Happy summer, my fellow aviators! I don’t know about you, but after this year’s winter, I am very happy warm weather is back in the Commonwealth. We’ve had some great fly ins already, like the Virginia Regional Festival of Flight in Suffolk and the Warbirds over the Beach air show in Virginia Beach. There are many more fly-ins, air shows and airport open houses to come throughout the summer and fall and you can find them on our website calendar at www.doav.virginia.gov. So let us help you promote your event, get us your news and let’s all get out there and show your support for our aviation community!
We have some very exciting news here at the department. There are so many different channels to disperse news and information instantaneous these days and, sometimes, a printed newsletter just can’t cut it as far as breaking news is concerned. That’s why we’ve started the Virginia Aviation News blog at www.virginiaviation.blogspot.com.
The blog joins our Web site, www.doav.virginia.gov, and our newsletter, Virginia Aviation, as our newest communications tool. Even though the blog is run by the department, its main focus will be providing news on aviation throughout the Commonwealth. Department news and information will still be posted on our Web site.
I can’t encourage you enough to take advantage of these FREE advertising tools for your airports. By adding the blog as another way to send information, we have expanded our audience. You can also bookmark and follow the blog for current updates. Your news is our news, and we can’t wait to share it with the world.
Virginia Aviation Editor Kelly Pruitt will be updating the blog, so please send her your breaking news and press releases, and she will upload them to the blog as soon as she gets them. She can be reached at 804-236-3631 or kelly.pruitt@doav.virginia.gov
And don’t forget to keep checking the blog and our Web site for information on the upcoming Virginia Aviation Conference held August 17-20 at the Wyndham Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel. We have some great speakers and workshops planned this year, as well as plenty of beach activities. It should be an exciting event, and we look forward to seeing you there!
Until then, I look forward to seeing you at aviation events throughout our Commonwealth.
Safe Flying,
Randy
