Video Clips

	MSNBC: Hands and Feet Project Helps Orphans in Haiti The Hands and Feet Project cares for orphans in Haiti and relies on general aviation aircraft to receive their supplies, necessary equipment and medicine. “These pilots are bringing in their own twin engine airplanes and they’re just taking off and coming to Jacmel [in Haiti] and they’re bringing us supplies and we want to just say thanks to all those guys, it means to much to us,” said Mark Stuart, founder of the Hands and Feet Project.
	CNN Story Highlights Value of Business Aviation Manufacture A recent CNN story looks at how the recession and misperceptions about business aviation have devastated business airplane manufacturer Cessna, and also highlights how the resilient company has responded to the crisis and taken steps to emerge as the economy recovers. "The company lost half of its orders, half of its jobs - six thousand in Wichita alone," the CNN story reports, noting that Cessna has used the down-time "to reconsider many manufacturing methods...looking for new ideas, new savings, new efficiencies..." in order to "protect jobs on the ground and planes in the sky." Cessna Aircraft Company CEO Jack Pelton, who serves on the Board of Directors for both NBAA and GAMA, tells CNN: "We said let's go re-examine how we build airplanes and how we can become better at it." View the segment in its entirety.
	NBAA Weighs in on Planned Government Purchase of Business Airplanes Steve Brown, NBAA senior vice president of operations, appeared on Fox Business News Happy Hour program to talk about the benefits of Congress using business aviation. Brown talks about the need to discuss classified information en route, efficient use of congressional lawmakers time and ability to reach remote areas with little or no commercial airline service.
	Arkansas Elected Officials Highlight Business Aviation Value to State Arkansas news outlets covered a recent meeting where Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D) and Mark Pryor (D) discussed the value business aviation has to their state. The senators told the crowd of 500 people that aviation is essential to their states economy and work force because it contributes $1 billion to the states economy and provides hundreds of good-paying jobs.
	Arkansas Elected Officials Highlight Business Aviation Value to State Arkansas news outlets covered a recent meeting where Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D) and Mark Pryor (D) discussed the value business aviation has to their state. The senators told the crowd of 500 people that aviation is essential to their states economy and work force because it contributes $1 billion to the states economy and provides hundreds of good-paying jobs.
	Arkansas Elected Officials Highlight Business Aviation Value to State Arkansas news outlets covered a recent meeting where Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D) and Mark Pryor (D) discussed the value business aviation has to their state. The senators told the crowd of 500 people that aviation is essential to their states economy and work force because it contributes $1 billion to the states economy and provides hundreds of good-paying jobs.
	Arkansas Elected Officials Highlight Business Aviation Value to State Arkansas news outlets covered a recent meeting where Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D) and Mark Pryor (D) discussed the value business aviation has to their state. The senators told the crowd of 500 people that aviation is essential to their states economy and work force because it contributes $1 billion to the states economy and provides hundreds of good-paying jobs.
	NBAA's Bolen Spreads the Message: No Plane No Gain KAKE-TV [ABC Channel 10] Reports that Bolen told the audience that NBAA and GAMA launched the "No Plane - No Gain" campaign to explain the benefits of business aviation. "Right now, they're targeting Washington policymakers, reminding them of the 1.2 million aviation jobs at stake," KAKE tells its viewers. "Bolen says they are focusing on Congress and the White House because they need to understand business aviation is essential."
	NBAA Convention 2009: Compilation Since the launch of the No Plane No Gain program, NBAA and GAMA representatives have spoken with a variety of news outlets, and the two associations have coordinated with people in the business aviation community to help spread the word in media interviews. If you've missed any of the media coverage, this compilation provides highlights from among the dozens of interviews conducted by Ed Bolen, president and CEO of NBAA, Pete Bunce, president and CEO of GAMA, and representatives from the business aviation community.
	CNN: Hands and Feet Project Helps Orphanages in Haiti Mark Stuart, founder of the Hands and Feet Project, says general aviation pilots flying twin engine aircraft were able to rush in medicine and supplies for relief efforts in Haiti. Stuart said the pilots brought vital, necessary items for children at Haitian orphanages.
	Business Aviation Relief Efforts Highlighted in the Media In the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, people and organizations from across the business aviation community mobilized to coordinate pilots, aircraft, flight-planning services and other assets to move relief and supplies into the disaster area. Several companies and organizations reported on those missions.
	Report on Burlington International Airport in Vermont Burlington International Airport has spent millions over the last several years developing not only better facilities for air passengers, but general aviation, laying the groundwork for a strong economy that could help Vermont out of the recession and set the stage for long-term growth. Over the last 15 years, the airport has expanded the south end, where facilities for private aircraft has seen strong growth.
	CNBC Interviews GAMA's Pete Bunce on Business Aviation Value In this CNBC segment, GAMA President and CEO Pete Bunce discusses how business aviation helps companies compete in a global marketplace. "If...a company that is doing a lot of global business and a lot of travel, whether it's flying over to Asia, South America or over to Europe, they're finding the utility of business aviation is something they just have to have," Bunce tells reporter Phil Lebeau. CNBC host Larry Kudlow observes that the real makeup of the business aviation community is often misunderstood -"Isn't it true...that it's really middle-level corporate guys that use these jets?" Kudlow asks. "It's about business efficiency," he continues.
	GAMA Annual Industry Review 2/16/2010
	NBAA's Bolen Discusses Advantages of Business Aviation NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen appeared on Chicago’s “First Business” to discuss the multitude of benefits business aviation provides to companies of all sizes. Mr. Bolen also goes in-depth into how business owners and employees utilize their aircraft to serve customers in areas the airlines companies do not serve.
	Warren Buffett Defends Business Aviation In a rare interview, financial legend Warren Buffett explains the advantages of business aviation.
	NBAA's Bolen Discusses Benefits of Business Aviation In an interview with Newschannel 8, Bolen explains that "... business aviation is prudent, cost-effective, and oftentimes, the only way to get where you're going."
	Joe Hagin of JSSI Discusses Business Jets Joe Hagin, CEO of Jet Support Services Inc. and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff, discusses the real business benefits of small planes: "These planes are really business tools; it's like a blackberry or software, they're expensive, but they add huge value. ...The bottom line is, these companies need these tools to compete in the global marketplace."
	Marathon's big wheels: BostonHerald com This article tells the story of two disabled military veterans' participation in the Boston Marathon. The vets were transported from the Walter Reed Medical Center to Boston by donated business jets.
	Ed Bolen Explains Importance of Business Aviation on Fox Business In his latest cable TV interview, NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen explains the importance of business aviation to citizens, companies and communities across the country, and the work of the No Plane No Gain initiative to educate policymakers and opinion leaders about the essential role of business aviation in America today.
	Corporate Jets: Luxury Or Necessity? (CBS News) CBS News' Mark Strassmann reports about the widely-held misunderstanding that business aircraft are symbols of excess. In the TV interview, Wes Stowers of Stowers Machinery Corp. explains that his King Air 350 is "...comfortable and functional. But not exactly luxurious." Stowers continues: If having a private plane was just a fun perk, "We would get rid of it."
	Private Jet Industry's Rough Ride As CNBC's Squawkbox reports, turbulent economic times and misperceptions about business aviation have sent the industry into "uncharted territory." NetJets founder and CEO Richard Santulli clarifies the misperceptions, reminding viewers: "These airplanes are very, very effective business tools."
	Company Jet Expands Business Opportunities Labov and Beyond is a Fort Wayne-based marketing communications business that serves clients across the country. Their business jet provides them with opportunities that wouldn't otherwise be possible. In typical week, the airplane transports four to six company workers for business in cities like New York, Washington and Atlanta.
	No Plane No Gain on CNBC This CNBC segment on business aviation from June 19, 2009 features a chart, with data attributed to NBAA, showing that business aviation contributes more than $150 billion to U.S. economic output, employs 1.2 million people and serves 5,000 airports, often located in towns with little or no airline service.
	NBC Story Highlights Veterans Airlift Command This story highlights the work being done by Veterans Airlift Command to provide free air transportation to wounded warriors, veterans and their families for medical and other compassionate purposes through a national network of volunteer aircraft owners and pilots, including people in the business aviation community. No Plane No Gain highlights the industry's support for groups that help people and communities in need.
	NBAA's Ed Bolen and Cessna's Jack Pelton on FOX Business News NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen and Cessna President and CEO Jack Pelton appeared on FOX Business News to set the record straight on the numerous benefits of aircraft for businesses, employees, and the communities these businesses serve.
	No Plane No Gain Launch NBAA's Ed Bolen and GAMA's Pete Bunce hold a news conference to launch No Plane No Gain.
	NBAA President & CEO Ed Bolen Interview on FOX News NBAA's Bolen tells Neil Cavuto with FOX News, "Business aviation helps companies be competitive."
	Corporate Jets: Poster Child for CEO Excess? On Squawk Box, CNBC’s Jane Wells reports on the business aviation industry’s fight to survive: “Business Aviation is a $150 Billion industry that employs more than a million Americans…