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The 18th annual Women in Aviation International (WAI) conference closed on a high note Saturday night after the three-day event broke the record books. More than 3,200 attendees packed the exhibit hall at Disney’s Coronado Springs Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., and the association sold 214 booth spaces, up from last year’s 180 spaces. On […]

While some aviation groups say the FAAs current funding proposal will be the end of general aviation as we know it, the lobby organization that is generally credited with its creation says its a good first step. The Air Transport Association, which represents most U.S. airlines, has been pushing for a user pay system to […]

Alaska could become a real-life test bed for technologies anticipated to be part of the Next Generation Air Transportation System under a complex agreement recently (and secretly) signed by the FAA and many of Alaskas aviation groups and companies. The Business Journal of Alaska obtained a copy of the agreement and says it calls for […]

The FAA’s Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) is making progress towards the lofty goal of reinventing the National Airspace System, but there’s a minefield of coordination, budget and implementation issues ahead,

The Department of Transportation Inspector General last week released

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AOPA President Phil Boyer said he was “very encouraged” by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s reactions to the FAA’s proposed reauthorization blueprint. The hearing featured “a lot of blunt, outspoken dialogue,” he said, and he expects all 535 members of Congress will closely scrutinize the FAA plan, and consider its effect on their constituents. […]

The FAA’s long-anticipated new funding plan, revealed Wednesday morning, calls for a changeover to user fees, as expected — but the agency ran into immediate and widespread opposition at a hearing later in the afternoon before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Rep. Vernon Ehlers, R-Mich., called the proposal “dead on arrival.” Many on the […]

The FAA’s proposed reauthorization legislation, the Next Generation Air Transportation System Financing Reform Act of 2007, revealed Wednesday, claims a new financing structure is necessary for the FAA to build an efficient and safe air transportation system for the future. Airlines and air travelers would pay less, but operators of business and general aviation aircraft […]

COLUMN INDEX The Savvy Aviator #41: Is Your Equipment List Up-To-Date?The manufacturer provided an equipment list for your aircraft when it was delivered from the factory. Whenever equipment is added or removed from the aircraft, the FAA requires that list to be revised. Is yours up-to-date?