AOPA News

Nebraska recognizes GA value

With a stroke of the governors pen on May 16 Nebraska joined a growing list of states proclaiming support for - and recognizing the value of - general aviation including the jobs and other opportunities flying creates

FAA report GA an asset to nation

Over the last century general aviation airports have evolved from unpaved strips to a vital network of aviation hubs that contributed 388 billion to the economy in 2009 says a new FAA study

Incursions put focus on special-use airspace awareness

Following several recent incursions into restricted areas in Arizona AOPA is joining with the Air Force to raise the awareness of pilots of the flight-planning needs and collision avoidance and situational awareness requirements of flying in or near airspace shared by military and civilian aircraft

AOPA Live begins new weekly news show

AOPAs new television-style webcast AOPA Live This Week created by Executive Producer Warren Morningstar and hosted by AOPA Pilot Editor in Chief Tom Haines offers a comprehensive look at the week in general aviation

Changes urged for Iowa military plan

AOPA has asked for several changes to a temporary military operations area that the Air Force proposes to establish in western Iowa this September

AVWEB

FAA Errors On Fatigue Rules Exemption

Justice Department attorneys representing the FAA Thursday said the agency made errors in enacting pilot fatigue rules that exempt cargo carriers and the issue would be revisitedFAA officials originally estimated that including cargo carriers in new pilot rest rules would cost the industry 214 million over ten yearsBased at least in part on that cost estimate the FAA exempted cargo pilots from the rules Attorneys representing the FAA now say errors in the cost calculation are sufficient to review those calculations The decision to revisit the issue is concurrent with a lawsuit brought against the FAA by UPS pilots union And the FAAs attorneys have made a request regarding that action

AirVenture Cup Race Is A Go

The EAA does not want its name associated with the event that has in the past been publicized as the EAA AirVenture Cup Race but organizers Friday announced the race will go on Organizers say they understand that EAAs present position is that all references to EAA be removed from all materials associated with the race However EAA will continue providing support to race volunteers according to organizers And the race which organizers say was founded by EAA and with direct support by Tom Poberezny will now continue as scheduled with help from another organization

James Polehinke Sole Survivor

On August 27 2006 Comair Flight 5191 crashed during an attempted takeoff from the wrong runway at Lexingtons Blue Grass Airport killing all 49 aboard save the co-pilot James Polehinke who has now become the subject of a documentary A Chicago film maker will feature Polehinke in the movie Sole Survivor which creates accounts of the lives of people who became sole survivors of commuter aircraft crashes It will be released this fall Polehinke was at the controls of Comairs CRJ-100 as it sped into the grass off the end of the airports shorter narrower Runway 26 It had been cleared for the twice as wide and twice as long Runway 22 Polehinke awoke from a coma after the crash to learn he had facial fractures a complex fracture of the pelvis two fractures of the spine and broken bones in his left leg right foot and right hand The film may show that wasnt the worst of it

Redbulls Latest Aerial Ballet

Redbull Wednesday shared video of one of its latest sponsored adventures -- five wingsuit skydivers joining up with and maintaining formation with two sailplanes in a dive over Austria The team flew two aerobatic LET L-13 Blanik sailplanes and just to complicate things the lead flew inverted and one skydiver formed up inbetween the inverted and upright glider The skydivers and gliders came together in formation at roughly 12000 feet The sailplanes wore wingtip mounted smoke canisters and one skydiver wore one on an ankle The trick of the task was mating airspeed and descent rates and this time all members performed flawlessly Check the video after the jump

Continentals Mattituck Services To Close

Troubled by decreasing volume in a flat aviation economy Mattituck Services one of the northeasts longest-established engine shops will close at the end of May according to Continental Motors Some of the 23 affected employees will move to Continentals Fairhope Alabama facility which offers similar services on overhauls and factory service

Aero-News

Airborne 051812 GA Airports Onex Flies EBACE Highlights

Also Mama Bird Johnson Lights out For LightSquared New Cessnas and LearJets Nextant 400 ACJs MLX770 Certs and Aero-Cat-tastrophe The FAA has just released a report called General Aviation Airports A National Asset which was compiled following an 18-month study to capture the many diverse functions of general aviation GA airports The first customer-built example of the new Onex single-place folding-wing aerobatic sport aircraft has flown for the first time Bill Fisher of Jackson Tennessee flew his AeroVee powered standard gear Onex on Thursday May 10th Bill received the fourth Onex kit sold by Sonex Aircraft shipped on August 5 2011 An Arizona court said it will allow a lawsuit against Australian kitplane manufacturer Jabiru Aircraft Company to go forward despite the fact that its headquartered on the other side of the planet The Arizona state Court of Appeals said that because Jabiru clearly understood that its kits were being sold in the US through a dealer and distribution network the lawsuit could go forward in Arizona By all accounts Evelyn Mama Bird Johnson was an amazing woman Born just six years after the Wright Brothers first flew Mama Bird learned to fly when she was 34 years old and wound up logging over 57-thousand-six-hundred hours or about 6-and-a-half years of flight time

Aero-News Quote Of The Day 051812

&ldquoSystematic flaws in the procurement and deployment systems at TSA continue to plague the agency&rdquo Source OGR Committee Chairman Darrell Issa R-CA

TSA Sets Cargo Screening Deadline For International Inbound Passenger Aircraft

One Hundred Percent Screening Will Be Required As Of December 3 2012 The TSA announced Thursday it has set a deadline for passenger air carriers to conduct 100 percent cargo screening on international flights bound for the United States Beginning December 3 2012 all cargo shipments loaded on passenger aircraft must undergo screening for explosives fulfilling a requirement of the Implementing Recommendations of the 911 Commission Act

Airventure Cup Race The Race Will Go On

Race Officials Offer Preliminary Details About 2012 Race Prep ANN has received the following statement from Airventure Cup Race Organizers in regards to the 2012 Airventure Cup Race Over the past week there have been many posts on social media sites and web forums regarding the 2012 Airventure Cup Race This statement is meant to clarify and correct some of the statements that were made as well as provide the public with information regarding the fate of this years race Last week we were contacted by EAA officials announcing they would no longer support air racing including the Airventure Cup This move was a shock to us as much as it was the rest of the aviation community and we are still in the process of evaluating our options to continue the race However in an effort to clarify some of the misinformation that was shared in the public forums we would like to offer the following facts

Pinnacle Airlines Debtor-In-Possession Financing Approved

Steel Workers Union Alleges Problems With Pinnacles DIP Financing The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has granted final approval to Pinnacle Airlines Corp for 743 million in debtor-in-possession DIP financing The funding is being provided by Delta Air Lines

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	CJP Regional Event - Austria	Saltzburg, Austria	May 18-20, 2012
	Airventure Oshkosh	Oshkosh, WI	Jul 22-29, 2012
	CJP 2012 Convention	Coeur d'Alene, ID	Sep 12-16, 2012
	AOPA Aviation Summit	Palm Springs, CA	Oct 11-13, 2012
	NBAA 2012	Orlando, FL	Oct 30-Nov 1, 2012