NAAA

NAAA is getting ready to conduct its 2018 Survey of Part 137 Operators and Pilots. It has been six years since the association conducted its last comprehensive industry survey, and now more than ever NAAA needs current and accurate data about what is happening in the aerial application industry. A...

Recently, an article was published in Air & Space Magazine by contributing editor Ed Darack asserting, incorrectly, that drones are increasingly replacing traditional agricultural aircraft. The National Agricultural Aviation Association's Executive Director Andrew Moore refuted this factless claim below:   August 10, 2017 AIR & SPACE Magazine Smithsonian Institution PO...

source: NAAA The Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) annual AirVenture held in Oshkosh, Wis., July 24–30, was truly the “world’s greatest aviation celebration,” and they had a record attendance of 590,000 to prove it. Among those were NAAA representatives who met with hundreds of attendees. More than 10,000 airplanes attended this...

NAAREF, NAAA’s sister organization, has produced several high-quality educational, safety and training videos over the years. Typically, the videos aired at a specific PAASS Program or safety session at NAAA’s convention, and usually that was that. People who were unable to attend those functions were unable to take advantage of...

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals this week ruled that FAA’s registration requirement for recreational UAVs contradicts the 2012 FAA Modernization and Reform Act, the last FAA authorization enacted into law. The 2012 bill prohibits the FAA from regulating model aircraft “flown strictly for hobby or recreational use” if that...

NAAA ‘Ag Wings of Tomorrow’ Scholarship Program Spreads the Wealth Up to five scholarships, $22,500 in training money available under new scholarship program NAAA is pleased to announce its scholarship program has expanded and will now award up to five flight training scholarships a year under the new NAAA “Ag...

NAAA sanctions Mississippi State flight research team’s efforts to enhance low-altitude flight safety Currently, there’s no economically feasible way to completely protect pilots from UAVs. But NAAA is constantly working to do so. Now, we need the help of our operator readers to potentially protect your pilots from unmanned aerial...

NAAA and the National Agricultural Aviation Research and Education Foundation (NAAREF) held their spring board meetings Feb. 17–18 at the Westin Alexandria in Alexandria, Va. More than a hundred board and committee members traveled to the nation’s capital region to deliberate on a wide range of important issues. The 2017...

The National Agricultural Aviation Association is pleased to announce its 2017 officer team, led by NAAA President Dominique Youakim. Serving alongside Youakim are Vice President Gary Jerger, Secretary Mark Kimmel and Treasurer Jim Perrin. Let’s meet this year’s officers, shall we? President Dominique Youakim (Illinois) As far as gavel passes...

All new and renewing members in 2017 will receive a DVD of NAAA’s 50th anniversary documentary This past year—NAAA’s 50th anniversary—represents another year in which the association has further strengthened the agricultural aviation industry. NAAA was instrumental in urging Congress to enact legislation requiring marking and a federal database for...