Gordonsville Muncipal Airport Celebrating 75+ years of service  

KGVE 

PROJECTS AT THE AIRPORT

First items contributed for KGVE's museum and preservation materials!

BANNER DAY FOR GVE!

Can you guess how old this picture/hangar is?

Below: Current approach for 05 at KGVE

Below: Current approach for 230 at KGVE

CWO-04(Navy) BOB OLEN SR.

Memorial Garden

Lately the beacon tower at GVE has become a home to 3 foot tall weeds and a lot of aggrevation.  It just seemed the perfect place to create a visual retreat for those visiting the airport. The beacon is one of those representations of safety and love.  Bob brought safety and love into my life as well as sharing the passion for aviation.  A marker will be added later.

CWO-O4(NAVY) ROBERT A. OLEN SR.

(1944-2006)

 MEMORIAL GARDEN CREATED

      A memorial garden has been planted by Caleb Glick and Faith Olen-Glick beneath the beacon's light tower.

RUNWAY LIGHT

Break-away fittings for the runway lights were replaced. Other light repairs were completed or lights replaced.  

The Ol' Crop Duster's fix for a break-away light. These lights were the typical lights installed for runway usage ca.1960.  We will be using/maintaining this traditional style until we get a new runway in place.

Runway light diagram

Organizing parts and tools

Brain (above) and Dan (below) help with preperations for our runway light repairs.

 Skip Hartman and Kristin work on a light (pictured above).

Caleb Glick mows grass every weekend in the summer and assisted with organizing the runway light repairs. (pictured above)

(pictured below) is Brent Hall on his bush hog for the rougher brush work.

(pictured below) Even Rusty the airport dog helped out with supervising!

Want to help make the runway more visiable and protect the lights? Please help GAPS by:

February 28, 2009

GAPS(Gordonsville Airport Preservation Society) 

Work Party February 28,2009

It was a cold, windy day at GVE. GAPS members worked diligently. Runway lights, disconnected by culvert work, were re-attached and fixed. Runway debris left from tree and runway obstruction removal were picked up to make grass mowing possible along the runway later in the spring. GAPS provided 2 on-site smoked chickens for work party group for lunch. We would like to thank all the GAPS members for their hard work and community effort in support of Gordonsville Municipal Airport.

Rusty, the TSA dog, inspects Caleb Glicks work on runway lights!

Susan Kennedy, a member of the Ninety-Nines International Women's Pilot Association and a member of GAPS, assisted with runway clean-up (pictured above).

Pictured above (left to right) Larry Kennedy, Kie a visitor from Germany, and Andrew King.

Pictured below, Rusty inspects wiring before Eva King and Kristin Farry (see picture below this picture) cover it.

February 28 9:00 a.m.+GAPS KGVE work party lunch provide

Above, Caleb Glick and John Bosque work on GVE runway lights.

 Below, Dan Rogers, LSA flight instructor at GVE, inspects aging runway lighting materials.

Pictured below: Caleb Glick, John Bosque and Eva King.

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April 2008

WORK PARTY:

     A GRAND SUCCESS!

April 19, 2008 was a beautiful day on the field. Everyone worked hard to repair the current break-away runway lights. 

WORK PARTY:

     A GRAND SUCCESS!

April 19, 2008 was a beautiful day on the field. Everyone worked hard to repair the current break-away runway lights.