Originally published in 2002 Central Texas Airport Study to Begin Thanks to a recent grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), we will soon be ready to undertake a site feasibility/selection study for a new state airport to serve the Central Texas region. As I mentioned in the July 2001 edition of Wingtips, during the…
Originally published in 2002 Abilene Regional Airport – New airport manager, Dan Weber, P.O. Box 60, Abilene, TX 79604, 915/676-6368. Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport – Larry Brown, Acting Airport Director, 700 S. Minnesota Avenue, Brownsville, TX 78521, 956/542-4373. Gainesville Municipal Airport – New airport manager, Matthew (Mat) Quick, 2300 Airport Drive, Gainesville, TX 76240,…
Originally published in 2002 The Texas Hall of Fame honors Texans who have made outstanding contributions to the development, growth, or preservation of aviation. The Class of 2002 inductees are: Tony Bingelis, a leader in homebuilt aviation technology; Dr. James Henry (Red) Duke, founder and medical director of Life Flight Operations; Dr. George H. Lane,…
Originally published in 2002 The spirit of the late Tony Bingelis, noted homebuilding authority and EAA Sport Aviation columnist, will be honored through an inaugural Tony Bingelis Award sponsored by EAA and the EAA Homebuilt Council. The Tony Bingelis Award will recognize significant contributions to the education and encouragement of aircraft projects to fellow EAA…
Originally published in 2002 General Benjamin O. Davis Jr. General Benjamin O. Davis Jr. who broke color barriers and shattered racial myths as the commander of the Tuskegee Airmen, the pioneering black fighter pilots of World War II, died July 4 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Davis was 89 and had…
Originally published in 2002 By Bill Gunn Aviation Division There is a new tool available to the flying community: Flight Information Services Data Link or FISDL. FISDL encompasses several data link systems providing information to and from the cockpit. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has contracted to provide FAA-funded FISDL. This is a two-vendor contract…
Originally published in 2002 The ADMA Scholarship Fund has recently awarded Julie Crowell, who is pursuing a career in aviation, with its annual scholarship award of $1000. Julie Crowell is a graduate of the University of North Texas (Denton, Texas). She is currently enrolled at Tarrant County College in Fort Worth, Texas, studying for the…
Originally published in 2002 AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT – The Texas Department of Public Safety’s Chief of Criminal Law Enforcement will be ABIA’s new Federal Security Director (FSD). U.S. Transporation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta announced in July that Michael D. Scott will oversee the U.S. Transporation Security Administration’s takeover of airport screening at ABIA by November….
Originally published in 2002 Aircraft and the Texas Sales and Use Tax By The Texas State Comptroller of Public Accounts, Carole Keeton Rylander Tax Help: 1-800-252-5555 or www.window.state.tx.us The Texas State Comptroller’s Office currently has a program in place that utilizes Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) data to identify aircraft that are based in Texas to…
