Plane Disappeared Near Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Aero-News has learned search crews on the ground and in the air
have scaled back their search for a missing pilot, whose RV-6
disappeared from radar February 28 in the vicinity of Guadalupe
Mountains National Park in west Texas.
Says Proposal Harmful to Small Businesses, Rural
Communities
The user fee plan advocated by the major airlines and the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would be disastrous for the
national aviation system, and for small and mid-size businesses in
rural areas across the country. That's what Ed Bolen, president and
CEO of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), told a
congressional subcommittee Thursday.
Answer: FAA's New Plan Would Incur Debt; Current System
Doesn't
It's a clear-cut case of the government attempting to "fix" a
problem that isn't broken... and we've seen before how those
efforts often turn out. That's the message Phil Boyer, President of
the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, had for government
officials this week, during a hearing on the Bush administration's
proposed FAA funding reauthorization plan.
Sales Remain Strong... But Cert Delays, Hail Take Their
Toll
Leaner times in Bend, OR... as Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing
Corporation told ANN Thursday the planemaker has been forced to lay
off 59 employees, out of the company's total workforce of 605, in
order to offset the financial impact of what the company termed "a
cascade of unanticipated events."
Three people died when a Piper Cherokee went down in Tooele
County, UT Wednesday. The crash site is about 50 miles from the
Nevada border near Clive, UT just a couple of miles north of I-80,
according to KSL Channel 5 News.
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