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  • Wingtips June-July 2007

    Texas Aviation Conference Goes to the Beach! 

    ByG-McMahan June 30, 2025

    Originally published in 2007 By Jeff Boroweic Texas Transportation Institute CORPUS CHRISTI – The 2007 Texas Aviation Conference was held on April 18-20, 2007 at the Omni Bayfront Hotel in Corpus Christi marking the first time the conference was held outside of Austin, but perhaps not the last. The conference was a success on many…

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  • Wingtips June-July 2007

    Dave’s Hangar

    ByG-McMahan June 30, 2025

    Originally published in 2007 Baffle Heats Up Over future funding of FAA: On September 30, 2007, current legislation for FM programs will expire. The battle lines are drawn over how aviation taxes should be levied in the future. On one side are the airlines who feel that a significant share of the tax burden should…

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  • Wingtips June-July 2007

    Stephens County Airport Home of Ezell Aviation Warbird Restoration

    ByG-McMahan June 30, 2025

    Originally published in 2007 By Lee Jay Carpenter Texas Aviation Association BRECKENRIDGE – Located 90 miles west of Fort Worth is Breckenridge, Texas. This remote town, population 6,000 more or less, is sprinkled with inns, cabins and several friendly bed & breakfast lodgings. Its claim to fame is being the Mural Capital of Texas. Despite…

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  • Wingtips June-July 2007

    Profile: Arlington Municipal Airport

    ByG-McMahan June 30, 2025

    Originally published in 2007 By Cheryl Williams Austin, Texas First they came by stagecoach, then by train and now by plane! Arlington has a long history of being ideally located to serve its community and surrounding area. During the westward expansion in the 1800’s, Arlington was the site of a trading post that became a…

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  • Wingtips June-July 2007

    Hale County Airport Means West Texas Hospitality

    ByG-McMahan June 30, 2025

    Originally published in 2007 By Lee Jay Carpenter Texas Aviation Association PLAINVIEW – In this “hustle to get things done” society that we live in, many common courtesies are overlooked. We often forget to open a door for someone with arms full of packages or to help a child cross a busy street. In business,…

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  • Wingtips June-July 2007

    City of Temple Fixed-Base Operation Receives ExxonMobil Network Top Honor

    ByG-McMahan June 30, 2025

    Originally published in 2007 By ExxonMobil News Release FAIRFAX, VA- May 29, 2007; ExxonMobil Aviation is pleased to announce that the City of Temple’s Fixed Bose Operations (FBO) at the Draughon-Miller Municipal Airport (TPL) scored second highest in ExxonMobil Aviation’s 2006 PremierSpirit program and received recognition as one of the nation’s best general aviation facilities…

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  • Wingtips June-July 2007

    Flight Safety

    ByG-McMahan June 30, 2025

    Originally published in 2007 Visual illusions are perhaps the greatest source of danger pilots confront when flying at night – especially if they are proficient on instruments. That proficiency can lull them into thinking a night flight is just like a day flight, when in fact it’s anything but. Some common visual illusions: • The…

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