The change in mood within the business aviation industry since the EBACE show last year “truly beggars belief,” said an Aviation International News report on May 15. EBACE is the annual business aviation expo put on by the European Business Aviation Association. Since September, the financial crisis, which hurt some of the industry’s best customers, […]
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Santa Monica jet ban unjustly discriminates, FAA finds
A controversial ordinance banning private jets with fast landing speeds at the Santa Monica Airport violates the city’s legal obligations, because the restriction “unjustly and unreasonably” discriminates against specific aircraft, according to a Federal Aviation Administration decision released May 14. Based on evidence presented during a four-day hearing in March, Anthony N. Palladino, a senior […]
Are 35 mile presidential TFRs to be standard?
On April 29, a notice to airmen was issued for President Obama’s visit to St Louis, Missouri, but the Secret Service and Transportation Security Administration threw aviators a curve ball when the “standard” 30-nautical mile temporary flight restriction (TFR) was expanded to 35 nautical miles. When EAA inquired about the expanded radius, a spokesperson replied, […]
TSA must consult GA stakeholders, says House subcommittee
The House Homeland Security Committee responded to concerns raised by the general aviation community by calling for the Transportation Security Administration to increase GA participation in security initiatives, in a bill passed out of committee on May 6. In a markup of a bill authorizing funding for TSA programs, the transportation security and infrastructure protection […]
Rutan, Hewitt working on second video in The Aviator Series
Dick Rutan hung around the Fly Right Films booth at the May 2-3 Alaska State Aviation Conference. Turns out Rutan and Fly Right Films owner and filmmaker Charlie Hewitt are collaborating on a second volume of The Aviator Series. Titled “Decision-Making with Dick Rutan”, the video will be released at AirVenture Oshkosh this summer. See […]
NASA can make biofuel from sewage
NASA is applying space technology to a decidedly down-to-earth effort linking the production of algae-based fuel with an inexpensive method of sewage treatment, according to recent news reports. The space agency is growing algae for biofuel in plastic bags of sewage floating in the ocean. Just imagine flying your airplane on fuel derived from the […]
Aircraft Electronics Association joins bizjet perception battle
In this month’s issue of the Aircraft Electronics Association‘s monthly magazine, Avionics News, columnist Ric Peri, who is the vice president of government and industry affairs for AEA, weighs in with his thoughts about the use of general aviation aircraft to conduct business. The following, in its entirety, is Peri’s “The View From Washington” column […]
Girls With Wings trains to inspire
Girls With Wings is looking for women who are active in aviation, professionally or as an avocation, to participate in a training session to be held at Andover Elementary School, near Minneapolis, on May 26. Attendees will learn how to present interactive and inspirational events for girls in the 1st thru 12th grades, while sharing […]
GAMA’s Bunce to address Atlanta Aero Club
Pete Bunce, president and CEO of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, will be the featured speaker at the May 21 meeting of the Atlanta Aero Club, where he will discuss the global outlook for general aviation manufacturing Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Bunce and his staff travel worldwide to promote general aviation to national leaders and […]