The Lindbergh Foundation announced Wednesday that, in connection
with its 31st annual Lindbergh Award Celebration in May, several
one-of-a-kind items will be available for on-line bidding. Kelley
Welf, Director of Communications for the Foundation, confirmed that
online bidding for 12 unique items opened April 30 at the
Foundation's website, and will close on May 15 at 1600 CDT.
A term used by air traffic controllers to taxi an aircraft on
the runway opposite to the traffic flow. The aircraft may be
instructed to back-taxi to the beginning of the runway or at some
point before reaching the runway end for the purpose of departure
or to exit the runway.
"...It's not like other things at the airport. They're
not here and gone. They circle, circle, circle. There were times
I'd be lying in bed and the helicopter would come flying overhead
every 15 minutes."
Source: Randy Lawrence, a neighbor of McNary
Field in Salem, OR. McNary is widely considered to be one of the
more underutilized, towered fields in the region. It's been even
quieter since the bankruptcy of Silver State Helicopters grounded
the company's swarm of R22s in early February... but NIMBYs voted
April 22 to fight the resumption of helicopter training at the
field.
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