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In the Spotlight
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As part of Project Salina's
ongoing efforts to ease the burden of struggling families, the Salina
Airport Authority assisted by collecting Hamburger Helper. This year
the administrative staff won by collecting more than 750 ounces of
Hamburger Helper. The Authority collected 256 boxes of Hamburger Helper
in their annual Project Salina Showdown.
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Tower Updates
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As a member of the Federal Aviation Administration's
Contract Tower Program, the Salina Air Traffic Control Tower handles more
than 80,000 operations each year, including more than 7,000 business jets
that stop for refueling. The Salina Airport Industrial Center is one of
the nation's most successful airport industrial parks with more than 70
businesses and organizations.
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On the Flightline
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May 26, 2011 -
Steven Young, owner, HRAD Group LLC and Mike Pieschl perform an annual
on a Schweizer 300c.
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 Congratulations
Jack Hammond
and
Dexter Umekubo!
You won $50 off
your next flight on SeaPort Airlines!
To
enter drop your business card in the bowl at the SeaPort Airlines
Counter.
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SeaPort Airlines
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At comparable prices, if
you could cut your travel time in half, and not have the general hassles
of the full airport experience, wouldn't you do it? Hassle free,
convenient, affordable, and most importantly-FAST. This is a new option
in business and leisure travel.
SeaPort offers daily
scheduled flights in the Northwest and Mid-South like the old airlines,
but with a notable absence of what makes flying today slow and miserable.
How?
- No TSA
hassles at any of our locations.
- Affordable
fares.
- Our own
private terminals.
- Arrive 15
minutes before your flight, even with check-in bags.
- Free
airport parking. (Mandatory Valet in Portland)
- Complimentary
shuttle service to and from the main terminal in Portland, Memphis
& Kansas City.
Commercial air travel in
today's climate is difficult at best. The airports are becoming more
crowded, have longer lines and with the tighter budgets, speed and
convenience seem like a thing of the past. Until now.
The way travel was meant
to be, with all the conveniences of private air travel, but without the
big price tag. Isn't it about time?
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Melissa McCoy
Public Affairs & Communications
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From the XD's
desk:
City and County support KSLN
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The Saline County and the City of Salina have
demonstrated their support for the growth and development of the SLN
Aviation Service Center. Earlier this year, the Saline County
Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution bringing Saline County
into the service area of the Sedgwick County Foreign Trade Zone #161.
The commissioners' action enables all current and future SLN Aviation
Service Center businesses to take advantage of U.S. Foreign Trade benefits
and cost savings.
Just this past week, the Salina City Commission
approved the expenditure of $3.5 million to upgrade water, sewer and
fire protection services at the Salina Airport and Airport Industrial
Center. The upgrades benefit current and future business at the Airport
and Airport Industrial Center. By providing important infrastructure
improvements the commissioners are setting the stage for future job
growth.
Working together, City and County elected officials
are providing business and industry the means to both retain and add
jobs in our community. A portion of future economic growth will occur
with the development of the SLN Aviation Service Center. The continued
support of the Saline County Commissioners and City of Salina
Commissioners is appreciated.
Tim Rogers, A.A.E.
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Board approves
financing for $1.5 M in new projects
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The Salina Airport Authority board of directors
approved a resolution authorizing the sale of more than $14 million in
G.O. bonds, at the May 18 board meeting.
The bond issue will provide long-term financing for
more than $1.5 million in authorized new projects, nearly $11.8 million
in ongoing projects previously funded by temporary notes.
New projects include more than $500,000 to
rehabilitate Taxiway G and the Hangar 959, "Big Bertha,"
apron which will make the area usable for a new tenant after Hawker
Beechcraft vacates the building.
The Airport Authority will finance approximately
$804,000 toward the construction of a new aircraft rescue and
firefighting station. The Airport Authority funds will be matched
by a Federal Aviation Administration grant.
Site improvements valued at $100,000 on the west end
of Beechcraft Rd are planned and $116,000 will go into relocating a
water main near Vortex Rd to align the waterline and prepare the
17-acre lot for development.
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Rogers selected for AAAE 2012
Distinguished Service Award
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Salina Airport Authority
Executive Director Tim Rogers, A.A.E.
was
named to receive the American Association of Airport Executives 2012
Distinguished Service Award at the 83rd Annual AAAE Conference and
Exposition, held May 15- 18.
"I
am truly honored," Rogers said. "Service to the Salina
community, State of Kansas and AAAE has been important to me. I
have just tried to follow the actions of my mentors."
The
Distinguished Service Award is one of AAAE's highest levels of
recognition. Men and Women receive this award as a reflection of
outstanding accomplishments in their professional and personal
lives. Respected leaders of their own communities, these men and
women also contribute to other aviation organizations, serve AAAE and
its chapters and participate in civic and community affairs. DSA
winners exemplify the best in airport management by continually
bringing credit to the profession and the aviation community. All
DSA winners are Accredited Airport Executives and exemplify the standards
accreditation seeks to inspire.
Newly
elected AAAE Chair Kelly Johnson, A.A.E. will formally present the
award after January 2012.
Read
on...
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Howard + Helmer selected for
'Big Bertha' redesign
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The Salina Airport Authority board of
directors approved a $218,994 design contract with the Wichita firm of
Howard and Helmer Architecture, at the May 18 board meeting.
The firm was selected in September 2010
as the best qualified firm to provide the design services for Hangar
959 renovations.
Locally known as "Big Bertha,"
the hangar will be well-suited for narrow-body aircraft and
maintenance, repair and overhaul operations use after the renovations
are complete.
Rehabilitation design will include
rehabilitating the hangar doors to working order, installing infrared
tube heating, insulation for reduced utility usage, improved lighting
and upgrading the fire suppression system to meet current National Fire
Protection Association standards.
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Cold, hard truth
about aircraft icing
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 While we
are not going to get into the whole climate change thing, we can tell
you that aircraft icing is a global phenomenon. And Europe certainly
has its share of icing events. That's one reason that CAV Aerospace
Inc. is exhibiting at AviationExpo Europe on Germany's Bitburg Airport,
May 27-29.
Situated centrally in western Europe, Bitburg's location close to the
borders of France, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg makes it an
ideal venue for the fourth AviationExpo Europe's Festival of Aviation.
Some 73,000 pilots who fly 14,000 general aviation aircraft are within
a two and a half hour drive from the German airfield.
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on...
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A good fit:
FlightSafety, K-State connection helps students gain experience, jobs
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During the last decade,
FlightSafey International and Kansas State University Salina have built
a strong relationship.
"FlightSafety's
Wichita Learning Center currently employs six K-State Salina alumni --
two full-time employees, one part-time employee and three
interns," said Rich High, manager of FlightSafety's Cessna
Learning Center in Wichita.
"This internship is a
tremendous opportunity for our students," said Bill Gross, chief
pilot with the K-State aviation program. "They learn two or three
jets inside and out, backward and forward and get very good at it,
which makes them ideal pilots for those aircraft. Because they become
so good at those aircraft, companies are willing to hire them with
lower flight time. The interns are well-positioned to get a job, as
K-State alumni have a 100 percent hire rate after their FlightSafety
internship ends."
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on...
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K-State flight
team places eighth at national competition
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Kansas State University's Flight Team placed
eighth at the National Intercollegiate Flying Association's National
Safety And Flight Evaluation Conference and competition, May 16-21,
hosted by The Ohio State University, Dublin, Ohio.
The
team won an invitation to the national competition by placing second in
the Region VI SAFECON competition in October 2010.
SAFECON
consists of 13 total events. K-State Flight Team members earned nine
individual placements in the Top 20 in six events: Ground Trainer, IFR
Simulated Flight, Message Drop, Navigation, Power-off Landing, and
Short-field landing.
In
the Ground Trainer event contestants fly a complex pattern of climbs,
descents, and turns on a flight simulator. Scores are determined by the
pilot's accuracy.
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Lift
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Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to
increase headwinds.
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