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…
New Aviat Dealer In Wisconsin
RICE LAKE, WIS. – Aviat Aircraft has signed an agreement with Midwest Husky Sales and Service, LLC, which operates from Rice Lake Air Center, to offer sales and service for…
Excise Fuel Taxes…
by David Mann, President Wisconsin Aviation Trades Association Several months back, I wrote to many of our members and advised them that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was auditing our…
HondaJet Fuselage To Be Built In Alabama
ORANGEBURG, ALA. – Honda Aircraft Corporation has announced that GKN Aerospace will assemble the fuselage of the HondaJet in Orangeburg, Alabama. Fuselages will then be shipped to Honda’s Greensboro, North…
Coalition Seeks To Strengthen Local Economies With Environmental-Friendly Industry At Airports
GWINN, MICH. – The Upper Michigan Green Aviation Coalition (UM-GAC) has completed its first set of conferences, which address the latest trends in aviation and sustainability. According to Vikki Kulju,…