ANN has learned that the primary SMA operation (the "Societe de
Motorisations Aeronautiques") has been declared insolvent and is in
the process of undergoing a reorganization in the hopes that the
project might eventually find some success.
Jamail Larkins, at 21 the nation's youngest aerobatic pilot and
an aviation business student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University, signed today an Ambassadorship Agreement with Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Marion Blakey. The
ceremony to formalize the contract was held at FAA Headquarters in
Washington, DC.
From NAATS...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced this week
the decision to contract out a portion of the Nation’s Air
Traffic Control System in what is considered to be the largest,
most complex outsourcing effort of public functions in US
Government history.
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