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Legislation designed to reduce the cost and complexity of doing business in the general aviation world is now law... but it will take some time to determine if the benefits of the law will be lost in a government bureaucratic sinkhole. The legislation requires the FAA to implement the recommendations of the FAA's Part 23 Reorganization Aviation Rulemaking Committee by December 31, 2015. Recommendations focus on increasing safety and reducing government and industry certification costs for light general aviation airplanes. According to a new study a second phase i
"This is an enormous achievement for ... general aviation across the nation. By reforming and modernizing these regulations, this law unleashes small airplane manufacturers to do what they do best: Build planes and get them in the air.” Source: Kansas Republican Congressman Mike Pompeo.
Located at Duxford, England, the American Air Museum in Britain stands as a memorial to almost 30,000 U.S. airmen and women who gave their lives flying from British shores in World War II.