<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">For those of you who did that 'illegal flight' when we did Six Jumps In Six States or maybe you did the demo jump into Tarkio, MO years ago. <div><br></div><div>Please read more about out host .....<br><div><br></div><div><div id="pageContent" style="margin: 0px 15px 0px 17px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; width: 475px; float: left; display: inline;"><h2 style="margin: 14px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;"><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">General Aviation Advocate Rep. Graves Profiled in <em>Air & Space</em>Magazine</span></font></h2><p class="newsDate" style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; font-style: italic;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Feb. 10, 2014</span></p><p style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px;"><img src="http://www.nbaa.org/news/insider/2010/images/capital_view-201007.jpg" width="100" class="floatLeft" style="border: 0px; float: left; padding: 3px 6px 2px 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Missouri Rep. Sam Graves (R-6-MO), who co-chairs the House General Aviation (GA) Caucus has been recognized in the Smithsonian Institution's prestigious <em>Air & Space</em> magazine for his ardent advocacy of general aviation.</span></p><p style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">An article titled, "Aviation's Man in Washington," highlights the work of Graves, who co-chairs the House GA Caucus with Rep. John Barrow (D-12-GA). The caucus is a leading voice for GA and is one of the largest and most active caucuses in Congress. Last year, the GA Caucus achieved an important milestone by increasing its membership to more than half of the House of Representatives, demonstrating the wide scope of GA support among lawmakers.</span></p><p style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Congressman Sam Graves represents two groups: the citizens of Missouri's 6th District and private pilots," wrote <em>Air & Space</em>.</span></p><p style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.airspacemag.com/as-interview/aviations-man-washington-180949508/" target="_blank" style="font-weight: bold;">Read the full article</a>.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Graves, who is also member of the House Transportation Committee and its aviation subcommittee, has a long record of championing legislation that fosters GA growth and opposing proposals that would harm the industry. Graves has long been an opponent of per-flight user fees for general aviation; he has also focused on pilot and mechanic shortages, spending allocations for the Aviation Trust Fund, and controversial aircraft searches by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. <a href="http://www.nbaa.org/events/bace/2013/news/20131023-five-questions-with-missouri-congressman-sam-graves.php" style="font-weight: bold;">Read NBAA's Five Questions with Rep. Graves</a>.</span></p><p style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A longtime pilot who grew up next to a small airport and was first elected to Congress in 2000, Graves represents a rural district that relies heavily on GA for economic development, health care and other vital services.</span></p><p style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"We have doctors who come into the local hospital and use the airport because it's much easier for them to get in, do their rounds, get back out and go to the next community," Graves told NBAA in a 2011 video interview. <a href="http://www.nbaa.org/advocacy/ga-caucus/20110408-graves-barrow-interview.php" style="font-weight: bold;">View the full interview</a>.</span></p><p style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Graves works closely with GA industry groups, including NBAA, and was a keynote speaker at the 2013 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA2013) in Las Vegas, NV.</span></p><p style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><em>Air & Space</em> also noted that Graves helped found the Wing Nuts Flying Circus, an annual air show in his hometown of Tarkio, and he is restoring a World War II-era Beech AT-10 trainer plane.</span></p></div><div id="rightSideColumn" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 240px; float: left; display: inline;"><div id="relatedLinks" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px;"></div></div></div></div></body></html>