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Posted by Benet Wilson at 11/9/2009 5:27 AM CST

FAA’S decision to deny the a Part 161 application to impose a nighttime ban at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., drew cheers from industry leaders, who feared that the ban “would have set an ugly precedent,” reports The Weekly of Business Aviation.

The Airport Owners and Pilots Association offers an editorial in the Tampa Tribune defending the use and funding of small airports. Visit a small airport and you'll see that not everyone who flies a private airplane has money to burn. Many airplanes are owned by groups of pilots who split the costs. Other pilots rent an airplane by the hour.

Could a cut in production rates from Airbus and Boeing be coming? It's a concern voiced by Spirit AeroSystems CEO Jeff Turner in an interview with the Wichita Eagle.

The AOPA Pilot blog chides a flight school for not being more flexible with a potential customer who wanted to learn to fly. And Rose Pelton, wife of Cessna CEO Jack Pelton, will take delivery of the company's first SkyCatcher, reports the Capital Insider blog.

Solar Impulse, a prototype aircraft designed to fly around the world on solar power has completed its first engine run in Switzerland, reports Wired's Autopia blog.

The All Things Aviation blog posts about how the new movie "Amelia," starring Oscar winner Hilary Swank, is inspiring more women to learn to fly.

Rick Seaney's FareCompare.com blog has a great post -- and picture -- about special air transport for dogs.

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