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The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) recently unveiled the first video in an ongoing series featuring NATA President Jim Coyne called “Coyne’s Video Briefings.” A new video will be released every few weeks focusing on “hot topics” and important current events affecting the general aviation industry. The first briefing, titled “Fiscal Crisis,” focuses on the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of the Senate have joined together to voice the importance of passing a long-term FAA funding bill (S.1451) before the end of the year. In a letter circulated by Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), who is a pilot, 35 senators said the bill would provide much-needed funding for metropolitan and rural airports […]

Things are shaping up for the US Sport Aviation Expo, slated for Jan. 21-24, 2010, at Sebring Regional Airport in Sebring, Florida. The number of exhibitors continues to grow, according to organizers, who note new vendors, such as Van’s Aircraft, will be present, while previous exhibitors will be introducing new models. New sponsors, including Remos […]

The FAA has denied a request to institute a night-time curfew at Bob Hope Airport (BUR) in Burbank, Calif. The airport is owned by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, which proposed a curfew from 10 p.m. to 6:59 a.m. The FAA denied the request in part because the curfew would restrict commerce and worsen air traffic […]

The FAA has rejected a proposed curfew at Bob Hope Airport (BUR) in Burbank, California, with officials asserting it would harm the national air transportation system, according to a story in the Los Angeles Times. The story notes: “In a 42-page ruling, FAA officials concluded that the restriction was “not reasonable” because it would “create […]

SPLOG By DAN JOHNSON It begins! The long-awaited arrival of Cessna into the ranks of Special Light Sport Aircraft has begun, with the first Shenyang-produced SkyCatcher arriving in Wichita. The company reports taking more than 1,000 orders. At Oshkosh 2009, company officials said production would commence as originally planned in 2009 but that 2010 will […]

Pilot surplus…pilot shortage. It’s a delicate balancing act between the aviation industry and flight training academies throughout the United States — a balancing act that was the center of discussion at Delta Connection Academy’s recent pilot summi at the academy’s headquarters in Sanford, Florida. “The general consensus in the industry is that a pilot shortage […]