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May 15, 2007

AOPA Calls Members To Arms -- And Phones -- To Support Senate Amendment

"We Cannot Allow A User Fee Precedent To Be Established"

It's an opportunity to kill user fees once and for all. That's how Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association President Phil Boyer summarizes the amendment proposed by Senators Bill Nelson and John Sununu Tuesday, that would gut a proposed $25 "per trip" charge for turbine aircraft in the Senate's FAA funding bill.

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Alliance for Aviation Across America Applauds Nelson-Sununu Amendment

Proposal Would Strike Travel Tax From Senate FAA Reauthorization Bill

On Tuesday, the Alliance for Aviation Across America called upon the Senate Commerce Committee to adopt the Nelson-Sununu amendment, which would strike the “user fee” flat tax from S.1300, or the Senate Commerce Committee bill for FAA reauthorization.

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AZ Firefighting TFR: UFN

NOTAM Number: FDC 7/1473 Issue Date: May 15, 2007 at 1354 UTC Location: Albuquerque Center , Nogales, Arizona Beginning Date and Time: Effective Immediately Ending Date and Time: Until further notice Reason for NOTAM: To provide a safe environment for fire fighting operations Type: Hazards Replaced NOTAM(s): N/A Pilots May Contact: Albuquerque Center (ZAB) Center, 505-856-4580

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Crews Locate Wreckage Of Missing Helicopter

Pilot Lost In Accident Near Alabama Forest

ANN REALTIME UPDATE 05.15.07 2010 EDT: Search crews confirm they have located the wreckage of a helicopter that went missing Sunday night over Alabama's Bankhead National Forest.

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Polar First Crew Arrives Home

Trip Provides World Record, Healing

 British pilots Jennifer Murray and Colin Bodill brought their historic trek to an end at the Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Ltd. head office in Mirabel almost 1500 miles from their last stop in Texas and successful completion of  a new world record.

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MHT Secondary Runway to Close for Summer

Construction Continuation of Long-Term Expansion

Manchester-Boston Regional Airport will be closing its secondary runway this summer, for the second year in a row, for lengthening construction as part of the facility's long-term expansion plans.

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New Radar System Malfunctioning at SDF

FAA Reviewing System "Issues"

During a heavy downpour the evening before the Kentucky Derby, a Northwest Airlines DC-9 mistakenly crossed an active runway where another aircraft was on final approach at Louisville International Airport. SDH air traffic controllers said they could not see the DC-9 that had just landed and were, thus, unable to warn it not to cross that runway, according to the Associated Press.

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GAMA And ICAS Foundation Team-Up To Establish New Scholarship

 GAMA and the International Council of Air Shows Foundation (ICASF) have announced the establishment of the ICAS Foundation GAMA Scholarship. This annual scholarship will award $2,000 in funds to a college student seeking an aviation-related degree such as aircraft maintenance, aeronautical engineering, aviation business, or professional pilot.

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