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MEMBERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS

Working
For You

AOPA Member Benefits

ADVOCACY

MEDIA AND EVENTS

PROTECTING YOUR RIGHT TO FLY aopa.org/advocacy

AOPA PILOT MAGAZINE

Taking on regulatory and legislative threats to general aviation has remained the association’s primary focus for more
than 70 years.

Award-winning AOPA Pilot keeps you in touch with the
ever-changing world of general aviation.

KEEPING AVIATION ACCESSIBLE aopa.org/asn

Insight and practical advice for students, active pilots, and
CFIs from experienced pilot-authors.

More than 2,300 Airport Support Network volunteers
across the country keep community airports open and free
of restrictions, and protect backcountry airstrips and seaplane landing sites.
REPRESENTING PILOTS ON CAPITOL HILL

AOPA’s team in Washington, D.C.,
is actively engaged in every major
policy issue that affects general
aviation.
FIGHTING EXCESSIVE STATE TAXES
AND FEES

AOPA aggressively works in all 50
states fighting excessive taxes and
fees, and securing new tax cuts.
No new aviation taxes have been
implemented in any state in the past two years.
KEEPING AIRSPACE OPEN

AOPA protects GA’s freedom to fly in the nation’s airspace,
and is working for a benefits-driven transition to the Next
Generation of air traffic control.
SAFEGUARDING GENERAL AVIATION INTERESTS

AOPA leads the way in persuading the FAA to lower the cost
of medical and aircraft certification, and actively engages in
a transition to a future aviation fuel.
AOPA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE aopa.org/members/pac

The AOPA PAC ensures that the cause of general aviation
is recognized in Congress. Voluntary contributions enable
the PAC to wage focused and effective campaigns for GA in
Washington, D.C.

aopa.org/pilot

FLIGHT TRAINING MAGAZINE

flighttraining.aopa.org

AOPA EPILOT AND EFLIGHT TRAINING

Weekly email newsletters offering aviation industry news,
information, and tips, which can be customized.
AVIATION EBRIEF

Daily email newsletter offers up-to-the-minute GA
news articles gathered from around the country.
AOPA LIVE THIS WEEK

aopa.org/this week

Weekly webcast show recaps the week’s news and
showcases aviation feature stories.
AOPA AVIATION SUMMIT aopa.org/summit

AOPA’s annual convention offers educational seminars, exhibits, and aircraft displays. The next one is
in Fort Worth, Texas, October 10 through 12, 2013.
TOWN HALL MEETINGS

AOPA President Craig Fuller discusses the latest GA developments on local and national issues at locations throughout
the country.

3 GROWING THE PILOT
POPULATION
aopa.org/CAPComm

The Center to Advance the Pilot Community (CAPComm) is
a robust and wide-reaching initiative designed to build a community in which more people earn pilot certificates, pilots
are more active, and the flying lifetime of pilots is extended.
FLYING CLUBS aopa.org/flyingclubs

CAPComm will promote flying clubs nationwide and provide
the tools and resources needed to build successful clubs. The
goal is to link 1,000 clubs in the next five years.

MEMBERSHIP MATTERS

5 WAYS YOU CAN HELP TODAY aopa.org/memberdrive

1. Renew today! 2. Encourage someone to join. 3. Give a gift membership.
4. Refer a military aviator. 5. Sign up a future pilot for an AOPA youth membership
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