Originally published in 2000 AUSTIN – The Frontiers of Flight Museum was selected by the Texas Transportation Commission- Chairman David Laney, members Robert Nichols and John Johnson – to receive a grant of $7.2 million from the Texas Department of Transportation on Jan. 27, 2000. Funding through the Transportation Enhancement Program will enable the creation…

Originally published in 2000 FAA Airport Grant Funding Delayed Although the possibility for federal funding increases for airport development looked good during the second half of last year, as of the latest publication of this newsletter we remain without legislation re-authorizing FAA’s Airport Improvement Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2000. During calendar year 1999, the…

Originally published in 2000 We believe that our employees are the most important resource that we have available to support us daily in the fulfillment of the “aviation” mission for the State of Texas. They are, as team members, our winning hand. We will continue to showcase employees in Wingtips, so that you can get…

Originally published in 2000 Retired Marine Corps Gen. John R. Dailey, currently the deputy associate administrator of NASA, has been named to head the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. Dailey won the Distinguished Flying Cross while a Marine fighter pilot. He succeeds Adm. Don Engen, the former AOPA Air Safety Foundation chief and Dailey’s…

Originally published in 2000 By Jim Cummins This installment of airport compliance deals with discrimination. We’re not talking about discrimination based on race, religion, or age which is, of course, prohibited under existing laws but the discrimination of not allowing parachutists, ultralights, crop dusters, or other recognized aeronautical activities’ proper use of the airport. Does…

Originally published in 2000 The official definition of nighttime is: the time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight. Density altitude is the pressure altitude corrected for nonstandard temperature. Pressure altitude is the altitude indicated when the barometric pressure scale is set to 29.92. The danger of spatial…

Originally published in 2000 By Bobby Bateman Mineral Wells Airport The National Vietnam War Museum has established an office in the terminal at the Mineral Wells Airport. The office contains architectural renderings of the proposed site plan of the museum, which is to be located on 12 acres, east of the City of Mineral Wells,…

Originally published in 2000 A Century of Flight Achievements 1903 – Wright Brothers make the first sustained, powered, heavier-than air flight. 1927 – Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo transatlantic air crossing, New York to Paris. 1947 – Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier. 1953 – Jackie Cochran becomes first woman to break the sound…

Originally published in 2000 AUSTIN AERO JET CENTER has completed construction of its new 15,000-square-foot FBO terminal at the new Austin Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) in Austin, Texas. The 24-hour FBO will have five 14,000-square-foot hangars, 65 tiedown spaces, and nine acres of ramp space. SAN ANGELO – MATHIS FIELD is scheduled to have non-stop…