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AOPA Says Thousands Respond To Call For ADIZ Opposition

AOPA National Pilot Alert: All Members Urged To Oppose DC ADIZ

AOPA is urging all of its more than 406,000 members to take just 15 minutes to help protect your freedom to fly — to prevent a future air defense identification zone (ADIZ) from restricting airspace in your area.

NATA Submits Comments On FAA's Funding Proposal

Repudiates User Fees For General Aviation

NATA submitted comments Monday to the FAA Office of Aviation Policy and Plans (APO) regarding the agency's proposed changes for funding the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. Early last month, the FAA issued a list of questions for industry groups to consider regarding any change in the funding of the trust fund. The FAA is scheduled to release its proposal for changes to the funding stream in the spring of 2006. The taxes that currently fund the trust expire on September 30, 2007.

FAA Cracks Down On Airport Drag Racing

Threatens Little-Used Field With Loss Of Funding, Certification

It's a quiet little airport with long stretches of straight, level pavement. Perfect for planes -- and drag racers. But the FAA says California's Inyokern Airport is for planes only and if the drag racing continues, the airport may lose both its funding and its certification.

Rough Air Ahead? Flush It Out With A Laser

Flight Safety Technology Says Its New System Can Help Avoid Wake Turbulence

by Aero-News Senior Editor Pete Combs It happened to me on a short hop from Oklahoma City to Tulsa. I had just ferried an aircraft broker (who will, for obvious reasons, remain nameless) in my Grumman AA5-B to an airport in OKC so he could pick up a twin Cessna. On the way back, he thought it would be real funny to buzz my little single-engine aircraft with his much heavier C402. The wake turbulence almost killed me and my passenger.

Send Greetings To Your Fellow Flyers

Gift of Wings, and Gift of Wings.com, of Franklin, Wisconsin, has announced a line-up of over 48 Aviation Greeting cards -- just in time for the Holidays.

GAMA, NBAA, NATA Launch Joint Safety Program

The Point: Increasing Icing Awareness

As the cold weather operation season closes in, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), and the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) have partnered to promote a safety awareness program designed to mitigate the risk of incidents related to ice contamination.