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Greetings from Olsson Associates
August 19 is National Aviation Day, and airports and aviation groups across the country will be involved in a host of activities to draw attention to the importance of aviation to our communities and the nation as a whole. The holiday, established in 1939 with a proclamation by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, designates the anniversary of Orville Wright's birthday as the day we celebrate the development of aviation in our country.
In Arizona we have much to celebrate and much to be proud of as aviation has played an important part in the development and growth of our state. (Note the photo of the plaque below from Winslow.)
Join with us at Olsson Associates next month as we recognize the value that aviation has brought to Arizona and our country over the years and the historic significance it has played in making us the greatest country in the world.
Kim Stevens Business Development Leader
480.333.4372 or kstevens@oaconsulting.com |
FAA to Examine How AIP is Doled Out to GA
A change in the methodology by which federal Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funds are issued to general aviation (GA) airports could soon be in the works. Michael O'Donnell, FAA director of airport safety and standards, said at the American Association of Airport Executives General Aviation and Safety Conference, that the FAA will assemble a committee to examine the means by which it doles out the approximately $4.5 billion a year in airport funding.
O'Donnell said that general aviation doesn't fit well in the AIP structure the way it's currently set up. Apparently, the plan is for the committee to develop a new initiative with GA to better define its roles, what its functions are, and the infrastructure needs, and then review and update its criteria for adding and removing those airports in the National Plan of Integrated Airports Systems (NPIAS).
Approximately 2,600 airports of those listed in the NPIAS are in the non-reliever GA category. O'Donnell said that once the review process gets under way it could take several years before stakeholders see benefits. O'Donnell thinks the results will be better than where it is today, but, with any government study, we'll have to keep a close eye on the direction this committee takes.
According to the Arizona State Airports Systems Plan, 59 of the state's 83 public-use airports are included in the NPIAS, which in turn makes them eligible for federal funding. |
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Seen Around the State
Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Airport, Winslow, AZ
A P2V-7 Lockheed Neptune sits at the Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Airport. The aircraft is operated by the U.S. Forest Service, which maintains a base at the airport. |
Entrance to the general aviation terminal. |
honors Charles A. Lindbergh who flew the inaugural flight into Winslow for Transcontinental Air Transport in 1929. |
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Pullium Airport, Flagstaff, AZ
A Sikorsky CH-54B Skycrane helicopter operated by Helicopter Transport Services, Heavy Lift Division located in Corvallis, Oregon, used the Flagstaff airport as a base for firefighting support during the recent Schultz fire. |
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Saved from Extinction
By Joan Darling, Ph.D.
Here are some animal trivia questions: - What creature weighing a little over two pounds has been clocked at speeds of over 240 mph?
- What species has been a hunting partner with humans for around 4,000 years?
- What bird was extinct east of the Rockies and endangered elsewhere but has made a remarkable recovery?
If you answered "peregrine falcon" to all three, you are correct.
 The peregrine falcon is one of the wonders of the biological world. It is an almost exclusively aerial predator, catching birds on the fly. It does so by going into an astounding hunting swoop, during which it can reach speeds of over 200 miles per hour. This is twice as fast as any other bird is known to fly and three times as fast as the cheetah, the fastest land animal. You can't appreciate the incredible nature of this feat without seeing it, so check out this National Geographic video of the falcon in action. Pretty cool, but, by now, you must be wondering what this has to do with your projects? We're getting there... READ MORE |
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Around the Firm
On June 28, Olsson Associates acquired Scott Consulting Engineers (SCE), a Springfield, Missouri, firm.
SCE offers a range of civil engineering, municipal, water/wastewater, land surveying, and land use development and planning services to public and private clients.
Olsson has operated a Springfield, Missouri, office since 2005.
* * * * * Congrats to our new Professional Engineers: Will Hye, Phoenix Transportation
Eric Falk, KC Southland Bridge/Structural
Reid Catt, Springfield Transportation
Jamie Miller, Lincoln Water Resources
Chris Rolling, Omaha Traffic
Amy Gabor, Denver Water Resources
Ben Messersmith, Denver Municipal
Will Lambert, Golden Assessment and Remediation
The Three-Mile Creek Trail project is featured in the July issue of the APWA Reporter. Read the feature about APWA's "Project of the Year: Transportation less than $5 million" here. |
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