NV – Turns out Lake Tahoe is on the highway to the danger zone. Top Gun: Maverick was just released in theaters, and it’s been a massive hit with critics and audiences alike. While the location for the third act of the film is supposed ...
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AZ – Tucson International Airport (TIA) has been awarded a federal grant of nearly $23 million to help fund the latest phase of its $350 million airfield safety improvement project, which is the biggest construction program in the airport’s history. The recently announced grant from ...
AZ – Prescott City Council members acknowledge that the Prescott Regional Airport and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University are critical links in filling the needs of an ongoing worldwide pilot shortage. During recent discussions about updating the Airport Layout Plan, council members expressed their support for the ...
Albuquerque International Sunport will be the home of a large new hydrogen manufacturing and distribution facility to be built by Universal Hydrogen. The company has signed a letter of intent with the City of Albuquerque for 50 acres of a decommissioned runway, saying it will ...
The University of Nevada at Reno (UNR) has established a new program dubbed Nevada Autonomous to assume the management and advance the activities of the Nevada Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site. The Test Site was one of seven nationwide designated by the Federal Aviation ...
In light of the recent incident in which a passenger with no flight training landed a single-engine Cessna after the pilot suffered a medical emergency and became incapacitated, a learn-to-fly event called “Flying Start” in Reno should turn out to be very popular. Considering that ...
AZ- Tucson International Airport (TUS) announced an agreement with Flair Airlines to provide nonstop service between Canada and Arizona beginning next winter. The agreement came together under the guidance of The Tucson Airport Authority, Visit Tucson, Flair Airlines, and five Canadian airports. The Canadian destination ...
AZ- The TSA has collaborated with the State of Arizona and Apple Pay to launch a new technology that will allow Arizona residents to utilize their state-issued mobile driver’s license or mobile identification card for airport security screening. Airline passengers that are Arizona state residents ...
NM – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham helped to deliver recent positive news for Albuquerque’s ballooning community upon the FAA’s decision to permit hot air balloons to continue operation in Albuquerque’s airspace. The 2020 ADS-B Out regulations would have prohibited hot air balloons in ...
AZ – The groundbreaking for new corporate hangars at the Deer Valley Airport (DVT) is scheduled for this month. A ceremony will be held by Cutter Aviation, Phoenix Councilwoman Ann O’Brien, and Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema. The creation of corporate hangars at DVT is the ...