Except for a big annual air show and the occasional roar of military jets, the Houston landmark long known as Ellington Field mostly has flown under the radar, obscured by Houston's other two city-owned airports. According to a report in the Houston Chronicle, EFD is about to climb higher, though, with a new control tower, a complex of aviation museums, a business park, expanded military presence and, possibly, the third campus for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. In light of all this, the the City Council approved a change from Ellington Airport to Ellington International Airport. Read about it here. Continue Reading »
===> Posted on September 12th, 2011 by Janice Wood. No comments. © GAN 2011.