Running out of time to get a gift for everyone on your holiday list this year? The National Business Aviation Association is selling apparel and merchandise online with the NBAA and No Plane No Gain logos. Featured items include hats, shirts, jackets and other merchandise. For more information: NBAA.org.
Snow, touch and go bad mix
Snow encounter bends airplane This December 2007 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others. Aircraft: Cessna 172. Location: Wausau, Wis. Injuries: None. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: The pilot, who was practicing takeoffs and […]
AOPA’s Craig Fuller looks back on challenges, successes and surprises of his first year
The first year learning the ropes of a high-powered job is tough, especially in the midst of an economic meltdown. But as Craig Fuller, president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), discovered, his first year was also full of successes and pleasant surprises. Fuller took the helm of the nation’s largest pilot organization […]
GA leaders forecast bleak 2010
While the GA industry is seeing signs of stabilization, it looks like 2010 will be a bleak year, with low production rates, low order rates and no hiring on the horizon. That was the message from some of the industry’s leaders at the Wichita Aero Club’s first online summit Dec. 15. Bringing together top executives […]
Bonus depreciation set to expire end of year
Forget Cash for Clunkers. Airplane operators have bonus depreciation as a powerful incentive to upgrade. But you’ll have to act quickly. The federal Economic Stimulus package that allows for the special depreciation benefit expires at the end of 2009. What’s more, the IRS has expanded the expensing election of Section 179 of the tax code […]
Jet seals deal for Garth Brooks to headline in Vegas
Garth Brooks opened as a headliner last weekend at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas, brought out of retirement when Steve Wynn offered the megastar the use of a private jet so he could fly back to Oklahoma to be with his three daughters. In a story in the Las Vegas Review Journal, Brook […]
NBAA pulls ads from USA Today
In response to the latest story about general aviation that appeared on the front page of the Dec. 14 edition of USA Today (FAA low priorities get $3.5 billion in grants), the National Business Aviation Association has discontinued “indefinitely” its advertising for its “No Plane No Gain” campaign in the national newspaper. “We’ve been running […]
Grass roots PR: Changing public perception one airport at a time
By GUY R. MAHER General aviation has sure taken its lumps lately — from the tanked economy to a rekindled poor public perception of our industry in general. As the alphabet groups, manufacturers, and many other organizations continue their global PR offensive, grass roots efforts to stir up business and alter the poor public perception […]
CAF establishes Hall of Fame
The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) has established the CAF Member Hall of Fame. “We want to recognize those individuals responsible for setting the course that the Commemorative Air Force has taken,” said CAF President Stephan Brown. “The CAF has grown over the years from a small band of pilots to a group of over 8,500 […]