Northern Air to Host Huge Black ‘N Blue Ball to Combat Muscular Dystrophy

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Northern Air, West Michigan’s largest aviation company, will trade in the company logo shirts and luxurious executive jets for leather vests and chrome-laden choppers when it hosts the 2010 Black ‘N Blue Ball, one of Western Michigan’s most significant fundraisers for families fighting muscular dystrophy, on Friday, May 14.
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Renaissance International Holdings Announces Aviation Finance Program with Quartz Finance Ltd.

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Renaissance International Completions Limited (RICL), a subsidiary of Canadian Renaissance International Holdings (RIH), a leading provider of Aircraft Interior Completion Management and cockpit ancillary products and other related aviation services throughout North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, announced that it has entered into a partnership with Quartz Finance Ltd (QFL), a company specializing in the sourcing of finance, to provide RIH’s customers with funding alternatives for work contracted with RICL.
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Harrison Ford Addresses GA Caucus Event

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The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) participated in a General Aviation Caucus event at the U.S. Capitol yesterday featuring academy award-winning actor Harrison Ford along with industry groups including the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, the National Business Aviation Association and the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA).
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Five European Companies Recognized With Flying Safety Awards

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The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) and National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) today announced the recipients of the 2010 EBAA Flying Safety Awards, given to five organizations for outstanding safety records. The awards were presented May 2 at the Bombardier 4th Annual Safety Standdown Europe reception.

 

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NATA Appoints Three New Board of Directors Members

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The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) elected three new members to its board of directors at its annual membership meeting. The new members are Bob Marinace President and Chief Executive Officer, Key Air, Alfred G. Peterson, Airport Manager, Nantucket Memorial Airport, and Jim Sweeney, President, Fargo Jet Center.
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GA Industry and EPA Prepare to Get the Lead out of Avgas

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has formally begun the regulatory process required by the Clean Air Act that may ultimately result in standards mandating the general aviation industry’s transition to unleaded aviation gasoline (avgas).

The EPA has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR), which is a key opportunity for the GA community to comment on this possible new environmental standard and the development of a plan for identifying, evaluating and transitioning to an unleaded fuel.

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