame
BLOOMINGTON, MINN. – The Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame inducted the following persons, April 25, 2015, at ceremonies held at the Ramada Mall of America Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota: the co-owner of Bemidji Aviation, the late Larry A. Diffley; former … Continue reading
Pennsylvania Congressman Receives AOPA Hartranft Award
FREDERICK, MD – U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) was recently presented with the 2014 Joseph B. Hartranft Jr. Award – one of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s (AOPA) highest honors for his unparalleled work on behalf of general aviation … Continue reading
Posted in June/July 2015, People, Sections
Tagged Bill Shuster, Doc Hartranft, Joseph B. Hartranft Jr. Award
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Newly Appointed Director At Milwaukee Mitchell & Timmerman Airports Returns To Dayton
MILWAUKEE, WIS. – Terrence G. Slaybaugh, who was hired in February 2015 as Director of General Mitchell International and Lawrence J. Timmerman Airports, has resigned to return to his former position as Director of Aviation for the City of Dayton, … Continue reading
Posted in Airports, June/July 2015, Sections
Tagged Brian Dranzik, Terrence G. Slaybaugh
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Town Board Puts Heavy Restrictions On GA
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) was joined by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and the National Business Aviation Association in opposing the East Hampton, N.J. town board to restrict aircraft operations at its airport (KHTO), … Continue reading
Posted in Airports, June/July 2015, Sections
Tagged NATA, National Air Transportation Association
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Schweiss Doors Introduces A “Build Your Own” Door Package
HECTOR, MINN. – For those willing to do some work to save some money, Schweiss Doors has developed a Build Your Own Door Kit. Customers willing to weld their own steel doorframes may purchase the company’s properly sized major hydraulic … Continue reading
Letter Arlene E. Engels
To The Editor: I don’t know who sent me your magazine, but I enjoy reading of the Piper world today. Much change. We were in business for 40 years and flew and sold and repaired Pipers, raised four (4) flying … Continue reading
Letter Joel Navickas
Dave: Great magazine! Thank you! Joel Navickas North Oaks, Minnesota
