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January 31, 2011

Robinson Helicopter Sales Gaining Strength

R66 Should Be Strong Seller in 2011

While much of the aviation industry was licking its wounds in 2010... there were some bright spots and changes that should make 2011 a brighter year for GA. In particular, 2010 marked a year of transition for Robinson Helicopter Company.

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Guest Editorial: The Death of General Aviation?

Is It Time To Overhaul (Or Even Eliminate) FAA Certification of GA? By John Ylinen, Private Pilot  If you are reading this column in Aero-News; then you are probably an aviation enthusiast -- and most likely a pilot. If you became a pilot since the 1970s; you have been witnessing the slow death of General Aviation. For the purposes of this editorial; I will confine my discussion to Private aviation, small plane and privately owned. Not corporate jets or other such commercial endeavors. Commonly called/flown under Part 91.

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'Aero-Streaming Returns!' ANN Partners Again With AEA On LIVE Programming

ANN Continues To Raise The Bar With Aero-TV LIVE 'Aero-Streaming' Programming

The Aero-News Network is getting ready to innovate again, with the addition of professional live web streaming to the growing ANN/Aero-TV suite of programming options. The world's first Real-Time, 24/7 Aviation and Aerospace news and information service, ANN has selected the ever intensive Aircraft Electronics Association Annual Convention & Trade Show for the continuation of this exciting new programming initiative.

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SAFE Expands Member Benefits

Discounts Could Add Up To Hundreds Of Dollars

Save a few bucks with SAFE? Yeah, that sounds like a plan to us... In an ongoing effort to expand and improve the benefits available to its membership, the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) recently added King Schools and ForeFlight to a list of more than two dozen providers of discounts on products and services. Existing benefits providers PilotWorkshops and Sporty's have expanded their offerings to members as well.

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Aviation Authors Convene At 2011 WAI Conference

Gathering Is Being Held In Reno In February

Aviation authors and their devoted readers will be mixing and mingling during the 22nd Annual International Women in Aviation Conference which will be held on February 24-26, 2011, at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada.

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Early FAA Re-Registration Reports -- A Sorry Mess

An Experienced Aviator Reports To ANN About His Re-Registration Experiences...

When the FAA clobbered the GA community with what appeared to be an unworkable attempt at playing 'Big Brother' with the recent enaction at 'Re-Registration' one of our first thoughts was about where and when we'd hear of the first abuses of this overtly intrusive process. Thrust upon the GA world in the name of security and other dreck, the Re-Registration scam and its "modest' fees appeared then to be nothing more than yet another federal power grab and yet another way for the FAA to continue its assault on a doddering and faltering GA business.

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ANN's Heroes 'n Heartbreakers of 2010: Cessna and Jack Pelton

Aero-Hero: Cessna and Jack Pelton Heroes are getting hard to come by... and sometimes they show up quietly and make themselves known with a series of sensible good deeds that keep coming and coming and coming... while all those around them seem to be do little more than run around in circles bemoaning the falling skies.

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ANN's Heroes 'n Heartbreakers of 2010: The Fuel Dilemma

...And Here, Darn it, Are The Heartbreakers

 Without avgas, GA is going nowhere. And the EPA seems to be trying hard to make that nightmare a reality.

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Lightspeed Aviation Foundation's Grants Top $100,000 for 2010

February 11th Is The Deadline For Charities To Apply For 2011 Grants

Twenty aviation-related charities are the beneficiaries of over $100,000 in grants awarded by the Lightspeed Aviation Foundation for 2010. Midnight, February 11th is the deadline for existing or new aviation charities that may want to apply for grants in the 2011 round.

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