Originally published in 2001 TAYLOR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT’s gain and Austin Bergstrom’s International Airport’s loss: Mike Green, Mike Green & Associates, and Stuart Ashmun, Autorate, Inc. have now relocated their helicopter refurbishing business to Taylor. With the completion of runway construction in November, these entrepreneurs expect a positive effect on their business. -the attraction of new…

Originally published in 2001 Tips For In-Flight Awareness Of Thunderstorms Monitor AWOS, ASOS and ATIS frequencies as you fly. Listen for changing ceiling and visibility conditions and high (above 60 degrees Fahrenheit) dew points. Some stations may even have lightning reporting capability. Fly IFR, or use VFR advisories/flight following if available. Having a frequency already…

Originally published in 2001 By Bill Gunn If you don’t know that GPS is a Global Navigation System, perhaps you have been on an extended vacation – on a deserted island. GPS has begun to alter modern life in the way the transistor did or perhaps the birth of powered flight did in 1903. If…

Originally published in 2001 Many women of achievement in aviation have been members of The Ninety-Nines, including Amelia Earhart who, with 98 other women pilots of her day, helped found the group in 1929. Today, more than 6,000 women from 35 countries continue to focus on the organization’s original goal of supporting women in aviation….

Originally published in 2001 1929 – Richard Byrd, along with pilot Bernt Balchen, radio operator Harold June, and photographer Captain Ashley McKinley, make the first flight over the South Pole. Byrd and company flew in a tri-motored monoplane called the Floyd Bennett, named for Byrd’s copilot on his North Pole flight of 1926. Bennett had…

Originally published in 2001 Personnel at the Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) are working with Dr. Charles Allen, Program Director for the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc., to conduct a safety seminar for all the pilots and ground personnel that will be working under the contract this year. This meeting will be held sometime…

Originally published in 2001 A T-39 Saberliner, is now available for static display, if anyone is interested. The interested party must pay for moving costs and come to an agreement with the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which owns all static display aircraft. Plans are to dismantle the T-39 and send it…

Originally published in 2001 By Sharon Rostovich Airport Manager Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport What a weekend we had at our little airport in Temple on August 18-19, 2001! With the arrival of the “Texas Raiders”, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, and a PBJ1J, which was the version of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber that…

Originally published in 2001 Over 1,000 people were drawn to the Wood County Airport Dedication and Business Exposition which was held in June to celebrate the culmination of four years of work and approximately $1.3 million of improvement on the local airport located in Quitman, Texas. The airport facility now has a 4,000-foot runway. extended…

Originally published in 2001 Lindy Award Winners Silver Lindy: Homebuilt Reserve Grand Champion (Plans): Thorpe T-18C, N18XS, Bernard Fried, San Antonio, Texas Bronze Lindy: Bronze Lindy Homebuilt (Plans): Hatz, NX824PC, David Guillot, Pasadena, Texas Bronze Lindy Homebuilt (Plans): Falco, N70WR, William Russell, Houston, Texas Homebuilts Plaques: Outstanding Workmanship (Kit): LancairIV-P, N52PC, Craig and Pat Dilsch,…

Originally published in 2001 By Marie C. Peinado Aviation Division While the shutdown had been inching slowly forward, it finally arrived on July 13, 2001! The base’s flags were lowered for the last time during a sober and emotional ceremony. An Air Force C-5 cargo jet, one of the types of military aircraft serviced at…

Originally published in 2001 The Gulf Coast General Aviation Expo is expected to develop as the “Texas’ Oshkosh” or approach the scope of “Sun-N-Fun” annual nationwide fly-in events. This aviation event is coming to the Galveston’s Moody Convention Center, conveniently adjacent to Galveston’s historical Scholes Field, the Texas Air Museum and Moody Gardens. Scholes Field…

Originally published in 2001 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 2001 More than 400 people with personal ties to Perrin Air Force Base and friends, including supporters of the former Air Defense Command units stationed here, crowded the Silver Wings Building at Grayson County Airport in July for the Ninth Perrin Field Reunion in Denison, Texas. State politicians and guest speakers along…

Originally published in 2001 TOM LANDRY – Famous Dallas Cowboys coach, Tom Landry served as a B-17 pilot for the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He flew 30 missions with the Eighth Air Force in Europe. In 1944, the 20-year-old first lieutenant was forced to land his bomber in Belgium after running…

Originally published in 2001 Airport Name Grant Awarded Grant Amount Project Description Rooke Field Airport   06-18-01     $423,294   In general, the work at Rooke Field Airport consists of: runway, taxiway and apron overlay, and runway electrical improvements. Spearman Municipal Airport 06-29-01   $706,474   In general, the work at the Spearman Municipal…