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PNBAA gratefully acknowledges departing board member and announces open board position

PNBAA’s longest-serving member, Chuck Kegley, recently announced that he is stepping down from the PNBAA Board of Directors. During Chuck’s over ten-year tenure on the PNBAA Board, he not only was instrumental in carrying us through the rebirth of this … Continue reading

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Marcus D. Beresford: May 4, 1954 to February 12, 2012

Marcus D. Beresford, born in England in 1954, moving to the U.S. in 1966 becoming a U.S. Citizen, and settled in the Wood River Valley of south-central Idaho, was listed amongst the 2-pilots that lost their lives in a Gulfstream … Continue reading

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NBAA, AOPA, EAA Welcome FAA’s Decision to Fully Restore BARR Availability

Contacts: Dan Hubbard, NBAA (202) 783-9360, dhubbard@nbaa.org Benet Wilson, AOPA (301) 695-2159, benet.wilson@aopa.org Dick Knapinski, EAA (920) 426-6523, dknapinski@eaa.org Washington, DC, December 2, 2011 – Three leading general aviation organizations today welcomed plans announced by government officials for lifting restrictions on a program that allows aircraft … Continue reading

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Changes to the Block Aircraft Registration Request (Barr) Program

The BARR program continues, but at least for now, the FAA has assumed control of day-to-day management of the program. This means that, for the time being, NBAA doesn’t have a role in administering blocking or unblocking requests or resolving … Continue reading

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A Letter From Ed Bolen, NBAA President and CEO

Dear Aviation Professional, As I’ve recently told NBAA Members, user fees are back, and our industry needs to act. The situation has only become more pressing, and I need you to take renewed action; here’s why. As the stalemate in … Continue reading

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User Fee Alert: Write Your Members of Congress Today

Dear NBAA Member, As Congress and the White House negotiate over the nation’s deficit and debt ceiling, the business aviation community has cause for alarm. I’m sending this message to explain the situation, and what steps our industry must take … Continue reading

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NBAA Responds To The President’s Denigration of Business Aviation – You Can, Too

Dear NBAA Member, As NBAA Members are all too well aware, President Obama last week repeatedly disparaged business airplane owners and operators, apparently to make a case that current tax depreciation schedules for general aviation airplanes are too short. NBAA … Continue reading

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Eric Owusu, Flight Operations Supervisor, Ghana

During a trip that took PNBAA member Mark McIntyre to Kumasi, Ghana, he met Eric Owusu, photo attached. Eric is a Jeppesen-approved Handling Agent based there who has dreamed of traveling to the USA to complete an FAA Dispatcher Course … Continue reading

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PNBAA Accepting Applications for Board of Directors Position

With the recent departure of valued PNBAA Board Member Don Hitch, PNBAA’s Nominating Committee is currently taking applications for the open Board of Directors position. If you are interested in serving on this volunteer organization, please click here to complete … Continue reading

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Safety Day 2011

On March 3rd, 2011, the Pacific Northwest Business Aircraft Association presented its 3rd Annual Safety Day, at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. The event brought more than 110 attendees, and hosted five presenters- Former NTSB Board Member John Goglia, Astronaut Greg … Continue reading

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