TX – On May 17, 2023, Texas Woman’s University received a record $15 million gift from the Doswell Foundation that will enable the school to begin a new aviation program. With an industry-wide shortage of pilots, this generous gift gives TWU an opportunity to encourage ...
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TX – McKinney will host its first open house for residents to view the environmental study of the proposed commercial air service terminal at McKinney National Airport on Thursday. A $200 million bond item to fund improvements and projects at McKinney National Airport (TKI), including ...
OK – Aviation is an important industry in Oklahoma so getting students interested in those types of careers early, is crucial. 400 kids from all over Oklahoma got to get up close with all things related to flying at the first-ever Student Pilot Day. More ...
LA – DG Fuels, an emerging leader in cellulosic drop-in sustainable aviation fuel, announced it had secured an option for and is evaluating a 3,000-acre site in St. James Parish as the potential location of a new low-emission fuel manufacturing facility. The proposed $3.1 billion ...
MS – The construction of a new $1.2 million jet engine run-up pad at the Stennis International Airport in Kiln is set to begin on Monday, with the project’s completion set for the end of April 2023. The locally funded pad, estimated to cost $1.2 ...
TX – On a rainy October day, a Bell Textron 407GXi helicopter lifted off from the Hillwood Alliance Texas Flight Test Center in Fort Worth, Texas. It began making its way to the University of North Texas Discovery Park in Denton, about 25 miles away. ...
TX – McKinney residents will get to vote on a $200 million bond that would help turn McKinney National Airport into a commercial flight hub. McKinney City Council members voted to put the bond on the May ballot at its Tuesday meeting. Airport officials previously ...
AR – A bird’s eye view of airports across Arkansas won’t reveal the problems many planes are having when they touch down. But, when said planes finally touch down, many won’t have a place to rest. “By far the greatest need for airports in the ...
TX – Sky Harbour Group Corporation, an aviation infrastructure company building the first nationwide network of Home-Basing Solutions for business aircraft, announced that it had executed an agreement with the Town of Addison, Texas, approximately doubling Sky Harbour’s footprint at Dallas’s Addison Airport (ADS). Under ...
TX – US Aircraft Expo, presented by FLYING Magazine, features the world’s leading aircraft manufacturers and dealers at an exclusive lineup of venues across the country. Ten separate events are scheduled to take place in 2023, where prospective buyers can see the newest aircraft from ...