The Buttonville Flying Club COPA Flight 44

The October 24, 2008, issue of AOPA's weekly e-mail newsletter.

AOPA members say they’ll stop flying over the border rather than re-equip their airplanes if Canada goes ahead with a plan to require 406 MHz ELTs by February 2009. Find out what AOPA is doing to intervene on behalf of members.

Pilots and residents of Alaska know how important airports are for everything from transportation and tourism to delivery of medical care and food, but that doesn’t mean threats don’t arise. Having local pilots on the lookout for potential problems can often prevent them.

If you've been thinking of owning an airplane for business use, there may be no better time than now to make your move. There are excellent tax benefits...

Promoting general aviation interests has been a top priority for two Alaska lawmakers who were recognized recently by AOPA for their efforts.

34 delegates from China's Air Traffic Services visited AOPA headquarters to learn more about how general aviation operates in the United States.

At a National Journal policy breakfast on transportation, representatives of the Obama and McCain campaigns expanded on their candidates' transportation policy plans, including their ideas about FAA funding.

World's largest airship heads to San Francisco Bay Area

On Friday morning, Oct. 17, a fleet of 31 privately owned airplanes and a corporate jet took off from airports around the U.S. Southwest to deliver much needed relief supplies to Alamos, a small town in northern Mexico. The town of 9,000 had been deluged by a hurricane just one week earlier.

Eclipse Aviation is the broker for 28 Eclipse 500 jets that DayJet, a Florida air taxi company, once used for service in Florida and throughout the South.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Wednesday October 15 that it had strengthened the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for lead for the first time since 1978.

The October 17, 2008, issue of AOPA's weekly e-mail newsletter.

The October 17, 2008, issue of AOPA's weekly e-mail newsletter.

Engines screaming, airplanes bank around pylons in an all-out speed contest. These are the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada, which marked its 45th anniversary last month.

Residents of Angoon, Alaska, could have new transportation options if a land-based airport is constructed near their community, and the FAA is preparing an environmental impact statement on just such a project.

Senior AOPA leaders joined with other general aviation groups at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on October 15th to share pilots' concerns over the Large Aircraft Security Program.  As reported on aopa.org last week, the program proposes significant new security requirements on operators of larger general aviation aircraft.

The Aero Club of Washington, D.C., on Thursday announced that it has selected AOPA President Phil Boyer to receive the 2008 Donald D. Engen Aero Club Trophy for Aviation Excellence. The award will be presented during the club's October luncheon on Monday, October 27, 2008.

The FAA should hold additional public meetings, and change the format for those meetings, before making a final decision on plans to expand the Chicago Class B airspace, AOPA told the agency.

AOPA President Phil Boyer presented a $30,000 check to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Oct. 9 for the AOPA Career Pathways Scholarship fund at a time when hundreds of students haven’t been able to get loans because of the current national economic crisis. This marks the tenth year of an alliance between the world’s largest aviation organization and one of the world’s leading aviation universities.

In a move that represents a significant policy change for the FAA, the agency is considering a proposal to create restricted airspace across a vast area of North Dakota specifically to segregate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also known as UAVs, from other aircraft operations.