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Engaged To Be Married: BRS & Free Flight Enterprises

Purchase Of Aviation Safety Company Expands BRS Product Line

Ballistic Recovery Systems says it's signed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire Free Flight Enterprises, an Aviation Safety systems company based in Lake Elsinore, CA.

FAA To Rialto: Don't Even THINK About It

Agency Promises To Fight Efforts To Close Airport

One newspaper report says it's a line in the sand: A warning from the FAA to the city of Rialto, CA, warning officials that any attempt to close the municipal airport will be met with strong resistance.

One-Stop Refresher For Start Of Flying Season

AOPA Online Safety Center Is A Safety Hot Spot

The arrival of spring and, for much of the country, daylight-saving time means that the real start of the GA flying season can’t be far behind, so the AOPA Air Safety Foundation has turned the Safety Hot Spot in the Online Safety Center into a "rust-remover" for pilots who operate from nontowered airports.