A convoy of trucks carrying a Lockheed L-1649A “Super Star”Constellation turns off Kittyhawk Avenue onto Route 202 in Auburn on Tuesday afternoon. The fuselage, tail and four engines are heading to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City to become a cocktail lounge at the TWA Hotel complex. Truck driver Matt Beaty said […]
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Adult ed student explains how he reached his goal
LEWISTON — Bryce Smith needed his high school credential in order to hold on to his job at the Auburn-Lewiston Airport. He did it in two months. Smith plans to attend graduation for Lewiston Adult Education at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, in the Lewiston High School gym. He took the HiSET exam to receive his […]
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Airport director updates Optimists
Optimist Club President Sabrina Best is pictured presenting Rick Lanman, director of the Auburn Lewiston Airport, with a copy of the Optimist Creed. Lanman updated the club on happenings at the airport, including the upcoming departure of the Lufthansa project and use of the remaining hanger. The A-L Airport remains the second busiest airport in […]
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Lufthansa to move ‘Super Star’ from Auburn to Germany
Part of Lufthansa’s efforts to restore the Lockheed Constellation Starliners AUBURN — After 10 years, the “Super Star” Constellation is taking off — or at least moving on. Lufthansa Technik announced Thursday that it will be removing the wings from the historic aircraft, packing it up and taking it to Germany later this year to finish […]
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A-L Airport board chairman retires
AUBURN — Edouard Plourde, the long-standing chairman of the Auburn-Lewiston Airport board of directors, resigned this month. Plourde has served on the board since April 1999 and as its chairman since January 2005. He has overseen construction of a parallel taxiway for the main runway, the construction of a new, larger terminal building, a 27,000-square-foot […]
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Vintage World War II planes coming to Auburn-Lewiston airport
The Wings of Freedom Tour will be on display at the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport from Sept. 27-29. The four World War II aircraft scheduled to be available for tours and rides are, from top, B-25 bomber, B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator and P-51 Mustang fighter. AUBURN — The Wings of Freedom Tour is returning to […]
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Video: Fire-suppression foam released at Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport
Part of Lufthansa’s efforts to restore the Lockheed Constellation Starliners AUBURN — Firefighters responding to the Lufthansa hangar at the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport on Monday morning walked into a wall of foam over their heads after a malfunction in the fire suppression system filled the building with foam and briefly trapped four people inside. “Apparently, they […]
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A-L airport awarded $900,000 federal grant
AUBURN — The Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport will start a 17,000-square-foot expansion and update, thanks to a federal grant from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced Tuesday that the airport will receive $899,480 to help fund the expansion and rehabilitation of the terminal aircraft apron. The project […]
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Super Star coming together in Auburn
When Lufthansa Technik officials heard about the impending sale of three of the remaining four Lockheed Super Star Constellation aircraft in the world in 2007, a historic vision came together: Cobble together parts of all three aging Constellations in order to get one back into the air for the first time in decades. Lufthansa Technik […]
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Lewiston council gets copy of project wish list
LEWISTON — Councilors began work on the 2016-17 budget Tuesday, taking their first look at the city’s project wish list. City Administrator Ed Barrett presented the latest draft of the city’s five-year capital project plan to a joint meeting of the City Council, Planning Board and Finance Committee. The draft Capital Improvement Plan calls for […]