Young Eagles Successes Give Rise To New EAA Program... "Old
Buzzards"
Building on well over a decade of success with
their innovative Young eagles program, EAA has decided to
start yet another initiative designed to bring thousands of new
pilots into the world of aviation.
The Popular Rotorcraft Association, the enigmatic group of
homebuilt helicopter and gyroplane enthusiasts, announced a new
publicity policy. The Stealth Publicity Policy is meant to arrest
the association's multi-year decline in membership and public
visibility.
The trouble-prone Mini 500 homebuilt helicopter has claimed its
latest in a long line of victims: newlywed married couple Vince and
Edna Larkin, who were walking out of Wendell's Restaurant and
Lounge in Mokelumne Hill, CA Thursday evening.
On the heels of extensive aviation industry outcry over the
highly restrictive rules involved in dealing with the Washington
ADIZ and the general inability of smaller aircraft to deal
effectively with the workload of legally using that airspace, the
FAA has instituted a new program designed to allow for more ready
access to the airspace around the Nation's Capital for light
aircraft.
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