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Great Georgia Airshow Takes 2012 Off

Organizers Regrouping After 14 Years Of Growth

The Great Georgia Airshow in Peachtree City, Georgia has grown over its 14 years to as point at which the next step needs careful consideration. Organizers say that reflection is difficult for volunteers consumed with the immediate demands of this year's show, so the event will take 2012 off.

Airborne 01.20.12: Citation TEN, Obama's User Fees, EAA's 'Black Thursday'

Also: LightSquared, Kestrel, SpaceX, JetBlue, Mustangs!, FlightDesign, 'Red Tails', Phobos-Grunt... and SO MUCH MORE!

Well... the sky didn't fall -- even though it appeared to be ready to do so... at times. It was a monumental week for the aviation news business as Cessna got a new BizJet started on its flight test program, Phobos-Grunt hit the deck, LightSquared was told it couldn't work--by experts--again, and the Obama Administration angered nearly EVERYONE in aviation by endorsing User Fees. To the readers and viewers of Aero-News and Aero-TV, this did not sit well and nearly 2000 responses later, we wonder whether anyone who flies will vote for this guy come

Klyde Morris 01.20.2012

Klyde Puts User Fees In Perspective

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (01.20.12)

"Congress, hoping to preserve plans, allowed American to defer the payments. It would be a tragedy if American repaid Congress's generosity by turning around and killing the plans anyway." Source: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Director Josh Gotbaum.