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Still planning your summer vacation?  Why not load up your friends and family and visit an airshow this year!  There are plenty to choose from all around the country.  Click here for a 2010 Airshow Schedule.

Coming up on July 26-August 1, 2010 is EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh in Wisconsin.  Thousands of show-goers travel from miles around to see magnificent aircraft like the Spirit of St. Louis or a Stealth fighter!  Even kids can see catch the flying bug by taking their first flight in a simulator or hot air balloon!  There’s so much to see and do at AirVenture Oshkosh, the only way to know is to go. 

Happy Trails!  

Are you a general aviation pilot?  For those of you who are, you have a unique opportunity to influence one of the most significant new technologies currently being developed in aviation, the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen).  Researchers at the University of North Dakota (UND) have put together this online survey for people just like you, to share your experiences and opinions about the weather technology you currently use in flight and what ideas you have for the new NextGen technology.  Researchers at UND will take your ideas directly to the Federal Aviation Administration to use as they design and implement NextGen in the coming years.

Two other universities are working with UND on this project – the University of Alaska and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. 

Click here to visit the survey online and share your suggestions today!

AAAA Executive Director appeared on WMOD and WTJS to discuss the impact of general aviation on Tennessee.  The state of Tennessee relies a great deal on general aviation (GA).  From an economic perspective, GA alone contributes $2.57 billion to the state’s economy, or $431 per capita, annually. Tennessee has 82 commercial and general aviation airports, 11,829 pilots and 6,512 general aviation aircraft. The state is also home to 46 flight companies, 56 repair stations and four flights schools, maintaining a good percentage of the 51,800 aviation-related jobs in the state.  These and other statistics from our economic impact survey can be found online at http://www.aviationacrossamerica.org/States.aspx.

Listen to the full radio clips here and here.