CT – If you’re looking for a little slice of aviation history, take a trip to the former Bethany Airfield in Connecticut. It was declared a historic landmark in 2014, and the old hangar was restored between 2014 and 2016. The airfield was one of ...
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MD – We had the pleasure of talking to Sarah McNelis, APN affiliate agent, ahead of the NBAA-BACE conference in Las Vegas, October 17th to 19th. APN will be exhibiting at the show and can be found at booth C10443. She’s based in Maryland and ...
NY – On June 28, 2023, United Airlines CEO, Scott Kirby, took a private jet from New Jersey to Denver. While a CEO taking a private jet isn’t typically a newsworthy event, it was that day because United Airlines canceled 750 commercial flights. These untimely ...
NC – We’ve all seen the license plates and know North Carolina was the first in flight. In December of 1903, the Wright Brothers’ accomplishment that is justly celebrated as one of the greatest of all time, the initial powered flight. Despite their efforts to ...
DC – Two Democratic senators in Washington, D.C., are proposing legislation for the Federal Aviation Administration to assess airplane seat sizes to determine if they are too cramped. Senators Tammy Duckworth and Tammy Baldwin are pushing for the FAA to conduct new airplane cabin evacuation ...
PA – If you love historical aircraft, then the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s World War II Weekend is a must-see event. This Gathering of Warbirds extravaganza occurs every year on the first weekend in June, with 2023 marking the 32nd annual gathering. The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, ...
NH – Business boosters are excited about the expansion of biotech firm United Therapeutics in New Hampshire. Still, the corporate hangar it will build at Concord Municipal Airport is exciting for another reason: Glulam. Lots and lots of glulam. “The entire skeleton and truss system ...
PA – The Reading Regional Airport Authority is taking the next step in the process of becoming the sole provider of fuel and related services at the Bern Township airfield. At a meeting Tuesday, the board voted unanimously to hire Houston-based JLL Valuation & Advisory Services to ...
VA – A remote tower designed by Saab began operating at Leesburg Executive Airport in 2015. The program has been operational for 10 hours per day since then, recording more than 75,000 takeoffs and landings at the airport annually. In September 2021, the FAA conducted ...
PA – Volatus Infrastructure, LLC (Limited Liability Company) has signed an agreement with Bellefonte Airport in Centre County, Pennsylvania, to build a public-use FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) compliant electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vertiport with up to eight landing pads including a charging station ...