Moore County Airport to host Blood Drive, June 22nd, 2023 The need for blood doesn’t take a summer break. Please donate blood on Thursday, June 22 at the Moore County Airport, 7825 Aviation Dr., Carthage, NC. Receive a $10 e-gift card + a chance to win a backyard theater package. Click on the link below…
5–6 June 1944 (D-Day -1) Author: Bryan R. Swopes Submitted by: Barry Fetzer Will we ever see it again, almost 1500 aircraft stretching for over 300 miles delivering troops to battle? It must have been a sight to behold…or at least to hear since it occurred on the evening of D-Day minus 1. Can you…
Southern Cross Author: Bryan R. Swopes Submitted by: Barry Fetzer Where has May gone? It has “flown away” with June dawning its first day. And then before we know it, June will be gone. Try to enjoy the moments, for they rapidly fly away. Can you imagine making a flight across the vastness of the…
Aviation History Author: Barry R. Fetzer Today’s historical aviation vignette comes from my memories of tracking an arc (verses a straight line) to a Non-Directional Beacon, one of the best methods (we found, at least, flying multi-mission CH-46 helicopters in the Marines) to get to where we were intending to go. Of course, this low-tech…
Moore County Airport to host the Sandhills Motoring Festival’s Road Rally, Cars & Coffee, and Hangar Party, Saturday, May 27th, 2023 Carthage, NC – The Moore County Airport will once again host events for the annual Sandhills Motoring Festival. Now entering it’s 6th year, the Sandhills Motoring Festival is a celebration of the automobile taking…
The Moore County Airport Authority will hold a special closed meeting Monday, April 10, at 4:00 p.m. Please visit the Airport Meetings page for full details.
The Moore County Airport Authority will hold a special closed meeting to consider candidates for Airport Director, Monday, March 27th at 10:30 am via zoom. Please visit the Airport Meetings page for full details.
Moore County Airport Director Named Statewide Winner Of 2023 Airport Professional Of The Year Award CARTHAGE, NC— For more than sixty years, Ron Maness has known nothing but the business of flying. And now he has been awarded the Willard G. Plentl, Jr. Award as Airport Professional of the Year for 2023, embodying both the…