Aviation Organizations Offer Congratulations, Support
The so-called "letter groups" representing GA are congratulating
Governor Deval Patrick and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for
the governor's declaration of November as “General Aviation
Appreciation Month.” The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
becomes the 34th state to recognize the importance of general
aviation.
Does Not Resolve Long-Term Issues For Funding The Agency
Congress on Thursday passed the so-called "Mini-Bus"
appropriations bill which includes funding for the FAA for the
current fiscal year. The conference report, which passed the House
of Representatives 298-121 and the Senate 70-30 Thursday,
supports important aviation programs and services vital to the
general aviation community. President Obama is expected to sign the
bill.
Piper Aircraft recently delivered the first six of an 18-unit
fleet order for Piper Warrior training aircraft to Sekolah Tinggi
Penerbang Indonesia, the government flight school at Budiarto
Airport in Curug, Indonesia.
A Piper Malibu that crashed in Colorado back on January 9, 2011
was last tracked by radar in a descent of more than 7,000 feet per
minute. The revelation came Tuesday from NTSB Investigator Jason
Aguilera. The accident claimed the lives of 66-year-old Dr. Michael
Welton, a urologist who practiced in Waterloo, Iowa, and
70-year-old passenger Roswitha Marold, described as Welton's
long-time girlfriend.
Civil Aviation Flight University Will Add To Its 200-Aircraft
Fleet
Cirrus Aircraft announced this week that its SR20 aircraft has
been selected by the Civil Aviation Flight University of China
(CAFUC) as an aircraft that will be used to train its pilots. CAFUC
is the largest flight university in the world with more than 8,000
full-time students studying civil aviation and related
subjects.
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