Face it... we all knew this was coming... Shortly after Monday's announcement by President Donald Trump about plans to privatize ATC, the White House released what it characterized as an overview of the President's "Principles for Reforming the U.S. Air Traffic Control System".
According to the document, the system is intended to be funded entirely by user fees. The document states that the new nonprofit ATC entity "should be financially self-sufficient through the collection of user fees that cover both its costs of operations and recapitalization. The aviation taxes that currently cover these costs should be sunset, except for those necessary to continue to fund the Airport Improvement Program. General fund revenues should fund the rest of the FAA. A rare XP-82 Twin Mustang being restored by a team led by Tom Reilly in Douglas, GA is moving closer to a return to flight. According to Reilly, the team is finishing work on testing each electrical circuit. The process is a complicated one because each cockpit of the airplane has full controls, and the pilots had the ability to switch all electrical controls back and forth between cockpits. Every system, from boost pumps and lighting to electronic mixture controls, bombs, rockets and guns could be operated from either cockpit.
Czech Sport Aircraft is establishing an assembly and distribution facility at the Sebastian (FL) Municipal Airport (X26) where it will build LSAs in a new hangar scheduled to be completed this summer. The Sebastian City Council made a deal with the company in late April to bring the facility to the airport. The facility will be the exclusive import, assembly and service headquarters for all of North, Central and South America including the United States. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 06.07.17 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Wednesday, June 7th, 2017... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalist Tom Patton, this episode covers:
- White House: Privatized ATC System Should Be Funded By User Fees
- Restoration Of Twin Mustang Progressing In Douglas, GA
- Czech Sport Aircraft Setting Up Shop In Sebastian, FL
- ANNouncement: Now Accepting Applications For Oshkosh 2017 Stringers!!!
- Classic Aero-TV: 'We're Surviving' - Kyle Franklin Describes Airshow Life Circa 2013
- Jet Airways Launches Its Cadet Pilot Training Program
- Orbital ATK Awarded $90 Million Contract From NGC
- ANG Receives First HC-130J Combat King II
- NASA Names Astronaut Patrick Forrester New Chief Of Astronaut Office
- First Japanese-Built F-35A Officially Unveiled At Nagoya Facility
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