The Thanksgiving Eve crash of a Twin Turbo Commander into the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix has sparked renewed debate over the implementation of redesigned airspace surrounding Sky Harbor International Airport. In this week's edition of the NBAA Flight Plan podcast, Tom Turner, a noted CFI and author of an aviation blog called "Flying Lessons," discusses best practices for flight planning around terrain.

With just a month left before the scheduled implementation of the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS), advises NBAA Members: For now, if you are now reporting your emission data to an EU host nation, continue to do so. Keep monitoring the situation. Brown and others discuss the latest developments on EU-ETS in this week's edition of the NBAA Flight Plan podcast. Read more and hear the podcast.

Congressional passage of legislation with language to reinstate the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program on November 17 was welcomed by the business aviation community, but details on how the BARR program will be reinstated have yet to be worked out, said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. In this edition, he shares his thoughts on next steps and other matters related to the BARR program.

Concerned about user fee proposals and other issues, a delegation from the Minnesota Business Aviation Association (MBAA) visited Washington in November for a sit-down with members of their congressional delegation. "We went there with the attitude, 'We're here to tell you what's important to Minnesota business aviation and why it's important," Gordon Hoff, MBAA executive director, reported in this week's edition of the NBAA Flight Plan podcast.

With less than two months before the scheduled implementation of the European Union's proposed Emissions Trading Scheme, the world seems headed for a showdown over whom can impose what policy upon whom - and what the fallout will mean for business aviation.

In this episode of the NBAA Flight Plan podcast, NBAA Senior Vice President for Operations and Administration Steve Brown discusses the flashpoints in the debate over a proposed European Union Emissions Trading Scheme for aircraft, and what it means for NBAA Members.

A 2011 study by GRA, Inc. and the University of Houston shows how vital airports are in a city's overall financial picture. In this edition of the NBAA Flight Plan podcast, GRA, Inc. Vice President Richard Golaszewski said his study shows that the city's three major airports - two of which have a major general aviation component - contributed more than $27.5 billion to the regional economy last year and provided jobs for more than 47,000 people. Learn more.

NBAA's Bob Lamond, director, air traffic services & infrastucture, tells how the Association and the Las Vegas Airspace Users Council worked tirelessly with area air traffic control stakeholders to make arriving and departing Henderson Executive Airport (HND) easier and safer - and just in time for NBAA2011. Listen to the interview.

With the thousands of Attendees on-site at NBAA2011 in Las Vegas, it takes an army to support the onslaught of visitors to the Las Vegas Convention Center and Henderson Executive Airport (HND), home to the Static Display of Aircraft. One businesswoman tells how her restaurant at the airport took steps to prepare for the event. Listen to the interview.

While NBAA's Convention is the largest marketplace in the world for buyers and sellers to meet face-to-face, it's also a forum for Attendees to mobilize and align their advocacy efforts on the most pressing issues faced by the entire community. When people in the aviation community take it upon themselves to speak up, their efforts often become the most effective advocacy initiatives. Attendees on the exhibit floor at the Las Vegas Convention Center say they're ready to take action. Hear more.