NBAA Thanks Rep. Pompeo for Championing House BARR-Preservation Bill

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The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) thanked Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-4-KS) for introducing legislation to fully reinstate the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program, so that aircraft owners and operators can opt out of having their flights broadcast over the Internet.
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NBAA Salutes Regional Groups for Backing Court Fight to Preserve the BARR

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National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) President and CEO Ed Bolen applauded a recent surge of contributions from a host of regional business aviation associations to a legal defense fund established to support a court fight to preserve the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program.
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NBAA Applauds Sen. Roberts for Legislation to Preserve BARR

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The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) hailed the introduction of legislation by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) to preserve the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program, thereby allowing people and companies to opt out from having their aviation movements tracked by anyone, anywhere in the world with an internet connection.
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Government Action on BARR Likely Imminent As GA Groups' Court Fight Continues

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With the government's plan to limit the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program expected to take effect on August 2, general aviation (GA) advocacy groups anticipated that many of their members' flights will be subject to display on the Internet in the near term, but that a court challenge will ultimately restore their ability to opt out from having their aviation movements tracked online.
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NBAA, AOPA Launch Web Site For Contributing to BARR Legal Defense Fund

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The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) announced the introduction of a web site for individuals and companies to provide financial support for the two associations' legal battle to preserve the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR).
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GA Groups Press Ahead Toward Day in Court on BARR

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The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) announced that, following a court's decision not to suspend the government's looming deadline for curtailing the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program, the three associations will move ahead expeditiously toward a full hearing on the matter.
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FAA Agrees to Extend Deadline for Paperwork to Remain in BARR Program

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After being notified that general aviation operator groups plan to challenge changes to the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on July 1, 2011, agreed to extend from July 5, 2011, to July 14, 2011, the deadline for owner/operators to submit paperwork to remain in the program "for the convenience of the Court." For the moment, the implementation date for the Department of Transportation's (DOT's) planned changes remains August 2, 2011.
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General Aviation Operator Groups Take Fight to Protect BARR

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Leading organizations representing general aviation (GA) operators moved ahead with a court challenge to the Department of Transportation's (DOT's) decision to dismantle the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program and announced the establishment of a fund to support the legal fight.
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DOT Bars BARR Program

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The FAA will block aircraft registration numbers "only after the operators certify that they have a valid security concern," the Department on Transportation announced in a press release on Friday.

This change essentially ends the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program.

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Private Aircraft Flight Records Probed by WSJ

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In light of the debate over the renewal of the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program, the Saturday, May 21, edition of The Wall Street Journal has a front-page investigation of four years of private aircraft flight records (registration required), and the paper has launched an online database of the flight data.
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NBAA Opposes New Limitations on Participation in Block Aircraft Registration Request Program

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National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) President and CEO Ed Bolen issued the following statement regarding the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) publication in the Federal Register of a call for comment in response to the Agency's plan to severely limit participation in the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program.
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Tail Numbers in BARR Program Available Through FOIA

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In late February, a District Court judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that tail numbers blocked for distribution outside of the FAA through NBAA’s Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program must be unblocked to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. What do you think about the BARR program? Should the tail numbers be blocked permanently? Where do you fall on the public/private spectrum? Leave a comment.
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