AOPA out to eliminate section 1062 from S.1438 also on behalf
of the Warbird owners .. From the AOPA aircraft owners and
pilots asoc e-news letter
Bob B
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>AOPA ePilot Volume 3, Issue 42 October 12, 2001
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>BOYER WRITES DEFENSE CONFEREES TO SAVE WARBIRDS
>In a letter to House/Senate conferees on the National Defense Authorization
>Act for 2002 (S.1438), AOPA President Phil Boyer has requested the deletion
>of Section 1062 that authorizes the Secretary of Defense to require
>demilitarization of significant military equipment, including aircraft
>formerly
>owned by the Department of Defense. Identical to a provision AOPA
>successfully worked toward deleting in similar legislation last year, this
>provision, if enacted, could result in the destruction of vintage military
>aircraft--destroying an important part of our nation's aviation history.
>Boyer
>told members of the House/Senate conference, "We realize this section
>originated from the discovery that certain surplus military equipment was
>being improperly coded, resulting in some potentially sensitive equipment
>being sold. However, this reachback provision is so broad that it could
>easily lead to the destruction of vintage military aircraft. We would be
>pleased
>to work with the conferees to draft a provision that addresses the
>problem--
>the accidental sale of militarily sensitive equipment--as an alternative to
>the
>overly broad provision now contained in the legislation."
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