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2010 Wyoming Aviation Conference

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 8:00 AM - Saturday, September 18, 2010 at 5:00 PM (MT)

Casper, WY

2010 Wyoming Aviation Conference

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
Full Conference Attendee
This is a full conference registration. This ticket is good for all conference meals, Thursday banquest, and meetings. Please register for the golf tournament seperately.
Ended $105.00 $0.00
Mechanic Attendee   more info Ended $53.00 $0.00
Complimentary Registration (Speaker/Sponsor)
This is a full conference registration. This ticket is good for all conference meals, meetings and events. Speaker registrants must be an approved speaker for the conference.
Ended $0.00 $0.00
Banquet Only   more info Ended $35.00 $0.00
Golf Tournament Participant
Tournament will be held September 15th with an 11:30am tee time at Three Crowns Golf Course. Cost includes boxed lunch, green fees and cart rental.
Ended $85.00 $0.00
Saturday only - Mechanic Sessions   more info Ended $25.00 $0.00

Event Details

 

The 2010 Wyoming Aviation Conference will be in Casper, WY at the Best Western Ramkota September 15-18.

 

Hotel Information

Best Western Ramkota                307-266-6000                       Group Code: 2010AVIA

 

Rental Car Information

Hertz at the Casper/Natrona County International AIrport is offering a 10% discount for all attendees.

 

The conference will feature industry speakers including speakers from the National Weather Service (NWS), National Transportation Board (NTSB), National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), WYDOT, FAA, and many others.

 

The featured guest speaker for Thursday nights banquet is Mr. Brian Shul. Brian Shul was born in Quantico, Virginia in 1948, son of a career Marine.  He graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in History and Anthropology in 1970.

As an Air Force fighter pilot, he flew 212 missions in Viet Nam before his aircraft was shot down.  Unable to eject he was forced to ride the plane into the jungle, sustaining severe burn injuries in the crash.  He spent one year in hospitals and endured 15 reconstructive surgeries.  Told he would never fly again, Brian miraculously returned to active flying duty, serving as airshow demonstration pilot in the A-10, and teaching at the TOPGUN School in the F-5B.   

He culminated his Air Force career by flying our nations premier spy plane, the SR-71.  This was a remarkable accomplishment considering that it required an astronaut physical to qualify for the plane that routinely flew above 95% of the earth’s atmosphere.  Only 93 Air Force pilots in history ever flew the SR-71, still the fastest plane ever built.  Brian flew the Blackbird for 4 years and was the pilot who provided key photos of Kiddahffi’s terrorist camps to President Reagan during the Libyan Crisis in 1986.

Brian retired from the Air Force in 1990, and pursued his writing and photography interests. He was the first Blackbird pilot to write a book about flying that plane, illustrated with his own photographs.  Entitled Sled Driver, this limited edition represents the definitive photo essay on the SR-71 and was hailed as Aviation Book of the Year by Smithsonian Magazine. 

 

 

When & Where


Best Western Ramkota
800 North Poplar Street
Casper, WY 82604

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 8:00 AM - Saturday, September 18, 2010 at 5:00 PM (MT)


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Wyoming Airport Operators Association



Since 1976, WAOA has worked hard on behalf of airports in Wyoming on a number of issues important to facilities of all types and sizes. WAOA accomplishes this by: Providing a unified voice for airport operators to commercial, state and federal agencies and to the State legislature and the United States Congress on proposed or pending legislation impacting airports.

  • Providing for an exchange of operating information between airport operators.
  • Providing advisory assistance where required to member airports related to educational material and problem resolution.
  • Promoting safety in the development of airport facilities and operating procedures.

Recently, WAOA has been instrumental in influencing positive outcomes on a number of issues affecting airports throughout the state:

  • Helped secure State Funding for the maintenance of locally owned navigational aids, significantly reducing operating expenses at several airports.
  • Worked with the Wyoming Division of Aeronautics to adequately fund the Aeronautics grant and loan programs, providing all airports with alternate sources of capital improvement funds.
  • Lobbied to secure an increase in the legal debt limit for all sizes of airports.
  • Introduced state legislation designed to help attract and maintain a Wyoming-based regional airline, which could result in more consistent airline service to the State.

And, at local, state and federal levels, WAOA continues to address a variety of critical air service, airline competition and related issues unique to the State of Wyoming.