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Aircraft Owners and Piolets Association (AOPA)
Address : 421 Aviation Way
City : Frederick
State : Maryland
Zip : 21701
Country : U.S.A.
Phone : 301-695-2000
Fax : 301-695-2375
Website : http://www.aopa.org
Contact Person : The Secretary
Association Information
Association Activity : The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to general aviation, was incorporated on May 15, 1939.

From the start, AOPA has fought to keep general aviation fun, safe, and affordable. Growth in the early years was slow, but by mid-1995, membership in AOPA had reached about 335,000, just over half of all pilots with current medical certificates.

Today's robust and growing AOPA is a far cry from the earliest years. As part of a deal struck with Ziff-Davis Publishing Company even before incorporation, AOPA would have a special section in each month's Popular Aviation, the predecessor of Flying magazine, to communicate with its members. Ziff-Davis drove a hard bargain, however, with a clause that threatened cancellation of the deal if AOPA membership didn't reach 2,500 in the first year.

Even the name of the Association was "up in the air" until just before incorporation. The five founding fathers met in April, 1939, to work out the details, and spent hours wrangling over a proper name for the organization. Founder P.T. Sharples favored "Pilots, Incorporated" to give the group a serious tone indicative of a businesslike approach. Other groups at the time included the Private Fliers Association (PFA), the Sportsman Pilots Association (SPA), Association for the Advancement of Aeronautics (AAA), The American Pilots League (APL), the Private Pilots Association (PPA) and the United Pilots and Mechanics Association (UPMA).

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), a not-for-profit individual membership association, effectively serves the interests and needs of its members as aircraft owners and pilots and establishes, maintains, and articulates positions of leadership to promote the economy, safety, utility, and popularity of flight in general aviation aircraft.
 
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