UT – Utah Representative Burgess Owns organized an Aviation Workforce Development Roundtable which brought together helicopter operators, educators and government stakeholders. The purpose of the roundtable was to address workforce shortage issues within the aviation industry. The Helicopter Association International (HAI) participated in the roundtable ...
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CO – Challenge Air will host an Aviation Day in Denver on Saturday, October 1st, at Signature Flight Support at Centennial Airport. Challenge Air helps children with special needs build confidence and self-esteem through the gift of flight. Over 3,500 volunteers support “Fly Days”, helping ...
UT – The time has come to update Salt Lake City International Airport’s master plan which was last adopted in 1998. The master plan is a document that helps illustrate the future of the airport, flight growth, employment changes, technology improvements and other elements that ...
CO – The Colorado Springs Airport (COS) is excited to have a busy month of July with more travelers flying in and out of COS. COS received a total of 202,851 passengers traveling in and out of the airport for the month of July. Half ...
UT – As co-founder and managing partner of Valkyrie Group, a Park City-based venture capital investment firm, Chad Swensen invested $10 million of Series A funding in the electric jet company Panhwar Jet in August 2020. Now based in Heber, Utah, Panhwar aims to break ...
A Black Hawk helicopter is being retrofitted in a hangar at Centennial Airport to be turned into a Firehawk. The Black Hawk is being transformed to have unique firefighting capabilities. The company doing the retrofit is United Rotorcraft. The helicopter came from Poland by way ...
MT – Glacier Park International Airport has seen a significant increase in traffic in recent years. A new terminal project is underway with a $115 million price tag. The airport is experiencing various complications such as congestion and limited seating in the terminal. Limited aircraft ...
MT – Grayson Sperry, the owner of Ridgeline Aviation based in Bozeman, Montana flew his Pilatus PC-12 to help those stranded by the Yellowstone River flooding. Sperry’s day started with text messages and videos from friends in the Gardiner area. He knew he needed to ...
ID – The Flying Legends of Victory Tour is bringing two of the rarest World War II fighter planes still in existence to the Idaho Falls Regional Airport for ground tours and personal flights. The Flying Legends of Victory is a tour run by the ...
ID – Pocatello Regional Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located in Pocatello, Idaho. An expert consultant, Van Beek, contracted by the Bannock Development Corp. is helping guide efforts to maintain passenger air service and has offered an optimistic vision for preserving and growing the ...