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 ...
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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 ...
NY – On Tuesday, Blade Air Mobility announced the successful completion of a historic test flight of BETA’s ALIA-250 EVA, an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, at the Westchester County Airport in White Plains, New York. This was the first demonstration of an ...
MD – Former Fairchild Aircraft factory worker John Young’s 100th birthday was approaching, and he had one wish: to fly. Young spent more than 20 years on the assembly line in the Fairchild Aircraft factory in Hagerstown, Maryland. “I was laid off about three times,” ...
MD – Salisbury Regional Airport is expected to grow with significant investment in infrastructure in the pipeline for the airport. APN Affiliate, Sarah McNelis sat down with Assistant Airport Director, Chris Davidson to discuss the current and future plans for the airport. Salisbury Regional Airport ...
NJ – FlightServ, which began operations at New Jersey’s Trenton Mercer Airport (KTTN) in 2017 as one of two FBOs, has opened its permanent facility there. The $30 million, 22-acre complex features a two-story 30,000 sq/ft terminal with passenger and pilot lounges, shower facilities, tenant ...