WHEELING, ILL. (Oct. 25, 2011)- Priester Aviation, LLC has appointed John Unzicker Vice President of Midwest Sales. Unzicker will be responsible for expanding Priester’s global managed aircraft fleet and increasing retail charter sales…
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NASAO Awards For 2011
NASHVILLE, TENN. – Members of the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) presented the association’s awards at their annual convention and tradeshow in Nashville, Tennessee in September 2011. Receiving…
Jack Cox
1-27-1934 to 3-6-2011 OSHKOSH, WIS. – Former EAA Editor-in-Chief of publications, Justin B. “Jack” Cox of Asheboro, N.C., passed away March 6, 2011. He and his wife, Golda, joined the…
Pilot/Actor, Cliff Robertson Remembered
PILOT/ACTOR, Cliff Robertson, who lent his support to the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) over the years, and served as the organization’s first EAA Young Eagles Chairman from 1992-94, died September…
Paul Poberezny Celebrates 90th Birthday At EAA Museum
OSHKOSH, WIS. – EAA members were invited to celebrate EAA Founder Paul Poberezny’s 90th birthday on September 11, 2011 at the “Founder’s Wing” of the EAA AirVenture Museum. Poberezny officially turned…
The End of An Era… Tom Poberezny Retires As Chairman of EAA & AirVenture
OSHKOSH, WIS. – In a surprise announcement at 12:30 pm CDT, July 26, 2011, at EAA’s Brown Arch entryway during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, EAA and AirVenture Chairman Tom Poberezny announced…
Pilot, Mentor, Safety Advocate, Gene Littlefield
WILMINGTON, ILL. – Pilot, mentor, safety advocate and air show performer, Gene Littlefield, 81, died October 1, 2011 at his home from a brain tumor. Littlefield was most known in…
First Person To Fly Off A Ship To Be Honored
WILLIAMSBURG, IOWA – Memorial ceremonies for Eugene Ely, the first person to take off and land an airplane from and onto a ship, will be held Sunday, October 23, 2011 at…
Betty Skelton, First Lady of Aerobatics
Aerobatics legend and International Aerobatics Club Hall of Fame member Betty Skelton – the “First Lady of Aerobatics” – died at her home in Winter Park, Florida, September 1, 2011,…
AOPA’s John Baker Grew Up In Midwest Aviation Family
John Lee Baker, the president of the Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA) from 1977 through 1990, died March 11 at his home in Angier, N.C. Baker, a Nebraska native…
Minnesota Hall of Fame To Induct Six in 2012
The Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame will be inducting six outstanding Minnesota aviation personalities this coming Spring. The six include Orville Brede, WWII veteran, instructor pilot, pilot examiner, charter pilot and…
Chris Siberz Promoted To Aircraft Sales Manager At DMFS
DES MOINES, IOWA. – Chris Siberz has been promoted to the position of Aircraft Sales Manager for Des Moines Flying Service, Chicago Piper and HondaJet Midwest. Siberz has been with…
GA News Founder Dave Sclair Passes On
The founder of General Aviation News, Dave Sclair, died July 26, 2011, of a malignant brain tumor. He was diagnosed just months previously. His son, Ben, and Dave’s wife and…
Blake, Lung, Rieser & Timmons Inducted Into Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame!
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – AOPA Great Lakes Regional Representative, William L. Blake; co-founder of the Ogle County Pilots Association, Francis N. Lung; the longest standing manager at a public airport in…
Southern Illinois University Takes Home A Win At National Championships
CARBONDALE, ILL. – Students at Southern Illinois University (SIUC) Carbondale won the 2011 National Intercollegiate Flying Association Championship, May 21, at Ohio State University Airport. The team, called the “Flying…