How far we’ve come: Mariner 4 Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: History.com What were you doing and where were you in 1965? Some of us were kids (I was 12). Some of us weren’t even a glimmer in our old man’s eye. Some of us were adults, already making a difference in our world. In…
The Moore County Airport has one job opening right now for a Part-Time Resource Customer Service Rep. This position performs customer service-related tasks such as: intake telephone calls, provide customer, direct aviation activity and service requests, requisition supplies and equipment needed for cleaning and maintenance duties, set-up public areas to prepare facility for events/meetings,…
KIDS FLY FREE AT THE MOORE COUNTY AIRPORT ON MAY 4, 2024 Experimental Aircraft Association Hosts the Young Eagles Event CARTHAGE, NC– The local chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) will conduct the biannual Young Eagles Kids Fly Free day on Saturday May 4th at the Moore County Airport, sponsored by Sandhills Fliers,…
MOORE COUNTY AIRPORT PARTNERS WITH AUTOCHOICE CAR RENTAL AS THE OFFICIAL ONSITE AUTO RENTAL AGENCY AutoChoice Car Rental Replaces Hertz Car Rental Previously Based at the Airport CARTHAGE, NC – Rick Cloutier, Director of the Moore County Airport, has announced that the airport has partnered with Moore County’s newest rental car agency, AutoChoice Car Rental,…
MOORE COUNTY AIRPORT READIES FOR THE 2024 U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP AND BEYOND Airport Authority and Management Focused on Strategic Plan to Enhance the Airport Facilities and Services CARTHAGE, NC – The Moore County Airport is working feverishly to prepare the facilities for the upcoming U.S. Open Championship this summer. With a record number of private…
Sharing the glory of winning the space race Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: History.com Life’s events often provide indelible memories. The recent anniversary of 9-11 is one for those of us older than 6 or 7 in 2001. For me, a child of the early 50’s, President Kennedy’s election and assassination are others. I remember…
Battle of Britai Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: History.com, Getty Images, Wikipedia, Time&Life Time has a way of erasing bad memories. The old adage, “time cures all ills” tells that story. Imagine yourself in England in September of 1940, 15 months before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor thrusting America into WWII, Europe being crushed under the…
Space Twofer Contributor: Barry Fetzer Sources: Wikipedia, Encyclopedia Britannica Now that we’re past Labor Day and the unofficial end of summer, we’re all looking forward to lower temperatures and being bombarded by pumpkin spice fragrances this, and pumpkin spice flavors that… …well, maybe not the pumpkin spice. I personally have never had pumpkin spice…