Archives: February/March 2012

Saving Lives… All In A Day’s Work!

Chicago’s lakefront was the start of it all. As a youngster, Joe Furman’s dad took him to see the Grumman Hellcats firing their 50 caliber machine guns into the lake on shore, from a hardstand at night. The stream of … Continue reading

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Michigan Aviation High School To Expand

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. – An aviation-themed charter high school launched by businessman Dick DeVos in 2010 in Grand Rapids, Mich., is planning for as much as a $5 million expansion to accommodate growth. According to a report at MLive.com, the … Continue reading

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K-State Adds Five Aircraft To Fleet

SALINA, KAN. – The aviation program at Kansas State University’s Salina campus has added five new Cessna Skyhawk 172 G1000s to the university’s training fleet. K-State is an elite Top 5 aviation university. Located on the Salina campus adjacent to … Continue reading

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SIU Welcomes Five New Cessnas

CARBONDALE, ILL. – Southern Illinois University Aviation welcomed home five brand new Cessna 172R models on December 9, 2011, each equipped with Garmin G1000 glass panels. The aircraft arrived together at the airport after dark. Flight instructors Kevin Krongos, Jeff … Continue reading

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UND Aerospace Donates Aviation Training Device To Bismarck Public Schools

BISMARCK, N.D. – The University of North Dakota John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences has donated a Piper Seminole Flight Training Device (FTD) to the Bismarck Public Schools Career Academy. The Bismarck Public School District Career Academy Center is … Continue reading

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Veteran Aviator Honored By FAA With Wright Award

by Ed Leineweber There’s an old saying in aviation that goes, “There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots.” If “bold” is understood to mean “foolhardy,” then this bit of folksy wisdom … Continue reading

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Canadian Fishing Fly-Out Group Holds Holidays Get-Together

MADISON, WIS. – Participants in the annual Canadian Fishing Fly-Out to Miminiska Lodge, Ontario, promoted by Midwest Flyer Magazine, got together for brunch at Pat O’Malley’s “Jet Room” airport restaurant at the Wisconsin Aviation terminal building on the East Ramp … Continue reading

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Former EAA President Joins Corporate Board

CHICAGO, ILL. – Jet Support Services, Inc (JSSI) has named Tom Poberezny, former president of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), to its board of advisors. Louis C. Seno is chairman and chief executive of JSSI. Poberezny is currently the chairman … Continue reading

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Father of Air National Guard Base In Duluth Dies At Age 91

DULUTH, MINN. – The man called the father of the Minnesota Air National Guard Base in Duluth, Minnesota, Retired Col. John Hed, died from congestive heart failure, January 16, 2012 at the age of 91. Born in St. Paul, Hed … Continue reading

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Knight Replaces Eickhoff On Sun ‘N Fun Board

LAKELAND, FLA. – The Sun ‘n Fun Board of Directors elected Bob Knight, president of Knight Industrial Equipment, Inc., Lakeland, Fla., as its chairman at their January 2012 board meeting. The chairmanship was vacated with the retirement of Bill Eickhoff, … Continue reading

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