Casper airport sees 10-year high for November flights

Headline in the CST:

Casper airport sees 10-year high for November flights

Cessna T310R near Kaycee, Wyoming.

 

SURF-A

Honeywell is testing a new surface-alert system, SURF-A, designing to provide pilots with audible and visual warnings when hazards are present on a runway at the Natrona County Airport.

 

Casper airport announces highest number of September passengers in 40 years

Casper air travel should continue during federal shutdown, but ripple effects loom

 

Casper air travel should continue during federal shutdown, but ripple effects loom

Real ID at the NCIA

The Natrona County International Airport joined the US in ID paranoia by starting the Read ID requirements recently imposed nationally yesterday.

Fire Bombers, Summer 2024. Natrona County International Airport.

This has been a horrible year for fires. There's nothing good about that whatsoever.

It has made for some interesting plane spotting, however.

Indeed, the airport put in a fire tanker station/base just last year.  That turned out to be, unfortunately, a good thing.

Bombardier CL-215-6B11 (CL-415) water scooper belonging to Aero-Flite Inc.

A C-130 fire bomber.

British Aerospace BAE 146 belonging to Neptune Aviation Services.

Air Tractor.

 

Airport customs office named for Leatham

 

Airport customs office named for Leatham

Delta To Pull Out Of Casper Airport, Last Flight Is Dec. 3

Lex Anteinternet: Subsidiarity Economics 2024. The times more or les...

Lex Anteinternet: Subsidiarity Economics 2024. The times more or les...: 

September 7, 2024

The Natrona County International Airport had its busiest month in a decade.

Natrona County Passenger Increase

Nearly 30% more passengers flew out of Casper/Natrona County International Airport in July than did a year ago, airport officials reported Monday.

Casper Star Tribune, August 14, 2024.

City of Casper Councilmen grill Airport Board

This over withdrawing support for the subsidy payments for the flight to Salt Lake City.  Casper complained it had received no notice of this occurring, and is concerned what it will mean.

AT-6's (SNJ's) from the film Tora! Tora! Tora!, Natrona County International Airport.

I heard them flying over downtown and looked up and saw them flying, but didn't notice the Japanese markings.  After realizing what they were, I went out the next day and to see if they were still there, and they were.

These are the SNJ's that were altered and remodeled to closely resemble Japanese Navy A6M's (Zeroes) and Nakajima B5N's (Kates) for the 1970s movie Tora! Tora! Tora!.  The resemblance to the Japanese aircraft is truly remarkable.

The Commemorative Air Force maintains and flies this team of aircraft today, preserving the excellent replica work done for the film.

In this instance, these aircraft were on their way to an airshow in Salt Lake City.

AT-6 in original markings.

AT-6 alte4red to resemble B5N.

SNJ rebuilt to resemble A6M.

The Delta Blues*

In local and semi local news:

1.  Last Saturday evening, a Delta Airlines 757 bound from Atlanta to Salt Lake City lost cabin pressure and had to land at the Natrona County International Airport.

2.  On June 17the Casper/Natrona County International Airport Board of Directors notified the Fly Casper Alliance (FCA) that it voted to withdraw support for the minimum revenue guarantee which has kept SkyWest flying as the Delta Connection to Salt Lake.  This will almost surely end commercial air service from Casper to SLC.

Footnotes

* The reference is to the type of blues associated with the Missippii Delta.

Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, June 17, 1944. A stateside tragedy.

Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, June 17, 1944. A stateside tragedy.: 

Saturday, June 17, 1944. A stateside tragedy.

B-24J 42-100023 piloted by 2nd. Lt. Richard Zorn of Connecticut crashed on top of Casper Mountain, south of Casper, Wyoming, at about midnight, killing all on board.

Blog Mirror: Natrona County OKs Another $600,000 To Guarantee Salt Lake Flight

 

Natrona County OKs Another $600,000 To Guarantee Salt Lake Flight

“It stinks, like bad medicine going down, it’s a hard thing to swallow, but I think overall it is going to pay back 10-fold.”

So stated a Casper City Councilman about extending an additional $400,000 to SkyWest Delta to anchor the flight to Salt Lake City from Casper for at least a while.

I'm glad they did.  I don't know if it stinks, but losing the flight certainly would.

Blog Mirror: Casper WWII Pilot Flew B-29 Bomber With Nose Art Drawn By Walt Disney

 

Casper WWII Pilot Flew B-29 Bomber With Nose Art Drawn By Walt Disney

Blog Mirror: Frustrated Natrona Commissioners Call $650K SkyWest Guarantee ‘Extortion”

Frustrated Natrona Commissioners Call $650K SkyWest Guarantee ‘Extortion”

 

Casper One Of Three Finalists To Land National Air Championship Races