The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and Build A Plane report that the Christian Home Educators Fellowship (CHEF) Homeschoolers in Cuba City, Wisconsin, won the third Aviation Design Challenge to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) knowledge among U.S. high school students. Four students, a teacher, and a chaperone will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Glasair Aviation in […]
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Celebrating GA in Florida
VERO BEACH, Florida — U.S. Senator Bill Nelson and U.S. Congressman Bill Posey joined the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), hundreds of manufacturing employees, aviation enthusiasts, and local leaders at an April 7 jobs rally celebrating the economic impact of general aviation in Florida. The event, held at Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach, is GAMA’s 13th jobs […]
Call for teams to compete in GAMA/Build A Plane challenge
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association and Build A Plane, a non-profit organization to encourage aviation and aerospace education, have partnered for a third year to sponsor the GAMA/Build A Plane Aviation Design Challenge. The challenge seeks to promote STEM education through aviation in high schools across the United States. GAMA will provide the first 100 […]
New officers for GAMA
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Board of Directors of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has elected Joe Brown, president of Hartzell Propeller, as GAMA’s chairman for 2015. He previously served as GAMA’s Vice Chairman of the Board and as Chairman of the Policy & Legal Issues Committee. Aaron Hilkemann, president and CEO of Duncan Aviation, has been […]
Amended deliveries report includes rotorcraft
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has provided updated rotorcraft shipment data through the third quarter of 2014 to augment the general aviation airplane shipment data published last week. The rotorcraft industry delivered 648 helicopters in the first nine months of 2014, a decline of approximately one-third in deliveries compared to the same period last year. […]
GA advocacy groups respond to USA Today article
In response to USA Today’s latest piece about fires in general aviation aircraft, two of GA’s most powerful advocacy groups, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association released statements blasting what they call the “sensationalistic article.” This from GAMA’s President Pete Bunce: “Once again, USA Today’s Thomas Frank has not […]
GA airplane shipments continue steady growth
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The third quarter general aviation aircraft shipment report, released Thursday by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), shows that total worldwide general aviation airplane shipments increased 5.7% to 1,678, and billings rose to $16 billion, up 4%. Piston-engine airplane shipments increased 9.2% to 806 in the first nine months of 2014, compared […]
Airplane shipments up
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) reported at last week’s AirVenture that airplane shipments increased 4.8% in the second quarter of the year, with shipments totaling 1,110 while airplane billings rose to $10.9 billion, up 4.5%. “Deliveries of turboprops this quarter were flat, but the encouraging numbers in the piston airplane and business jet segments […]
GAMA Aviation Design Challenge to return in 2015
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) will hold the third Aviation Design Challenge in 2015. The nationwide competition to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) skills through aviation in U.S. high schools has attracted growing interest each year. In 2014, GAMA received entries from 79 schools in 33 states plus Washington, D.C. — nearly triple […]