South Dakota Pilots Association

What's New

What's New

Jan. 02, 2023

What’s New at https://sdpilots.com We updated our new website on January 2. Here are the updates:

Join page: Added eight new Lifetime Members: Joshua Appel (Redfield): September 2022; Blake Burwell (Renner): October 2022; Kelly DeBerg (Sioux Falls): September 2022; Shannon Doe (Henderson, NV): September 2022; Richard Grorud (Milbank): November 2022; Terry Hinn (Hot Springs): December 2022; Marcus Molskness (Wentworth): August 2022; Donald Schaffer (Buena Park, CA): November 2022. Moved two LifeTime Members to “Gone West” section: George Jenter (Sturgis): June 2015. “Gone West” October 23, 2022; and Ted Miller (Spearfish): September 2014. “Gone West” September 11, 2022.

Officers page: Added contact information, bio, and photo for new officers: Dale Knuth – President, Ryan Limesand – Secretary, Kelly DeBerg – Treasurer, and Roger Lee - District 3 Director.

GA Promotion page: Added two items the section on Letters, Alerts, Calls, Meetings, etc section.

FLY SD Airports Passport page: Added new recipient for the Gold Award: Greg Malkowsky (Oshkosh, WI).

Meetings page: Added photos of speakers at meetings on September 10 (Larry Vetterman and Corey Lewis) and November 12 (Scott Foth).

Masters page: Added two new Master Mechanics (John Bucher of Castlewood and Gerald Kasuske of Watertown) and five new Master Pilots (James Christophersen of Brookings; Gene Ebneter of Yankton; Gerald Kasuske of Watertown; Harold Schramm of Utica; Harrison Thompson of Brookings).

Aviation Hall of Fame page: Added comment about SDAHF President Ted Miller passing away.



What's New

Aug. 23, 2022

What’s New at https://sdpilots.com We updated our new website on August 23. Here are the updates:

Join page: Added eight new Lifetime Members.

GA Promotion page: Added two items to the Displays & Markers section and eight items to the section on Letters, Alerts, Calls, Meetings, etc section.

Programs menu: Added new menu item titled “Values of General Aviation” with 21 “Values” shown in photos with captions.

FLY SD Airports Passport page: Added new recipient for the Silver and Gold Awards.

Meetings page: Added photos of speakers at the April 9 and June 18, 2022, meetings.

SD Best Maintained Airports page: Added winners of awards in four categories of airports and photos.

Other SD Aviation Organizations page: Updated information for the Joe Foss Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force.



What's New

Feb. 16, 2022

Officers page: Added information about new president and vice president.

Join page: Added five new Lifetime Members.

GA Promotion page: Added one item to the Displays & Markers section and 12 items to the section on Letters, Alerts, Calls, Meetings, etc section.

Scholarships page: Added new information for the Becker-Hansen Memorial Scholarship, SDPA Aviation Maintenance Technology Scholarship, Boss Hoss Scholarship, SDPAMA (Professional Aviation Maintenance Association) Scholarship.

SD Aviation Art Contest page: Added information about the 2022 SD Aviation Art Contest and the winning artwork page.

Masters page: Added one new Wright Brothers Master Pilot.



What's New

Oct. 29, 2021

Join page: Added three Lifetime Members.

GA Promotion page: Added 12 items to the section on Letters, Alerts, Calls, Meetings, etc.

Scholarships page: Added new scholarship information for the Becker-Hansen Memorial Scholarship and the SDPA Aviation Maintenance Technology Scholarship.

SD Aviation Art Contest page: Added information about the 2022 SD Aviation Art Contest.

SD Aviation Hall of Fame page: Added new contact information for President Ted Miller.

FLY SD Airports Passport page: Added new recipients for the Bronze and Silver Awards.

ACE Camp page: Added comment to winners list.

Masters page: Added two new Wright Brothers Master Pilots.



What's New

Apr. 28, 2021

Join page: Added six Lifetime Members.

GA Promotion page: Added 14 items to the section on Letters, Alerts, Calls, Meetings, etc.

Scholarships page: Added new scholarship for the LATC Aviation Maintenance Technology Program (Steven J. & Pamela J. Hamilton Scholarship).

Act Contest page: Added paragraph about the 2021 SD Aviation Art contest and art contest winners page.

Airports Awarded page: Added the list of airports winning the Best Maintained awards for Basic Service, Small General Aviation, Medium General Aviation, and Large General Aviation categories and photos of award presentations.



What's New

Dec. 09, 2020

We updated our new website on December 9. Here are the updates:

Officer page: Add photo and information about our new District 7 Director Jerry Densmore of Rapid City.

Join page: Added three Lifetime Members. Added revised SDPA membership application.

GA Promotion page: Added thee items to the section on Letters, Alerts, Calls, Meetings, etc.

FLY SD Airports! page: Added “Update November 19, 2020.”

Scholarships page: Added new application for the Becker-Hansen Memorial Scholarship.

Other SD Av Orgs page: Updated list of AOPA Airport Support Network volunteers in SD.

Links page: Added links for Belle Fourche Flight Center.

** If you notice a problem with the website, please let us know so we can get it fixed right away. We are gathering information for the next website update. If you become aware of missing information, erroneous, or outdated information on the SDPA website, contact Steve Hamilton at 605-665-8448 or skyhawk43v@gmail.com


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