aviation

Ask Richard Holbert what made sense about the decision to sell Little Rock aviation outfit Central Flying Service, and the second-generation president of the company responds with the folky candor for which he is well-known. “It makes sense, to me,…

The wild, blue yonder awaits in this month’s issue of Arkansas Money & Politics. Each year, our April issue features the aviation and aerospace industries in Arkansas. This month, our flight around the state visits Little Rock and Northwest Arkansas…

Just as The Natural State has been home to “that Arkansas wine” for going on 150 years — borrowing an old tagline from Wiederkehr Wine Cellars — that “Arkansas airline” helped lay the foundation for the growth of commuter airlines…

In the public interest and in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the U.S. Geological Survey is announcing a low-level airborne project for certain areas of Western and Central Arkansas. Scientists with the USGS and the Arkansas Geological Survey…

TAC Air recently made changes to its leadership team in Fort Smith. Eight-year veteran of TAC Air, Christina Lang, will now lead the company’s St Louis fixed base operation as general manager (GM) at Spirit of St Louis Airport in…

Gina and Wade Radke purchased a struggling California aircraft interior-hardware business in 2005 and transformed it from a true mom-and-pop operation to a multimillion dollar force in the aircraft-hardware manufacturing sector. Galley Support Innovations in Sherwood now employs more than…

In the annals of American aviation history, to say nothing of the history of Arkansas, few individuals stand taller than the willowy Louise McPhetridge Thaden. During the 1920s and 1930s, Thaden was one of the most famous and captivating figures…

In the four decades it’s been in existence, Omni Air Charter has withstood economic ups and downs, stepped-up regulatory presence and rising equipment and fuel costs. But 2020 was something altogether different, according to Toni Finkbeiner, co-owner.  “Initially, when we…

State Rep. Joe Jett has been a passionate fan of aviation his whole adult life. He worked as an air traffic controller amid the dramatic strike in 1982, has an airline-transport pilot’s license and is a single-engine flight instructor. On…

The Northwest Arkansas from which Louise Thaden emerged is a far cry from what it is today. Gone are the small, muddy communities, replaced by the glass and steel of one of the most robust areas in the entire country.…