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3 weeks ago | 
aviationweek.com | William Garvey
He entered the pitch-dark hangar and stared into its inky emptiness. Suddenly, two brilliant shafts of blue light cut downward through the murk, focused on a pair of vertical blades taller than a person, curved outward, seemingly suspended a dozen feet above the floor and 25 paces apart. The sight...
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1 month ago | 
aviationweek.com | William Garvey
Chuck Surack’s career journey began in the 1970s with a saxophone and a “beat-up VW bus.” Fifty years on, he still sounds his sax regularly for relaxation, but his mode of transport has improved considerably. After five years playing at clubs, colleges and coffee shops six nights a week, Surack had...
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2 months ago | 
aviationweek.com | William Garvey
The recommendations were unambiguous and highly supportive, but Ed Bolen was unsure. He did not know the fellow and wanted assurance because the open executive position was of critical importance. Fortuitously, Bolen’s former college classmate was a member of the executive candidate’s team. Bolen called and asked for his assessment. The response: “He’s the real deal.
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2 months ago | 
aviationweek.com | William Garvey
Roads connecting towns historically began in the center of the respective habitations. In time, drivers came to dislike traversing stop-and-go city centers to get from point A to point B, and transportation planners created bypass roads to circumvent the towns. A bypass was built in the 1980s around...
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
aviationweek.com | William Garvey
The recommendations were unambiguous and highly supportive, but Ed Bolen was unsure. He did not know the fellow and wanted assurance because the open executive position was of critical importance. Fortuitously, Bolen’s former college classmate was a member of the executive candidate’s team. Bolen...
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Catherine Johnson |Claire Kelly |Anthony F Jorm |William Garvey
MHFASC Mental Health First Aid for Supporting Children MHP mental health problem People who live and work with children, such as parents, educators and health professionals, are a key source of support for children with mental health problems (MHPs) and can act as gateways to professional help. They may be the first to notice changes in a child's behaviour, emotions or functioning and how they interpret what they observe influences the decision to seek further help for a child [1, 2].
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
aviationweek.com | William Garvey
Fact: Pig excreta generated at giant factory farms is flushed into large earthen pits, and the malodorous waste, which bacterial digestion turns to a darkish pink, is later spread as fertilizer—a controversial practice that can also threaten nearby waterways. Fact: The cargo door on a Pilatus PC-12... Pilot Groups Monitor Threats To The Environment And Natural Balance is available to both Aviation Week & Space Technology and AWIN subscribers.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
aviationweek.com | William Garvey
John Eiff had a problem familiar to many: satisfying ever-increasing expenses with a fixed income. Compounding his predicament was the prospect that outside entities could soon overwhelm the already delicate situation. As manager of DeLand Municipal Airport in Central Florida, Eiff is championing a...
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
aviationweek.com | William Garvey
Sean Tucker (right) with student Isaac Leyva, now graduated, following his first solo flight. Aviation brought legendary aerobat Sean Tucker world fame, financial comfort, technical acclaim, self-satisfaction and, yes, joy. Eager to share that good fortune, he enlisted the help of those best qualified to facilitate his outreach—probation workers—to identify his intended beneficiaries: “The...
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
aviationweek.com | William Garvey
“We’ve got a simple [business] philosophy. We seek out extremely difficult things to do in aviation—things that are so highly regulated or highly technical that they create barriers to entry. We meet those roadblocks and get beyond them. Then we have no competition, since no one else can do it or...
