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  • Wingtips Jan.-Feb. 2002

    Scholarship Memorializes Aviation Publisher

    ByG-McMahan June 23, 2025

    Originally published in 2002 Friends and colleagues of George E. Haddaway have announced the establishment of a new scholarship to honor the memory of the high-flying Texas publisher and to further his goal of educating future generations about the benefits of aviation. Haddaway, a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a degree…

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  • Wingtips Jan.-Feb. 2002

    Recent Aviation Capsules…

    ByG-McMahan June 23, 2025

    Originally published in 2002 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES wins the Best Customer Satisfaction Award by Satmetrix Systems. The independent survey of 13,000 business consumers in late September identified the Dallas-based carrier as best in its class in the airline sector. Southwest received an 8.63 out of a possible 10 compared with the overall airline rating of 7.79….

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  • Wingtips Jan.-Feb. 2002

    Experimental Aircraft Association Halls of Fame Inducts Eight New Members

    ByG-McMahan June 23, 2025

    Originally published in 2002 Eight people who contributed greatly to the world of flight have been honored by EAA, The Leader in Recreational Aviation, as the newest members of the EAA-affiliated Halls of Fame. The group was inducted on November 2, 2001, at the EAA Aviation Center at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. HOMEBUILDERS’ HALL OF FAME: John…

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  • Wingtips Jan.-Feb. 2002

    What is General Aviation

    ByG-McMahan June 23, 2025

    Originally published in 2002 General aviation (GA) is all flying except military and scheduled airline flights . There are 221,000 general aviation aircraft in the U.S., approximately 92 percent of the total civilian aircraft fleet. Approximately 78 percent of all GA aircraft have fewer than six seats, and weigh less than a compact automobile. General…

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  • Wingtips Jan.-Feb. 2002

    Flight Safety

    ByG-McMahan June 23, 2025

    Originally published in 2002 PILOT SAFETY FLYING STRATEGIES Plan your flight so that you don’t have to look up enroute and destination information or program a Global Positioning System (GPS) while airborne. Clean your windshield, make S-turns during a climb to improve forward visibility, and use a cruise climb airspeed for a better view over…

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  • Wingtips Jan.-Feb. 2002

    Aviation Milestones

    ByG-McMahan June 23, 2025

    Originally published in 2002 “First Feats” in Aviation German engineer Otto Lilienthal made his first glider flight 1891. After the Wright brothers, the first American to fly was Glenn Curtiss (1908). Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge, the first person to be killed in an airplane crash, was flying with Orville Wright (1908) The first in-flight motion photography…

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  • Wingtips Jan.-Feb. 2002

    Airport Public Relations DOs and DON’Ts

    ByG-McMahan June 23, 2025

    Originally published in 2002 Suggestions for improving airport community relations brought up in a National Air Transportation Association convention discussion by attendees and speaker Peter Burgher: Hold an open house – emphasize the direct/indirect benefits of the airport Attend commission meetings with supporters; the opposition may tend to exaggerate Don’t do it alone; get the…

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  • Wingtips Jan.-Feb. 2002

    Enplanements Climb at Killeen Municiple Airport

    ByG-McMahan June 23, 2025

    Originally published in 2002 Killeen Municipal Airport had 99,815 enplanements in 2000, up 10.4 percent from 90,418 enplanements in 1999, according to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) report released on October 19, 2001. Killeen Municipal moved up from a ranking of 224 out of 422 nationwide airports to 217 of 419. The airport has seen…

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  • Wingtips Jan.-Feb. 2002

    A New High-Wing Turbine Single Looms on the Horizon

    ByG-McMahan June 23, 2025

    Originally published in 2002 Air Tractor, the world’s largest agplane manufacturer, will deliver a new passenger airplane known as the Snow S-22 Surveyor to the U.S. Department of Interior Office of Aircraft Services (OAS) sometime during the summer in 2004. The OAS has contracted to buy the first model with the potential for an additional…

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  • Wingtips Jan.-Feb. 2002

    Ground Communication Outlet (GCO) Eligible Under RAMP Grant

    ByG-McMahan June 23, 2025

    Originally published in 2002 By Kathy Griffin Aviation Division You can provide a significant service to the pilots at your airport with the installation of a GCO. A GCO is a combination of Radio Transceiver and an automated telephone dialer. GCO’s provide pilots on the ground at a small airport access to flight service stations…

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  • Wingtips Jan.-Feb. 2002

    Texas Slipstreams…

    ByG-McMahan June 23, 2025

    Originally published in 2002 Crane County Airport, Crane – New Airport Manager: Mark Clifton, P.O. Box 457, Crane, TX 79731, 915/558-1147. Dalhart Municipal Airport – New Mailing Address: P. 0 . Box 2005, Dalhart, TX 79022. Del Rio International Airport– New FAX Number: 830/774-5331. Falfurrias-Brooks County Airport – New Airport Manager: Bond Cosby, P. 0….

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  • Wingtips Jan.-Feb. 2002

    Dave’s Hangar

    ByG-McMahan June 23, 2025

    Originally published in 2002 It’s been a rough ride for aviation since September 11, 2001. What happened on that terrible day affected not only the airline industry, but dealt a major blow to general aviation as well. The airline industry is losing billions of dollars as a result of this horrible terrorist attack. Fortunately, with…

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