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Westchester Aviation
Association
Main P.O. Box 447
Purchase, NY, 10577-0447 |
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Aviation Association |
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Westchester Aviation Association is a not-for-profit organization which promotes aviation
education and understanding on the part of government authorities
and the public. Its members
include a growing number of individuals and businesses who value
the presence of good air transportation facilities in Westchester
County. |
| Ed Bolen Speaks to WAA Membership at Breakfast Meeting. Noise Abatement Awards Also Presented |
 Ed Bolen, President of NBAA
Ed Bolen, President of NBAA, was the keynote speaker at the WAA membership breakfast meeting last week. He spoke of the challenges facing business aviation in the areas of user fees, the European Union efforts to tax flights based upon their carbon emissions from their point of departure, not within just european airspace and the FAA proposal to virtually eliminate the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program, enabled in 2000 to address security and privacy issues of general aviation as real-time aircraft and flight information is easily accessible to the general public.
HPN Spirit of Noise Abatement Award
The Westchester County Airport awarded 25 of its based operators and corporate flight departments with the "Spirit of Noise Abatement" award, including 12 based companies for Honorable Mention Awards for 2010.
They are being recognized for maintaining 100% compliance with the Westchester County Airport Voluntary Restraint From Flying Program (12 midnight - 6:30am) and the High Range Noise Event Limit (90.0 dBA) for the entire year.
The "Spirit Winners" are an elite group, and are truly thanked for their dedication and commitment to making the Westchester County Airport a quieter place, and for being a "Good Neighbor".
Below are this year's award winners.
HELICOPTER
IBM Flight Operations;
Wayfarer Ketch Management, LLC
TURBOPROPELLER
Access Yacht Sales, Inc.; Air Frantz; Air Life Line;
Carmen Labriola, Inc.; Donnellan Aviation Inc.; Greenhill Aviation Inc.; ISDM, Inc.;
Jen-Linz Ltd.; Joe Howley;
K.W. Griffen Packaging Company; Leone Aviation;
New York Power Authority; OAKLR Aviation Services, LLC; Richard Forman Associates, Inc.; Wagner Air, LLC
JET
Air Frantz;
Bresnan International Aviation, LLC; IT Aviation LLC;
MetLife;
PMI Global Services, Inc.; Polo Aviation; R.T. Vanderbilt;
The McGraw-Hill Companies; WISC Ltd.
Westchester Green Business Challenge
Also announced at the breakfast meeting is the innovative private-public partnership between Westchester County and the Business Council of Westchester. The Westchester Green Business Challenge is a friendly competition designed to help Westchester businesses become more environmentally friendly, while improving performace and saving money. To find out more the Westchester Green Business Challenge and how enter, go to www.westchestergov.com/greenchallenge. |
2011 Aviation/Aerospace Education Expo a Huge Success
The Aviation Education Corporation, a not-for-profit organization that promotes Aviation and Aerospace education, hosted the Westchester Aviation /Aerospace Education Expo on October 20th. and 21st. at the Pepsico Facility at Westchester County Airport.
Over 850 middle and high school students attended the Expo from neighboring New York and Connecticut school districts. Schools attending the event included: Ossining High School, St. Dominic Academy,
Trumbull High School,
Roosevelt High School
Riverside High School,
LEAH (Loving Education
At Home)
Casmir Pulaski Middle School,
Somers High School,
John G. Bordon Middle School,
and Brookfield High School in CT.
The goal of this year’s event was to ignite the interest of middle and high school students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the context of aviation and aerospace.
Many aviation and aerospace educators, engineers, research scientists, and aircraft maintenance personnel, were on hand to discuss, display, and demonstrate how important science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are to the many career opportunities available in the aviation/aerospace industry.
Some of the featured presentations included: Mad Scientist- Tom Chadwick/ Video of NASA Orbital Shutttle Flight; Flight Safety Intl- Desktop Graphic Smulator; Scott Jordon, EAA Builder; IBM Watson- Mike Gordon, FAA Air Traffic Control-Smart Skies, Joan Brown.
Also on display were numerous aircraft such as a Cirrus S22 Turbo; Van's RV-10;
Cessna SkyCatcher; Piper Meridian Turbo Prop; Cessna 172 Glass Cockpit,
This years Expo featured many local corporations and organizations that are active in supporting local aviation. These include:
PepsiCo,
IBM,
JP Morgan Chase,
Gulfstream Aerospace,
Tudor Investment,
Xerox,
Westchester Aviation Association,
Executive Jet Management/Net Jets,
Cessna Aircraft Company,
Embraer,
McGraw-Hill Companies,
General Electric Air Transport,
Webster Bank,
ASME Westchester Section,
Jet Systems Inc.,
Bombardier Aerospace,
Columbia Aircraft Sales,
Experimental Aircraft Association,
Performance Flight,
Panorama Flight Service, Safety International and
NBAA.
For more information, visit our website: www.aviationeducationcorp.org |
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| Member News |
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 Panorama Flight Service now has a Redbird FMX Simulator as part of its flight training.
The Redbird is a full motion, advanced aviation training device, which features wrap-around visuals, a fully enclosed cockpit, quick-change configurations, scenario-based training compatibility and an electric motion platform. The FMX serves up a level of realism that is simply unavailable in other training devices on the market.
Visit Panorama's website for more information about scheduling a demo. For more information about the Redbird Simulators, visit their website. |
| Westchester Aviation Association News |
WAA Elects President and Vice President
The WAA Board has elected John Johnston, Director of Flight Operations for McGraw-Hill, as its new President and Milt Hobbs, Director of Flight Operations for JPMorganChase, as Vice President. Jeff Lee has stepped down as President, but will remain on the WAA Board. The WAA under Jeff Lee's leadership has enjoyed great success and we are pleased he will remain on the WAA Board and serves as a continuing asset to our organization. Please join me in congratulating John Johnston and Milt Hobbs in their new leadership positions. For their individual bios, please visit our Board of Directors page |
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| Upcoming Events |
| Jan 2012 |
WAA Breakfast Meeting - Tentative topics: TSA and LASP |
| Mar 2012 |
WAA Breakfast Meeting - Tentative topics: Flying Hudson River Corridor, iPad applications for GA |
Jun, July, Aug |
WAA Summer BBQs Held at Panorama Flight Service |
| Oct |
WAA “Business Takes Flight” Luncheon. Location and date to be determined |
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| HPN News |
Traveling Abroad?
If you going overseas, you might want to consider joining
Smart
Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP). It's a free program through the U.S. State Department that enables them to contact in the event of a travel emergency.
Click here to go to the STEP website for more information about the program and to sign-up
Click here for tips on how to have a safe trip abroad.
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For Latest Low Altitude IFR Preferred Routes From HPN
click
here |
Latest NBAA Analysis Shows Business Aviation Continues To Slow at HPN and NY State Overall.
Click here to view latest NBAA statistics on business aviation activity in New York State and HPN. Westchester Airport showed a decline of 14.5% year over year, which was significantly greater than the 9.2% decline in business aviation activity throughout New York State. |
Measuring an FBO's True Overall Value
An article written by Gene Condreras of President of Panorama Flight Service was published in the July, 2010 issue of Professional Pilot Magazine.
In the article, Mr. Condreras, explains the four factors — safety, service, facility and true value the FBO has to offer — that pilots and flight departments should consider when selecting a FBO at their destination airport. To read Gene's full article, click here. |
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