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DALLAS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT P.6 WINGTIPS | SPRING 2019 1 Aboard a U.S A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WINGTIPS AVIATION DIVISION. SPRING 2019 DALLAS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT p.6 WINGTIPS | SPRING 2019 1 aboard a U.S. Navy Wayne was the initiator and driving force ship in the Pacific behind the Wood County Airport from theater. Following its creation until the day he died. For his the war, he returned lifetime contributions to aviation, Wayne to Rice University was an easy choice as the first recipient to complete his of the Texas Aviator of the Year Award. education, graduating God Bless You Wayne. Thanks for all in 1948. He continued you did for Texas Aviation. his military career in the Naval Reserve, Welcome Aboard To Our New TxDOT retiring at the rank of Aviation Employees!! Captain U. S. Navy. Since last year’s Texas Aviation After his family, flying was the love Conference, we have added five DAVE’S and constant of Wayne’s life. He flew employees to our airport HANGAR his beloved Beechcraft Bonanza improvement staff. around the world twice, in 1986 and The new employees are: again in 1990. Wayne was the founding We Say Goodbye To Wayne Collins!! Mike Van Vliet, Airport Planner organizer for formation flights to the Sadly, on January 27, 2019, we had to Harry Sutherland, Airport Inspector annual fly-ins to Oshkosh, earning an say so long to one of our best General Anna Ramirez, Grants Manager entry into the Guinness Book of World Aviation supporters and friend, Wayne Records. He provided help to families We’re also pleased to have back with us Collins. Wayne was born in Mineola needing medical transportation through three excellent former employees: Texas, graduating from high school Angel Flights, introduced numerous Megan McLellan, Airport Planner in 1941. His college training at Rice young people to flying though the Sheri Quinlan, Grants Manager University was interrupted by World Young Eagles program, and delivered Robert Johnson, P.E. Project Manager. War II, serving as an officer and two single-engine planes to medical member of the “Greatest Generation” missionaries in Africa for Wings of Hope. IN THIS ISSUE 2 Dave’s Hangar 3 Lone Star Flight Museum Names 2019 Texas Aviation Hall of Fame Inductees 4 Terrell Airport 5 Texas Airports Mean Business 6 – 7 Dallas Executive Airport Surges Forward 8 Nothing to Something 9 – 10 Civic Leader, Mineola Icon Wayne Collins Dies at 94 10 NASA To Test UAS Traffic Management over Urban Areas 6 11 Grants Received Photo by Scott Slocum. 2 WINGTIPS | SPRING 2019 LONE STAR FLIGHT MUSEUM TXDOT AVIATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE NAMES 2019 TEXAS James Schwertner, Chairman (Austin) Pete Huff, Vice Chairman (McKinney) AVIATION HALL OF FAME Mike Schnell, Member (Spearman) INDUCTEES Fred Underwood, Member (Lubbock) John White, Member (Corpus Christi) The Lone Star Flight Museum (LSFM) is pleased to announce the selection of four Shelly DeZevallos, Member (Houston) new inductees into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame. This prestigious group was AVIATION inducted on Friday, April 12, at the 2019 Texas Aviation Hall of Fame luncheon at DIVISION LEADERS the Lone Star Flight Museum located at Houston's Ellington Airport. David S. Fulton, Aviation Division Director [email protected] Christopher C. Kraft (born 1924) An aerospace engineer who graduated from Virginia Tech, Christopher Kraft was Jay Joseph, Deputy Director and hired by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1944. He Flight Services Director [email protected] performed aerospace research for fourteen years before being asked to join the Space Task Group, a group within the newly formed NASA which managed the Kari Campbell, Director, Grants program to put a man in space and on the Moon. As part of the Flight Operations [email protected] division, Kraft became NASA's first flight director, overseeing flights in the Mercury Eusebio Torres, Director, Engineering and Gemini series of space missions. [email protected] Greg Miller, Director, Planning H. Ross Perot, Jr. (born 1958) [email protected] A native of Dallas, Texas, H. Ross Perot, Jr. came to prominence early in life. He graduated from Vanderbilt University and shortly thereafter co-piloted the first MANAGING EDITOR around-the-world helicopter flight in 1982, at the age of 23. Using a Bell 206L-1 Chris Sasser Long Ranger II named the "Spirit of Texas," he and fellow pilot Jay Coburn took off Texas A&M Transportation Institute from Fort Worth and flew around the world in 29 days, 3 hours and 8 minutes. Perot [email protected] next spent over eight years as a fighter pilot with the U.S. Air Force. DESIGN AND LAYOUT Dr. Peggy A. Whitson (born 1960) Jason E. Hranicky A native of Iowa, Dr. Peggy Whitson received her Doctorate in Biochemistry from TxDOT Publishing and Design Services Rice University before becoming a National Research Council Resident Research Communications Division Associate at NASA's Johnson Space Center. She next supervised the Biochemistry PRINTED BY Research Group of a NASA contractor before becoming adjunct professor of TxDOT Print Services, Austin, TX Internal Medicine and Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics at the University Support Services Division of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. AVIATION DIVISION, TxDOT General Ira C. Eaker (born 1896, died 1987) 125 E. 11th St. Born in Field Creek, Texas, Ira Eaker served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Austin, Texas 78701-2483 infantry before he was selected for flight training at Kelly Field. During World War 512-416-4500 or 1-800-68-PILOT II, Eaker was sent to England to organize and later command the Eighth Air Force FAX: 512-416-4510 in the strategic bombing of Nazi Germany. He became Commander-in-Chief of the www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/ Mediterranean Allied Air Forces in 1944, then Deputy Commander of the Army Air division/aviation.html Forces and Chief of the Air Staff before his retirement in 1947. Copies of this publication have been deposited with the Texas State Library in compliance with the state Depository Law. WINGTIPS | SPRING 2019 3 TERRELL AIRPORT Setting the Standard By Chris Sasser Texas A&M Transportation Institute isitors to Terrell Municipal Airport (KTRL) immediately Today, this modern airport is home to five Fortune 500 company notice the high standards. The perfectly manicured divisions that create thousands of jobs and serves the owners Vand landscaped entrance to the airport serves as the of nearly 100 based aircraft. The companies include distribution front door for economic development for the region. All airport centers for Goodyear, AutoZone and Wal-Mart. buildings are immaculately maintained. Navigational aids are “We have 150 acres of available landside and airside sites in our kept in excellent condition and inspections are made regularly. It Airport Business Park,” said Terrell Director of Public Works Glenn is evident that the exemplary management and operation of this Caldwell. “We are in a great location next to I-20, U.S. 80 and SH award-winning airport is a priority. Take, for example, the unique 34, so we feel confident in our ability to foster future growth at terminal building, which opened in 2011. the airport.” The terminal building pays homage to the No. 1 British Flight In addition to the new terminal building, the airport also recently Training School where the Royal Air Force flying cadets learned constructed a new airport terminal access road which improved to fly for European combat. The top of the building is shaped like the drainage. Future plans include relocating the fuel next to the the historic air traffic control tower, and the floor of the lobby has terminal building. Guiding this airport’s vision was their 2005 a map that depicts the training routes in correlation with Europe. Airport Master Plan, which set the stage for the leaders of this There is also a small British Flight Training School museum inside community to guide in the development of this first-class airport. the terminal. The airport has been self-sustaining for over 10 years and boasts “When we originally conceived the idea for the terminal, we an airport fund that has increased 100% within those years. really wanted to do it right,” noted Terrell City Engineer Steve This airport is also very active in the community. The annual Rogers. “This building requires very little maintenance. There is a September Flights of our Fathers Fly-In has garnered such conference room and clean, modern facilities for pilots. Tying our tremendous attention that it now requires an assigned air boss to history into the design was something that makes this oversee the over 60 aircraft that come to join in the fun of more building special.” than 2,500 visitors. The airport was first developed from land sold by a local resident “My main message is that we are open for business!” said in 1940. The government then acquired it during World War II for Rogers. “I encourage everyone to visit us and see what we training operations, where it achieved international fame as the have to offer.” home of the number one British Flight Training School. The terminal building at Terrell Municipal Airport opened in 2011 and pays homage to the No. 1 British Flight Training School where the Royal Air Force flying cadets learned to fly for European combat. 4 WINGTIPS | SPRING 2019 TEXAS AIRPORTS MEAN BUSINESS TEXAS AIRPORTS… By the Numbers A popular saying amongst local government officials when referring to their general • $94B Annual Economic Output— aviation airport is “this is the most valuable mile of pavement we have in the county.” The economic impact of Texas’s The Texas Aviation Economic Impact Study, which was released in 2018, proved system airports is estimated that statement to be true.
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