NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
January 25, 2011
By D. Ray Tuttle
The Journal Record
1/19/2011
TULSA – American Airlines is looking to add employees to its Tulsa maintenance base this year, although the airline offered no specifics on Tuesday.
By JOAN LOWY
The Associated Press
1/10/2011
WASHINGTON -- Federal safety officials are considering whether planes
should be equipped with air bags and shoulder harness seatbelts -
life-saving technology that has benefitted motorists for decades.
The National Transportation Safety Board is set to release a study on
Tuesday of 138 accidents involving general aviation planes equipped with
air bags. General aviation aircraft range from single-engine propeller
By Mary Grady, Contributing editor
AVweb
1/10/2011
NBAA and NATA have both responded to claims in the current issue of The
Atlantic magazine that private aviation is a "public menace" due to
inadequate security safeguards. In his commentary, Atlantic correspondent
Jeffrey Goldberg says anyone who is rich enough, including a terrorist, can
"buy [their] way out of airport security." Eric Byer, vice president of the
National Air Transportation Association, called the piece "outlandish,"
Posted by Drew Steketee
General Aviation News
1/2/2011
I still think most people underestimate the role of World War II in the
modern growth of General Aviation. After all, 2011 marks 65 years since
1946 when the world was new again and all things were possible for
Americans. At 65, has GA now reached retirement age or are there new “Boom
Years” ahead?
Most people know the stats: U.S. General Aviation manufacturers built
35,000 planes a year in 1946 and 1947, expecting sales to the half-million
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
November 19, 2010
By Jay Marks
The Oklahoman
8/2/2010
Aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing today announced plans to move more than
500 jobs to Oklahoma City by the end of 2012.
By Brian Brus
Oklahoma City reporter
The Journal Record
7/27/2010
OKLAHOMA CITY – Business travelers and sports teams have a new entryway to
Oklahoma City, Will Rogers World Airport officials revealed Monday.
The new corporate and general aviation terminal is northwest of the much
larger commercial complex with which most travelers are familiar. At 6,000
square feet, the so-called fixed-base operation, or FBO, facility is geared
more toward smaller, private and corporate aircraft.