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Emily Howell Warner, the first U.S. female airline captain, now has a Colorado airport named after her. The Grand County Board of Commissioners this month approved the name change of Granby-Grand County Airport (KNGB) to Granby-Grand County Emily Warner Field, the Sky-Hi News in Granby reported. A native of Denver, Warner, 75, kept a home […]

The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators announced Friday that Executive Director Doug Stewart will retire when his contract expires in February. Stewart was among the founding members of the organization, which formed in 2009. Stewart was SAFE’s first chair and was named executive director in November 2011. “I fully expect to remain connected to […]

AVweb’s weekly foray into the latest aviation news uncovered news of a new president at MicroAerodynanics, a special aircraft sale by Quicksilver, no delay CFI insurance and staff additions at the EAA. After several years as the Flight Test Director and Vice President at Micro AeroDynamics, Ms. Anni Brogan has become President of the company. […]

The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) is reporting that it is increasingly confident that a piece of aluminum it found on Nikumaroro Atoll in the south Pacific is from the Lockheed Electra flown by Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan on their ill-fated circumnavigation attempt in 1937. In a carefully worded statement, TIGHAR personnel […]

AVweb’s weekly submersion into what’s new in general aviation uncovered news of everything from a new Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame inductee through a Canadian flight safety contest, an SMS program for EMS transport to a new line of high performance brakes that can be retrofitted onto Cirrus Aircraft. Charlie Johnson, President and COO of […]

The 52nd Annual National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) Enshrinement Dinner and Ceremony will take place this Saturday, Oct. 4 at the NAHF Learning Center and the adjacent National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The six new enshrines to the NAHF as well as the A. Scott Crossfield Aerospace Educator […]

Geraldine “Jerrie” Mock, the Ohio aeronautical engineer, adventurer, pilot and media-described housewife who became the first female pilot to fly solo around the world, died Tuesday. Mock was at her home in Quincy, Florida, and died in her sleep. An experienced pilot, she completed the record-setting solo flight on April 17, 1964, in her single-engine […]

NTSB Board member Earl Weener sat outside at a caf at AirVenture with AVwebs Rick Durden to talk about what the NTSB does, his background in aviation and some of his thoughts on improving aviation safety. Weener holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, one of three degrees he earned at that institution while […]

Actor Harrison Ford, other Santa Monica Airport tenants, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and the National Business Aviation Association have filed a complaint with the FAA challenging the city of Santa Monicas position that the airport can be shut down in July 2015. The tenants say that in August 2003, $240,600 was added to […]

Our Friday review of recent press releases uncovered an announcement that former AOPA President Craig Fuller has joined the board of directors of the Lightspeed Aviation Foundation. The Foundation was created to promote a vibrant and growing pilot community and annually awards grants to nonprofit aviation organizations through its Pilots Choice Awards. Craig Fuller brings […]