MANITOWOC, WIS. – There is a new restaurant across the street from the Manitowoc County Airport called “The First Class Café.” The cafe opened May 6, 2013, serving breakfast, lunch…
Category: Aug/Sept 2013
Registering Your Aircraft In Wisconsin
by Joni Moe WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics If you registered an aircraft in Wisconsin in the past 15 years, you did it through the Department of Transportation’s Division of Motor…
Meet Joni Moe… Aircraft Registration Program Manager, WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics
After a 16-year hiatus, Wisconsin’s aircraft registration program returned to the state’s Bureau of Aeronautics (BOA). Since 1997, the program was administered through the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Along…
Airport Operations & Land Use Seminar
by Hal Davis WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics Managing an airport in Wisconsin is no small task. Often forced to play the role of snow plow driver, accountant, airport planner, and…
Wausau Pilot Wins Charity Landing Contest
WAUSAU, WIS. – Wausau pilot Robert Mohr won the “Grimm Trophy” at Wausau Downtown Airport during a month-long landing contest to raise money and food for charity. Mohr, along with…
Wisconsin Leaders Celebrate General Aviation Manufacturing At Jobs Rally
APPLETON, WIS. – Governor Scott Walker, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, U.S. Representatives Tom Petri and Reid Ribble, and Outagamie County Executive Thomas Nelson joined the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA)…
Biofuels For Aviation In Midwest
CHICAGO, ILL. – The commercial aviation industry has a clear path toward cleaner, more economical and more secure energy alternatives through the increased use of advanced biofuels developed in the…
Unmanned Aircraft At Camp Ripley
CAMP RIPLEY, MINN. – The Minnesota National Guard has opened an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) facility at Camp Ripley Training Center on May 17, 2013. The facility provides a centralized…
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Action Summit Addresses Future Of Unmanned Aircraft Industry
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – More than 350 professionals associated with the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) industry gathered for the seventh annual Red River Valley Research Corridor UAS Action Summit, May…
Wicks Aircraft Offers Variety of New Products
HIGHLAND, ILL. – Wicks Aircraft Supply has expanded its high-tech product line to include everything from low-cost GPS Emergency Locator Transmitters to strobe lights: • 406mHz ELT from ACK: This…