Fri, May 24, 2013
Despite a clear mandate in opposition to user fees and similar funding mechanisms oft discussed by the FAA, the agency has decided to start enacting some user fees of its own.

And... they've begun by making a pretty aggressive demand for EAA to pay them to staff AirVenture.. EAA Chairman Jack Pelton spoke at length with ANN about this and says the FAA has already presented them with a bill… Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. has unveiled its newest airplane ... the PC-24 ... which it says is the "world's first 'Super Versatile Jet'." This innovative, entirely new development by the Swiss aircraft manufacturer marks what Pilatus says is the creation of a new segment in the business aviation market: the PC-24 is the first business jet worldwide with the ability to use very short runways, paved or unpaved, and a cargo door as standard. Cessna conducted the first production flight of its Turbo Skylane 182 JT-A at the company's facility in Independence, KS on Tuesday. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 05.24.13 is chock full of info about the half-week period ending Friday, May 24th, 2013... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Glen Moyer, this episode covers:

- Startling... FAA Wants EAA To Pay Them To Staff Oshkosh (incorporate Pelton audio)
- Pilatus Presents Its Latest Flagship, The PC-24 Twin-Jet
- Cessna Turbo Skylane JT-A Takes First Production Flight
- Boeing Begins Certification Testing On 747-8 Performance Improvements
- Solar Impulse Making Second Leg Of Trans-U.S. Trip
- GE Honda Aero Engines Approaches Final HF120 Certification Test
- Cessna Says Latitude, Longitude Progressing
- Barnstorming: FAA v The World
- Aspen Avionics Evolution Backup Display Expands To Piper Archer, Seminole
- Microsoft Co-Founder Acquires V-2 Rocket For Personal Museum
- Naval Academy Graduation Will Not Include Blue Angels
Get Comprehensive, Real-Time, 24/7 coverage of the latest aviation and aerospace stories anytime, at aero-news.net. And be sure to join us again next week for the next edition of "Airborne" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, in just a few days!
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