A new United States Customs and Border Protection Federal Inspection Station opened at the Capital Region International Airport in Lansing, Mich, May 26. The new $4.3 million, 17,500-square-foot facility is located at the east end of the main terminal. The Capital Region International Airport is the only international airport in Michigan outside Detroit with a […]
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Gathering Foundation launches Web site
The group that put together the enormously successful Gathering of Mustangs & Legends in 2007 has become a foundation to “preserve the legacy of the remaining vintage fighter aircraft throughout the world by sustaining their history and contribution to aviation” and launched a new Web site at www.gatheringfoundation.org. Most of the information at the Gathering’s […]
Congress congratulates AOPA on 70th anniversary
Rep. Charles Dent (R.-Pa.) introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives on May 21 congratulating AOPA on its seventieth anniversary and commending the association for its works on behalf of general aviation. “As a member of the Transportation & Infrastructure and Homeland Security committees, I have greatly enjoyed working with AOPA to advance general […]
Alliance for Aviation Across America comments on FAA Reauthorization
In a May 24 statement following passage of HR 915 by the House of Representatives, the Alliance for Aviation Across America commented: “The Alliance for Aviation Across America applauds the House of Representatives for passing an FAA Reauthorization bill. This legislation would provide crucially needed funding for the modernization of our air traffic control system […]
Flight Design Pilot Centers take off
Flight Design recently rolled out its new Flight Design Pilot Center concept to meet the needs of training institutions. “We were pleased at the response of flight school owners and saw that during an economic downturn, schools were searching for more cost-efficient trainers,” said Matthias Betsch, CEO of Flight Design GmbH, the German supplier of […]
ASA helps Young Eagles soar
Customers making purchases from the ASA website at have the opportunity to help ASA help general aviation grow. ASA is donating 5% of individual total order amounts to either the EAA Young Eagles or the AOPA Air Safety Foundation when customers choose which organization to donate to. During checkout, shoppers will be prompted to select […]
Will new security rules leave GA with clipped wings?
A pending security directive affecting the people who fly private planes is, itself, so secret that the people who stand to be most affected have never even seen it, wrote reporter Gary Harmon in the May 23 issue of The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel in Colorado. A Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman told him that “some” […]
Congressman object to ‘self-serving’ aviation projects
Texas Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Austin) has successfully passed an amendment banning federal funding of future aviation projects named for members of Congress. McCaul’s amendment was attached to the Federal Aviation Administration’s funding reauthorization bill, which passed the House of Representatives May 21. McCaul said the amendment is aimed at halting glaring uses of taxpayer dollars […]
Plane lands safely in Seattle park
In an unintended Memorial Day surprise, the pilot of a single-engine plane with three people and a dog on board landed safely in a south Seattle park after losing power, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. No injuries were reported as the single-engine plane landed in the playfield at Genesee Park, near […]