Taxiway Construction Update! 4-26-08: On April 28, 2008, Runway 15-33 will be closed for one day. From April 28, 2008 to May 16±, 2008, the existing skewed taxiway will be closed and ALL taxiing to the runway will need to take place via the South Section of Taxiway ‘A.’ On May 7±, 2008 and May 14±, 2008, Runway 15-33 will be closed for those days to allow for paving to take place near the runway. Click on the PROJECT UPDATE icon for more information.

~   4-26-08 - Just received an email from Jim Dubois with this special poster on seminars called, "Standup for Safety Week", May 4 - 10, 2008. It's chuck full  of seminars with catchy names like, "WHAT GOES UP, MUST COME DOWN", and "WHAT I SAID IS NOT WHAT I THINK YOU HEARD". To see the whole list, click on the FAA logo in this article.

Congratulations To Paul Nixon! 4-20-08- Congratulations to Paul Nixon on receiving his private pilots license. Thanks to the guiding hand of our CFII Mike McMahon. Paul has been flying in our Cessna 150, an aircraft with a reputation for training pilots. Now Paul can bring his friends a family for that long awaited plane ride. Sometimes it takes a little persistence and patience to work in the time and experience requirements for getting your private pilots license but offers the reward of exploring the open sky once you get there. Want to know more about the plane Paul was flying?  Click on it and find out.

Darter Gets Fuel ~ 4-19-08 - Well, the OVA camera catches another rare bird drinking some fuel at the fuel farm. Ever hear of a North American Rockwell 100 Darter Commander? While I was walking out to 50J, Tony says, "Hey, check out the Lark!" I said, "A what?" The aircraft pictured here is kept at Limington-Harmon airport by its owner Bill Newsom. Bill was kind enough to let us take a few pictures of this rare aircraft and mentioned it is a 1969 model 100 which happens to be the last year the aircraft was made. Click on the aircraft for more pics. Click here for a link to a site with more info on the Darter..

TFR For The Pope! ~4-19-08 -  AOPA sent an email message to advise pilots in and near New York City that the FAA has issued notams restricting flight in the area during the Pope's visit from Friday, April 18, through Sunday, April 20. Check out these AOPA links. about the TFR:
( http://download.aopa.org/images/misc/popetfr.jpg ).
( http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/notams.html#ny ). 
Check out this seven page advisory...
( http://download.aopa.org/epilot/2008/pope-advisory.pdf ).
So, will there be any incursions? And if there is, will they use F16's to intercept? Probably not. The TFR is inside of the New York class B airspace...

Taxiway Construction Update! 4-18-08 Construction of the North Section and Center Section of Taxiway ‘A’ is on-going. Future Pavement Closures: During the week of April 28, 2008, Runway 15-33 will be closed for one day to allow construction activities to reconstruct the existing stub taxiways’ connections to the runway. Click on the PROJECT UPDATE icon for more information.

Dr. Peter Richards Dies Suddenly 4-9-08 - Our deepest sympathy goes out to the family of Dr. Peter Richards who many pilots used to go to for the aviation physical. Glen tells me that he died suddenly I believe it was Tuesday, while he was in Florida. Click on his business card shown here in this article to enlarge.

Sanford CTAF is now 123.075~ 4-7-08 - I just received an email from Jim Dubois of a forward email from the airport manager of Sanford Airport. For some reason, the town of Sanford requested the CTAF frequency be changed from 122.8 to 123.075. It was like one of those pop-up TFR's. One day it's 122.8 the next day (March 25) it was 123.075. So in this case, having an up-to-date sectional and checking the AFD is not enough. Should you check the NOTAMs before every flight? Of course... but even if you printed out the new DUATS "D" notam format you might of missed the separate "Communication" notam that listed Sanford with the new CTAF frequency. CLICK HERE to see the airport managers email.