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General aviation now faces one of the greatest sets of challenges in its100-year history. Washington bureaucrats are proposing new fees and restrictions on flying. State and local governments are pushing new taxes and restrictions on airport operations. And some in the media still like to peddle the image of private aircraft as toys for the rich.
If these ideas and plans don't change, there could be a lot less flying in America.
And that would threaten 1.2 million GA jobs, critical health and safety services, and the fabric of our national transportation system. It would also mean higher costs or stunted growth for thousands of businesses that rely on general aviation every day.
Please explore these pages and learn more about the people and services that depend on general aviation and find out how GA creates tremendous value for Americans everywhere. Read from our recent e.Newsletters – about how GA Serves America, and what you can do to help keep it that way.
Rally speaks out for GA
Wearing their support for general aviation on their lapels and announcing it with signs, attendees at AOPA Aviation Summit gathered at Center Stage in the Tampa Convention Center exhibit hall Nov. 5 to show their passion for GA at the GA Serves America rally.
The rally began with the crescendoing drumbeat of a five-piece band approaching through the exhibit hall and led into more live music, with speeches from National Air Transportation Association President Jim Coyne, AOPA President Craig Fuller, and West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin III.
"You have a chance to get involved in AOPA in a way that you've never been asked to be involved before," said Manchin, a longtime pilot and supporter of GA. He urged people to invest in aviation and protect the asset America has in its air transportation system. "If we do away with general aviation as we know it today, God help us, we'll never be able to get it back."
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