News
Welcome to our News Room. Here you will find out what's going on in Virginia aviation.
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Dual Instruction in small aircraft not allowed by Executive Order 55
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Coronavirus Emergency Loans
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Art Contest Postponed
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Airport COVID-19 Restrictions or Accommodations
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Tangier Island Asks Pilots Not to Visit
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Charles J. Colgan Scholarship
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Ambassador Passport Reviews Temporarily Suspended
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Pilot/DPE Forum Cancellation
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Walk-in Aircraft Registration Halted
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Online Aviation Activities for Students
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Governor Northam Declares State of Emergency
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NASA's SAND UAS Challenge
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Richmond TFR
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Captain Earle Worley Scholarship
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Top 5 Holiday Travel Tips to Help Ease Holiday Stress
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2019 DroneUp Expansion
Governor Ralph Northam today announced that DroneUp, a web and mobile platform for on-demand drone pilot services, will invest $130,000 to expand its headquarters operation in Virginia Beach. Virginia successfully competed with North Carolina for the project, which will create 41 new jobs.
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ADS-B See and Be Seen
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2019 Aviation Photo Contest
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2019 Airventure
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Summer Camps at the Military Aviation Museum
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2019 Summer Newsletter
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Aviation Career Education Day in June
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75th Anniversary of D-Day
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2019 Women Can Fly
A series of six Women Can Fly events will take place across the Commonwealth of Virginia this year. Attendance is free but participants are encouraged to preregister.
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2019 Transportation Day
The Virginia Department of Aviation celebrated Transportation Day on Thursday, May 23, 2019. To express our gratitude to our fellow transportation workers at Richmond International Airport, Department of Aviation staff delivered cupcakes to TSA agents and American Airlines staff at the airline terminal as well as Richmond International Airport firefighters.