Is There A Better Way To Start Your Day
(Aeronautically-Speaking???)
The Popular Rotorcraft Association (PRA), started in 1962 as a
type club for owners of the original Bensen Gyrocopter, has
achieved a distinction most larger aviation organizations have not
- it owns its own airport. The Mentone, Indiana Airport (C92) is
home to PRA's annual convention, typically scheduled the week after
EAA AirVenture, and provides opportunities to fly homebuilt
gyroplanes and helicopters without the distractions, tight time
restrictions and crowded airspace of Oshkosh.
"From proposals of a private airplane passenger "ticket
tax" in the UK to user fees for European airspace, these costs and
uncertainties can only act as a disincentive to own or purchase a
business aircraft." Source: GA and Biz-Av Analyst Brian
Foley.
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