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As we were putting the finishing touches on this issue, the NTSB announced it would be holding a two-day forum next month, “focused on safety issues related to general aviation.” The event is scheduled for June 19 and 20, at the NTSB’s Board Room and Conference Center in Washington, D.C. The forum is open to the public, free of charge and may be viewed live via Webcast on the board’s Web site, www.ntsb.gov.

Key Takeaways:

• The NTSB is hosting a two-day public forum in June, "General Aviation Safety: Climbing to the Next Level," to address critical safety issues such as pilot training and performance, weather information access, and aircraft design.
• This forum is motivated by the NTSB's concern over hundreds of annual general aviation fatalities and injuries, often stemming from repeated accident circumstances that need to be addressed.
• While 2011 saw a slight decrease in the general aviation accident rate per flight hour, the overall number of accidents remained high, underscoring the urgent need for continuous safety improvements, ideally led by the industry itself.

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