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Volunteer business aviation relief organizations regularly provide life-saving services to people in hard-to-reach communities. The missions flown by the business aircraft used through the organizations provide support for disaster relief, life-flight services, emergency organ, blood and serum transfers, and flights to connect military officers with their families. To learn more about the many ways business aviation benefits the nation's economy and companies of all sizes, all across the U.S., visit: www.NoPlaneNoGain.org.

When policymakers meet to discuss proposals affecting business aviation, GAMA and NBAA ensure that the industry's benefits to the national economy and transportation system are well understood. Such was the case this week, as GAMA's Jens Hennig and NBAA's Ed Bolen advocated for business aviation at the 2010 General Aviation Issues and Security Conference, held from June 29 to July 1, 2010 in Morristown, NJ. The event was hosted by the American Association of Airport Executives. Topics covered included the TSA's Large Aircraft Security Program, GA airport vulnerability assessment and other high-profile security measures. Both GAMA and NBAA have continually championed proposals that help enhance business aviation security, without needlessly compromising the mobility and flexibility that are the industry's hallmarks. For more information, visit the AAAE website.

Since the launch of the No Plane No Gain advocacy initiative, GAMA and NBAA have placed the campaign's advertisements in industry publications, so that people in business aviation can echo them with a unified voice. The two associations have also explored a variety of online opportunities for ad placements, including Internet web sites, blogs, Facebook and other venues. Recently, Business Air magazine presented an opportunity for both print and online placement. While the campaign's ad featuring Arnold Palmer will appear in the July 2010 edition of the publication, the television ad appears in the online version of the magazine. The online version of Business Air features the Arnold Palmer video ad on page four of the publication; view the tv spot here.

In Washington, DC, Congressional Caucuses have recently formed in support of general aviation, and now state legislators are also banding together in support of the industry. Members of the Massachusetts Legislative Aviation Caucus, a group of 75 lawmakers, consider business aviation central to jobs in the Commonwealth. Local businesses depend on their aircraft local businesses depend on those aircraft to grow, prosper and ultimately hire, says State Representative and Caucus Chairman Don Humason. The caucus also advocates for the small airports used by general aviation as sources of highly-skilled jobs which generate additional income tax for the state. Read a web article about the caucus on NBAA's web site.

Business aviation is uniquely equipped to support crisis-relief efforts - a fact highlighted through the No Plane No Gain advocacy program. This reality is illustrated through the work being done by business aircraft operators to assist in efforts to clean up the recent BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Circling the Gulf in a King Air, pilots direct smaller Air Tractor planes to spray Corexit over oil spills to lessen the oil's impact on the environment. The Air Tractors make effective "spot treatment" of heavy oil slicks possible for the first time, with the King Airs guiding them to those slicks. Read a web article about business aviation efforts in the Gulf.