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Strong Attendance, Happy Vendors Member support again shows GA community’s resiliency The last time AOPA Expo came to the desert community of Palm Springs, the aviation world was a different place. TFRs — as in, airspace that’s “too freakin’ restrictive” in the words of political commentator Mark Russell — were not part of common pilot […]

Remarks Prepared for Delivery Marion C. BlakeyAdministratorFederal Aviation Administration “Between Two Imperatives” Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Palm Springs, California October 24, 2002 I appreciate this opportunity to build a new relationship with AOPA and the general aviation community. In fact, it’s good to have any excuse to come to Palm Springs. I guess I […]

AVweb’s AOPA Expo 2001 News Team: Joseph E. (Jeb) Burnside, Executive Editor Dave Higdon, Special Projects Editor Brenda Carol, Photography AVweb‘s AOPA Expo 2001 Coverage Includes:

Members Voice Support For AOPA Efforts And Progress Since 9/11… Everyone knew coming into AOPA Expo 2001 that the world tilted a little more than usual toward the theater of the absurd in the nine weeks since civil aircraft became weapons of terror in the hands of hateful fanatics. Everyone in aviation knew because all […]

Click any image to view alarger version. AOPA’s Sweepstakes Bonanza leads the pack in the Parade of Planes from FLL to the convention center. Satellink Technologies’ Cessna 310 is close behind. Followed by a Luscombe 11E. This Stemme motorglider looked almost prehistoric on Ft. Lauderdale’s streets… …while this Super Cub on amphib floats followed. Something […]

Remarks Prepared for Delivery Jane F. Garvey Administrator Federal Aviation Administration AOPA Expo 2001 November 8, 2001 Good morning. Never has there been a time when communications between the FAA and AOPA has been more important. We need to talk with each other and we need to talk straight. So let me get right to […]

The interested observer mightconclude that last week’s action in New Orleans was the be-all-and-end-all ofgeneral-aviation news-of-the-world, what with all the big-dollar purchases, newprogram announcements and avionics-program launches that came with the NationalBusiness Aviation Association convention. But general aviation pilots attending the annualconvention of the Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association – AOPA Expo 2000 -found plenty […]

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ExcitementAnd Growth Still Energize General Aviation’s Hard-Core Hardy Anyone who arrived a day early for AOPA’s 60th Anniversary convention,Expo ’99, got a near-identical taste of what early arrivals experienced going toAtlanta the week before the NBAA Convention: low ceilings, soggy skies, and morerain than the runway drains could handle at Atlantic City International Airport(ACY). (Of […]