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- Feds appear split on subsidies for NextGen avionics
Some of the president's top advisers are pushing federal subsidies to help cash-strapped airlines install the advanced avionics needed to make the NextGen air-traffic control system a reality. But White House budget hawks are opposing the plan, which could cost $10 billion over five years, according to The Wall Street Journal. Many industry groups, including general aviation, have joined forces to support the push for avionics upgrades. The Wall Street Journal
(11/13)
     
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- LaHood forms committee for future of aviation
AOPA on Nov. 12 joined stakeholders from across the aviation spectrum at a forum convened by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, at which the secretary announced the creation of the Federal Advisory Committee on the Future of Aviation. AOPA Online
(11/12)
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- Atlanta's Newnan Coweta Airport adds new tenant
Newnan Coweta Airport in Atlanta, Ga., generated $1.2 million in fuel sales and taxes last year. The general aviation airport features one runway and provides jobs for 162 employees. Falcon Aviation is one of the airport's new tenants and will add 40 aircraft to the airport's current total of 153 propeller planes and nine jet aircraft. The Citizen (Fayetteville, Ga.)
(11/12)
- Vote on Kallispell City Airport expansion pushed back
Board members pushed back a vote on expanding the Kalispell City Airport in Kalispell, Mont., until after a town hall meeting. The town hall meeting on Nov. 30 will take public comments and provide details on the proposed expansion of the general aviation airport. The proposal would lengthen the airstrip to 4,700 feet with funding from the Federal Aviation Administration, but some city residents object to the possibility of increased noise from the airport. Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, Mont.)
(11/12)
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- California pilot volunteers to shuttle U.S. Marines
Pilot Charlie Sweet donates his time every Sunday to shuttle U.S. Marines from Palm Springs, Calif., to the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms. Sweet, a pilot for 37 years, transports the Marines in his four-seat Beechcraft Baron. "These guys are willing to lay down their lives for us," said Sweet. "This is the least we can do." KESQ-TV (Palm Desert, Calif.)
(11/12)
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Fuller, govs talk airport support
AOPA President Craig Fuller met with a group of Democratic governors Nov. 9 in Philadelphia to encourage them to invest in their states' aviation infrastructure. The governors came together from as far west as Montana and as far east as New Hampshire to discuss critical infrastructure investment, the importance of small airports, and the role of states in supporting the national air transportation system. Read more.
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