April 14, 1918 – September 20, 2015 RANDOM LAKE, WIS. – Longtime member of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), Ray Scholler, 97, passed away, September 20, 2015. Camp Scholler on…
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Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fames Announces 2016 Inductees
Seven Honored for Contributions to Aviation in Minnesota Park Rapids, Minn. (Sept. 28, 2015) – The Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame, a nonprofit organization that honors pioneer and historic Minnesotans…
Metropolitan Airports Commission Executive Director/CEO Jeff Hamiel To Retire – America’s Longest-Serving Major Airport CEO
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL—Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) Chairman Dan Boivin today announced he has received notice that the organization’s longstanding executive director and chief executive officer, Jeff Hamiel, will end his service…
K-C Aviation Cofounder Dies
OLATHE, KAN. – William Ralph Emery, 73, cofounder of K-C Aviation, and founder of Aviation Concepts, died August 7. Emery was born Nov. 5, 1941 in Dallas, Texas, and started…
Ulteig Names Doug Jaeger CEO
FARGO, N.D. – Ulteig, one of the nation’s largest engineering design firms, has announced that it named Doug Jaeger to the position of chief executive officer effective June 15, 2015….
Central County Airport (68C) Renamed Paul Johns Field
IOLA, WIS. – Central County Airport (68C) in Iola, Wis., known the world over for its multiple grass runways and Friday noon lunches, was renamed “Paul Johns Field” in honor…
Navy League Holds AirVenture Aviation Celebration Maj. Roger A. Fetterly, USMC (Ret.) Receives Aviation Excellence Award
by Ed Leineweber The Madison, La Crosse, Green Bay and Glenview councils of the Navy League of the United States, along with the Hangar One Foundation, held their 5th annual…
Harrison Ford Scholarship Recipient Solos
HARTFORD, WIS. – Jordan Paulson, EAA 1083097 and recipient of the 2015 Harrison Ford Scholarship administered by the Experimental Aircraft Association, completed his first solo flight August 15, 2015 at…
George E. Luck – GA Flight Instructor & Former Test Pilot
November 5, 1935 – June 10, 2015 by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman General aviation flight instructor and former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and test pilot, George E. Luck, 80,…
22 Years of Service
JUNEAU, WIS. – Alvin Vogel, 88, of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, was recognized June 30, 2015, for 22 years of service to Wisconsin Aviation, Inc. and Dodge County Airport (KUNU) at…
NATA Elects New Board of Directors
WASHINGTON, DC – Members of the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) elected its officers at its annual membership meeting, June, 22, 2015, in Washington, D.C. Andy Priester, President and Chief…
Bemidji Aviation Services Chief Pilot Receives National Award For Excellence
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has announced the recipients of its Industry Excellence Awards given annually to individuals, offices, and organizations that have helped improve the…
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…
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…
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…