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Less restriction on General Aviation at Reagan National

Good news relating to General Aviation are not exactly filling up newspapers these days - this is also why we organize our flight - so when positive things happens it’s good to spread the word about it…
Recently, the post 9/11 security restrictions dramatically impacting General Aviation activities at Reagan National airport have been eased. The [...]

General Aviation helping Haiti

After the tragedy that hit Haiti, our thoughts naturally go to the victims, their families and relatives.  As pilots, we’re proud to know that General Aviation will be part of both the rescue and reconstruction efforts. While large aircraft bring food, water, medicine and all kind of support, light aircraft are also involved. Some pilot’s [...]

What do you stand for?

Alexander Hamilton may be best known for his famous quote: “Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.”
My question is what do you stand for? What are you passionate about?
Your family of course, your friends for sure, but what about hobbies or business?
For many of us General Aviation can fit into to each of those, [...]

One great General Aviation story…

If you think General Aviation pilots are rich yuppies playing around in expensive, noisy, and polluting toys, please consider the following story - interestingly published on September 11th…
Hurricane Jimena hit Baja in late August, destroying basic infrastructure like roads, power supply and telephone networks, water supply and damaging buildings. The rescue efforts were dramatically impaired [...]

USA Today’s article helps us to stand united

A recent article published by USA Today was clearly against General Aviation. We won’t quote it here, other organizations and bloggers have already commented on in and demonstrated what was wrong in this article. Even AOPA was involved in preparing this article, and quoting their reaction:
AOPA’s media relations staff learned of the story a week [...]

Role Model: Bring new pilots to aviation

We recently got a comment from Joseph Geist about how the way General Aviation is perceived changed over the last years. Joe’s solo is now 42 years away, but he’s still a great supporter and promoted of General Aviation. His comment triggered a short e-mail discussion. One of his messages is so exactly representing the [...]

9/11 - Eight Years Later

Eight years ago, dramatic events occurred and changed a lot of things in aviation. Not for the best.
Today is to remember, and never forget what happened. Today we must stand united and pay due respect to the victims, all of them, direct and indirect. The lives of thousands people got terribly, definitively affected. Our thoughts [...]

In the aftermath of an helicopter ride to school

Long story short, a dad decided to fly his son to school in a light helicopter to celebrate the first school day. Everything went fine, the helicopter landed safely, in a quiet area of the campus. But the dad did not warned the school or coordinated this flight with them. Alarmed, the school staff warned [...]

General Aviation vs. Airlines - Car vs. Train

General Aviation is often perceived as a luxury for VIPs, top executives and rich yuppies. This negative image affects both business aviation and light aviation, two important parts of General Aviation. I reckon this perception comes from the high-level of service offered on board by some business jet operators. Some celebrities use to pose in [...]