AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 37

HEADLINES THAT
AFFECT YOU

Recent news from the aviation world

also housed German prisoners of war who
worked on nearby farms.
Today, it's a general aviation airport
with nearly 40 aircraft and about 117 operations a week, a peaceful place to fly among
the cotton fields.
To remind visitors of the connection with Lindbergh, the local historical
society placed a 7-foot bronze statue of a
wing-walking Lindbergh outside the airport terminal, next to a state historical
marker commemorating Lindbergh's solo
flight. It's quite possibly the most awkward
depiction of Lindbergh ever created.
It's a pleasure to visit this Lindbergh
historical site by airplane, but don't look
for Souther Field on your sectional chart;
in 2009 the airport was renamed Jimmy
Carter Regional Airport, as the thirtyninth president of the United States was
born and raised in nearby Plains, Georgia.
You can visit the Jimmy Carter National
Historic Site, 15 miles west of the airport.
The JN-4 Jenny that Lindbergh bought
and soloed at Souther Field survived his
barnstorming days and is on display at the
Cradle of Aviation Museum in New York.
DENNIS K. JOHNSON is an aviation writer

living in New York.

Jimmy Carter Regional Airport (ACJ)/
Souther Field
Jimmy Carter Regional Airport/Souther
Field is four miles northeast of Americus,
Georgia, and 115 miles south of Atlanta.
The nontowered airport has two paved
runways-5/23, 6,011 by 100 feet and
10/28, which is 3,786 by 75 feet, at an
elevation of 468 feet msl.

CIRRUS NAMES NEW CEO
A veteran marketing executive with years of experience at
automotive, audio, and building materials manufacturers is
the new CEO of Cirrus Aircraft.
Zean Nielsen succeeded Cirrus
co-founder Dale Klapmeier as
CEO effective June 3. Klapmeier,
a National Aviation Hall of Fame
inductee, announced in December
his intent to transition from CEO
to adviser.
CUBA CLOSED TO PRIVATE PILOTS
Two years after President Donald
J. Trump first announced his
intent to reverse Obama-era
changes easing restrictions on
travel to Cuba, a final rule effective June 5 closed the door for
most of general aviation. The
Department of Commerce Bureau
of Industry and Security implemented additional restrictions on
travel and commerce with Cuba,
further limiting options allowed
under the previous administration.
U.S. SPORT AVIATION EXPO
CANCELED
The annual U.S. Sport Aviation
Expo, hosted at Florida's Sebring
Regional Airport since 2003,
has been canceled effective
immediately, the airport authority announced May 30. A farewell
message posted on the official
website thanked attendees for
"15 incredible years" after the
January 2020 event was
scrubbed.
AVIONICS PIONEER GARY
BURRELL HAS DIED
Gary Burrell, the aviation pioneer
who developed the first successful navigation/communications
product for general aviation and
would go on to co-found avionics powerhouse Garmin with his
colleague Min Kao, died June 12.
He was 81.
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