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A deal being brokered by the House and Senate to keep the lights turned on at the FAA beyond July 15 includes third-class medical reform language, which has already passed in the Senate but has been held up in the House over the contentious fight to privatize ATC. GA forces remain staunchly opposed to the […]

As part of the opening session at the European Business Aviation Convention and Expo on Tuesday, the business aviation environment in Africa was brought into light. Former French minister of foreign affairs and cofounder of Doctors Without Borders Bernard Kouchner recounted several stories during his remarks. “The jeep of the sky,” was what Kouchner called […]

The dawn of cinema occurred just about the same time man first took flight, so it’s no wonder airplanes and aviators have been a common theme throughout film history. Some of the best aviation films recount important historical events; some celebrate the achievements of innovators in aviation. Others we can always count on to give […]

In the summer of 2014 the FAA published in the Federal Register its intent to do away with the Area Forecast (FA) and replace it with digital and graphical alternatives. The agency wrote that the FA was a broad forecast of limited value and that existing, better, alternatives existed.

Her name was Maddie, she was 11 years old, and she had never been in a small plane before. Dark-haired and dark-eyed, smaller and shyer than her giggling friends, Maddie had surprised me by shooting her hand skyward when I asked who wanted to sit up front. “OK, but just so you know, you might […]

Calling for closer cooperation between Chinese and European aviation authorities, the Chinese government and European Union have formed a five-year partnership, linking technical cooperation with policy dialogue. Launched officially today, the EU-CHINA Aviation Partnership Project (APP) was initiated in September of last year and has a budget of 10 million euros, managed by the European […]

Opposition to FAA reauthorization legislation introduced in the House yesterday was swift, but not quite as loud as you might think based on the high level of emotion surrounding proposals out of Washington to privatize ATC. The National Business Aviation Association was clear in its longstanding disapproval of the plan to create a non-profit corporate […]

Two influential congressmen and staunch supporters of general aviation have come out publicly to allay fears that a move to a non-profit, privatized ATC system would harm general aviation. Their promise? User fees for GA are off the table. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and Todd Rokita (R-In.), both active general aviation pilots, penned an editorial […]

The National Transportation Safety Board’s 2016 “Most Wanted” list of transportation safety improvements includes several items directed toward general aviation, with Board Chairman Christopher Hart saying that unlike commercial aviation, GA has been “stubbornly resistant to improvement.” Topping the list of urgently needed safety improvements again this year is loss of control accidents in general […]

This year the general aviation world saw a whirlwind of changes, for better or worse. From long-awaited certifications to new regulations, questions that had gone unanswered started to see some development. Not only that, we saw the introduction of new airplanes, new amazing technologies, and some milestones to remind us just how far aviation has […]