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The current OSU Airport began in 1943 as a flight training facility for military and civilian pilots, operated by the OSU School of Aviation. [6] The airport was used as a research location for crop dusting aircraft in the 1940s. A Piper J-3 Cub was used for testing until it crashed in 1957 and the project was halted. [5]
Niss Aviation provides services as a fixed-base operator. It purchased Richland Aviation, the former FBO, in 2021. [4] The FBO offers services such as fuel, general maintenance, hangars, courtesy transportation, a crew lounge, snooze rooms, shower, a conference room, and more. [1] [8] Avit Flight Academy provides flight instruction at the airport.
The air base is a joint military facility whose own tenant activities include the Ohio Army National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility #2, Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve units, and associated facilities.
The facility opened in June 1942 as Lockbourne Army Airfield, named for the nearby village of Lockbourne. [5] [6] Soon renamed the Northeastern Training Center of the Army Air Corps, it provided basic pilot training and military support; it also trained Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) to fly B-17 bombers and glider pilots to fly the Waco CG-4A.
The information taught in these classes is tested frequently by the instructor pilots (IPs) throughout flight school. Flight training varies by student and aircraft type, but in general, students will complete basic flight training, instrument flight training, and basic combat skills training in a UH-72A Lakota. [3]
The probable cause of the accident was found to be the pilot under instruction's failure to maintain directional control, and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action. [ 16 ] On February 14, 2017, a Beech D55 Baron impacted runway 22 at the Bolton Field Airport following a loss of left engine power during takeoff.
[20]: 144 The Flight Test Training unit of Air Technical Command was established at Wright Field on 9 September 1944 (moved to Patterson Field in 1946, Edwards AFB on 4 February 1951). Two densely populated housing and service areas across Highway 444, Wood City and Skyway Park, were geographically separated from the central core of Patterson ...
MedFlight's EC130 B4 Helicopter landing on Nationwide Children's Hospital. MedFlight is a non-profit, CAMTS [1]-accredited critical care transport organization.MedFlight's headquarters is in Columbus, Ohio at the Ohio State University Airport (Don Scott Field) with nine helicopter bases and 3 Mobile ICU ground teams.