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A former president of the Rapid City, SD airport board vigorously defended general aviation (GA), including business aviation, in a column in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader newspaper. “The truth is that every day, aircraft and airports across our state are used to carry out emergency medical, firefighting and disaster relief operations,”

Certified Aviation Manager Mike Pape is the new administrator of the Idaho Division of Aeronautics.

Contact: Dan Hubbard, (202) 783-9360, dhubbard@nbaa.org Washington, DC – The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) will bestow the organization’s highest award to a legendary group … Continued

NBAA is looking forward to working with the FAA on its new Center of Excellence for General Aviation, which was announced on Sept. 27, 2012.

When corporations form separate companies to both hold and operate their aviation assets, it can leave them exposed to liability.

A recent column in The Oklahoman newspaper declared that general aviation (GA) aircraft and airports are “crucial connectors for business and industries” and decried the proposed $100-per-flight “user fee” tax on GA aircraft used by small businesses, farms, nonprofits and communities that rely on these aircraft.

The leaders of NBAA’s committees met recently to discuss industry priorities, align committee projects with the Association's strategic goals and identify methods to improve communications within the committee structure and with the NBAA Membership.

West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has signed a proclamation declaring October 2012 as General Aviation Appreciation Month.

Educational session 'Aviation Insurance Claims: Case Review' is set for Oct. 30, 2012, at NBAA2012.

Rehabilitation of Van Nuys Airport’s (VNY) 8,000-foot-long primary runway is slated to start in February, funded mainly by an $18.4 million Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program grant awarded on Sept. 7.

Gov. Susana Martinez has declared September 2012 as New Mexico General Aviation Appreciation Month.

Scholarships are a common way for many regional business aviation groups to give back to their communities – and fundraising is a great way to bring their members together.

The NBAA Domestic Operations Committee and its Part 135 lead hope to broker new language in guidance to FAA principal operations inspectors (POIs) that will ease the interpretation of guidelines that have forced at least one operator to ground both crews and aircraft because of training and certification issues, and have led some Part 142 training centers to pull the qualifications of instructors and check airmen.

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell proclaimed September 2012 as General Aviation Appreciation Month.

Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert proclaimed September 2012 as Aviation Appreciation Month.

An August 2012 Department of Transportation report says collisions between birds and airplanes occur five times more often now than in 1990 and called on the FAA to do more to solve the problem.

When NBAA has information to share, first notices can often be found on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn.

The FAA has released a final rule extending requirements for PIC Proficiency Checks to single pilot turbojet aircraft.

In this member profile, Utah’s leaders demonstrate how indispensable general aviation airplanes are in providing essential government services. The Aeronautics Division has been operating King Airs for more than 30 years and currently flies a 1998 model C90B and a 2000 model B200, both of which can access virtually all of the state’s 46 public-use airports. Read more from the Sept/Oct 2012 issue of Business Aviation Insider magazine.