Wed, Dec 09, 2015
Says New Rule Is Vital To General Aviation Community, South Central Kansas And Wichita
Congressman Mike Pompeo (R-KS) has sent a letter with six other members of Congress to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shaun Donovan, requesting an expeditious review of the FAA's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for small airplane certification regulations. Pompeo’s request comes as the deadline approaches for FAA to modernize and improve regulations for light general aviation airplanes. His bill, the Small Airplane Revitalization Act that Congress passed in 2013, requires FAA to publish a final NPRM by the end of 2015.
“Unfortunately, federal regulators are far behind in the rulemaking process for small airplane certification regulations," Pompeo (pictured) said in the letter. "At the very minimum, a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking must be published by the end of 2015, which is why my colleagues and I are requesting that OMB expedite a review of the FAA’s NPRM.
“Modernizing these regulations will allow small airplane manufacturers to do what they do best: build planes and get them in the air. Releasing this new rule is vital to the general aviation community and the many hardworking people of South Central Kansas and Wichita – the Air Capital of the World. Further delay is simply unacceptable.”
Representatives Dan Lipinski (D-IL), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Todd Rokita (R-IN), and Rick Nolan (D-MN) also signed the letter.
(Source: Rep. Pompeo news release)
More News
With Testing Soon Complete, Launch Preparations Begin in Earnest Sierra Space's Dream Chaser has been put through the wringer at NASA's Glenn Armstrong Test Facility in Ohio, but w>[...]
Takeoff Roll The process whereby an aircraft is aligned with the runway centerline and the aircraft is moving with the intent to take off. For helicopters, this pertains to the act>[...]
“We’re proud of the hard work that went into receiving this validation, and it will be a welcome relief to our customers in the European Union. We couldn’t be mor>[...]
"Aircraft Spruce is pleased to announce the acquisition of the parts distribution operations of Wag-Aero. Wag-Aero was founded in the 1960’s by Dick and Bobbie Wagner in the >[...]
IDENT Feature The special feature in the Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System (ATCRBS) equipment. It is used to immediately distinguish one displayed beacon target from other be>[...]