by Cassandra Isackson Director, Minnesota DOT Office of Aeronautics As the holiday season arrives, many people will take vacation to spend time with family and friends. It is our hope…
Category: December 2013/January 2014
B-29 Superfortress Edges Closer To First Flight In More Than 60 Years
WICHITA, KAN. – Doc’s Friends, the Wichita-based nonprofit organization restoring the B-29 Superfortress “Doc” to flying condition, has now installed the aircraft’s flaps. It was the last major structural piece…
President Obama Signs Small Airplane Revitalization Act Into Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA), and Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) hailed President Obama’s signing of the Small Airplane Revitalization Act…
Wag-Aero Announces Arrival of 2013 Fall Catalog & New Website
LYONS, WIS. – Wag-Aero’s new fall catalog features a Wag-Aero Sport Trainer built in 2008. The photo was taken and is owned by Thomas Schrader of Anchorage, Alaska. New items…
NationAir Aviation Insurance Creates Aviation Products Liability Division
WEST CHICAGO, ILL. – NationAir Aviation Insurance has announced that it has created a new Aviation Products Liability Division to expand its presence in the aviation insurance marketplace. “As an…
2013 Airport Operations & Land Use Seminar
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WIS. – More than 100 people, representing approximately 40 airports around Wisconsin, gathered in Wisconsin Rapids in late-September for the annual Airport Operations & Land Use Seminar hosted…
State Aeronautics Offices Remained Strong, Despite Shutdown By Federal Government
by Dave Weiman SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – State aeronautics directors and members of their executive staffs gather each year to discuss issues of common concern, including the pending shutdown of…
A Pilot’s Winter Checklist
Most pilots who have flown for a year or more have likely experienced flying in cold weather. Many may actually prefer to fly in the winter months because there are…
Minnesota Names New Aeronautics Assistant Office Director
ST. PAUL, MINN. – Minnesota Office of Aeronautics Director Cassandra Isackson has named Kathy Vesely from her staff Assistant Office Director effective November 6, 2013. In addition to having a…
Winterscape
by Cassandra Isackson Director, Minnesota Office of Aeronautics As we approach the periods of winter where wind-blown snow modifies the landscape almost daily, we must also think about the other…
Engineer’s Workshop To Be Held February 2014
The 2014 Wisconsin Bureau of Aeronautics Engineer’s Workshop will be held Tuesday, February 12 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Madison. This daylong workshop brings airport engineering consultants together with…
Meet David Montesinos… Airport Development Engineer WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics
MADISON, WIS. – David Montesinos joined the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Aeronautics in January 1991. As an airport development engineer, Montesinos is responsible for managing projects at seven…
Airport Snow Removal
by Hal Davis WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics As I write this, I have yet to see my first snowflake of the forthcoming winter season, but that’s likely to change any…
Lindbergh’s Iconic Plane Lands Back Home At Lambert Airport
ST. LOUIS, MO. (Lambert–St. Louis International Airport) – Charles Lindbergh’s 1934 Model D-127 Monocoupe is back where it belongs at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The historic plane is an iconic…
FAA Finalizes Minneapolis-St. Paul Class B Airspace – Shelf Ceilings Lower
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. – The FAA gave Stanton Airfield a little elbowroom in its final redesign of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Class B airspace, although the floor of the airspace will be…