The News Review:
- Private pilots balk at idea of TSA oversight
- Army aviation officials seek to improve communications
- Aviation industry strives to find alternative fuels
- Aviation firm buys airport manager
Private pilots balk at idea of TSA oversight
Atlanta Journal Constitution USA
com’>Jim TharpeThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionFriday January 09 2009The federal agency that oversees airport security ran into withering opposition Thursday in Atlanta over a controversial proposal to extend to private aviation many of the screening and other rules that now apply to commercial airlines. About 200 pilots directors of corporate flight departments and aviation entrepreneurs from across the Southeast packed a conference room at the Renaissance Concourse Hotel to blast the proposal as not only counterproductive but a threat to the very survival of business aviation. “Does [the Transportation Security Administration] have their head in the sand?” asked Ray Boyd who lives near Madison and owns a jet-leasing company in Athens. “The whole program needs to be scrapped. It’s obvious TSA does not understand general aviation. ”Boyd’s comment earned him a raucous standing ovation from others in the audience filled mostly with critics of the proposed new rules.
Army aviation officials seek to improve communications
FCW.com VA
James Barclay commanding general of the Army AviationWarfighting Center at Fort Rucker Ala. Thatinformation is essential for determining how to train Army personnelpreparing for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan Barclay said at theArmy Aviation Symposium and Exposition in Arlington Va.
Aviation industry strives to find alternative fuels
SmartBrief DC
Continental Airlines is testing fuel made from the tropical shrub jatropha and algae. Air New Zealand flew a Boeing 747 last week with one of four engines running on a 50% biofuel mix. Specialists however say that the airlines may be just moving from one problem to another.
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Aviation firm buys airport manager
Poughkeepsie Journal NY
com”;Aviation firm buys airport manager | PoughkeepsieJournal. com | Poughkeepsie Journal. announced Wednesday it purchased AvPRTS which manages day-to-day operations at seven U. airports including Stewart International Airport in New Windsor.