Thu, Mar 05, 2009
Mountain Empire, Winchester Regional Among Airports Receiving
Improvement Money
The Virginia Aviation Board (VAB)
recently approved tentative allocations of Commonwealth Airport
Funds for Fiscal year 2009 at its meeting on Thursday, February
19.
Approved Air Carrier/Reliever Discretionary funding was $47,500
and General Aviation Discretionary funding was $11,411. Among the
six airports receiving funding were Mountain Empire Airport, which
received $7,510 to implement a Spill Prevention Control and
Countermeasures (SPCC) Plan; Winchester Regional, which received
$2,100 for runaway rehabilitation; and Chesterfield County, which
received $40,000 for T-hanger taxilane rehabilitation.
The VAB also passed a resolution honoring the late Jean Waltrip,
who managed the Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport for more than 30
years. Mrs. Waltrip had been instrumental in forming the airport
with her husband Larry. In 2001, the Waltrips became the first
husband and wife team to be inducted in the Virginia Aeronautical
Historical Society Hall of Fame. In 2005, the couple received the
Captain John Smith Award, given by James City County Economic
Development Division, as the top business in James City County.
The VAB has eight members representing seven regions of the
Commonwealth. The Board approves funding requests brought to it by
the Virginia Department of Aviation (DOAV). The next VAB meeting is
scheduled for May 21 in Richmond.
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