by Jeffery Taylor WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics At the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, we are committed to transportation safety, along with common sense efforts to enhance and preserve environmental quality….
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Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Expands… Pilots Beware!
One important and rapidly growing facet of the aviation industry today is Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). In the past 10 years, UAVs and their associated systems have proliferated throughout the…
Kit Up For Winter Flying
Winter flying can be visually spectacular with its brilliant blue skies dotted with puffy white clouds and sparkling, snow-covered fields as far as the eye can see! It can be…
YOU Are The Key!
by Christopher Roy Director MnDOT Office of Aeronautics The holidays are here and we are firmly in winter’s grasp. Ice and snow are the norm, and temperatures that are never…
Online Course For Winter Flying
Pilots need to have a solid grasp of weather concepts so they can make smart aeronautical decisions based upon what they see on weather charts and outside their windshield. The Weather…
You Are Invited… Minnesota Aviation Day At The Capitol
ST. PAUL, MINN. – Date to be announced soon! The entire aviation community will come together at the Minnesota State Capitol to visit with their State Senators and Representatives to…
NATA President To Give Keynote Address At Minnesota Technician & Trades Joint Conferences
BROOKLYN CENTER, MINN. – The President of the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), Jim Coyne, will give the keynote address at the Minnesota Aviation Trades Association (MATA) and Minnesota Aviation…
Costello Will Not Seek Re-Election
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Jerry Costello (D-IL) has announced that he will not be a candidate for re-election to Congress in 2012 after 23 years of service. During his tenure,…
Michigan Engineer Recognized For Distinguished Service
NASHVILLE, TENN. – Mark Noel, P.E., manager of the Project Development Section for the Michigan Department of Transportation, Bureau of Aeronautics, received the 2011 National Association of State Aviation Officials…
Missouri Aeronautics Director To Lead National Group
NASHVILLE, TENN. – Joe Pestka, Administrator of Aviation at the Missouri Department of Transportation, is the incoming chairman of the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO). Pestka was elected…
Betty Skelton, First Lady of Aerobatics
WINTER PARK, FLA. – Aerobatics legend and International Aerobatics Club Hall of Fame inductee, Betty Skelton – the “First Lady of Aerobatics” – died at her home in Winter Park,…
Air Racing Pilot Awarded Blériot Medal
WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. – The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, which establishes rules for the control and certification of world aeronautical and astronautical records, awarded the Louis Blériot Medal to air racing…
Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame Inducts Lacy & Collins
WICHITA, KAN. – Pilot and aviation businessman, Clay Lacy, will be inducted into the Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame, November 5, 2011 at ceremonies to be held at the Kansas Aviation…
Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame Honorees
OSHKOSH, WIS. – The Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame honored aviators Daniel Donovan, Bill Rewey, Dennis Sullivan, and, posthumously, Marc Mitscher and Steve Shalbreck, during ceremonies held October 29, 2011 at…
Red Wing Aeroplane Company Names New Director of Operations, Chief Pilot
BAY CITY, WIS. – Red Wing Aeroplane Company, one of the nation’s leading private air charter companies, has named John Phillips director of operations and chief pilot. Phillips is a…