| 词条 | Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association |
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| logo = AOPA logo.png | formation = {{start date and age|1939}} | type = Not for profit | purpose = Aviation advocacy | headquarters = Frederick, Maryland, United States | key_people = | name = Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association | abbreviation = AOPA | founders = P.T. Sharples | area_served = Worldwide | membership = 384,915 | membership_year = 2012 | leader_title = Chairman of the Board | leader_name = Bill Trimble III (2005) | leader_title2 = Vice Chairman of the Board | leader_name2 = Darrell Crate (February 2014) | leader_title3 = President & CEO | leader_name3 = Mark Baker (September 6, 2013)[1] | homepage = {{URL|http://www.aopa.org|aopa.org}} }} The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is a Frederick, Maryland-based American non-profit political organization that advocates for general aviation. The organization started at Wings Field in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. On 24 April 1932, The Philadelphia Aviation Country Club was founded at Wings Field. The country club was the location of meetings of members that founded AOPA.[2] AOPA incorporated on May 15, 1939, with C. Towsend Ludington serving as the first president, AOPA's membership consists mainly of general aviation pilots in the United States.[3][4] AOPA exists to serve the interests of its members as aircraft owners and pilots, and to promote the economy, safety, utility, and popularity of flight in general aviation aircraft.[5] In 1971 the organization purchased Airport World Magazine, moving its operations to Bethesda, Maryland.[6] With 384,915 members in 2012,[7] AOPA is the largest aviation association in the world, although since 2010 it has decreased in membership from 414,224, a loss of 7% in two years. AOPA is affiliated with other similar organizations in other countries though membership in the International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations (IAOPA).[5][8][9] In 2015, AOPA was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum.[10] ProgramsAOPA has several programs.
EventsAOPA sponsors its own Fly-In and open house in Frederick Maryland. The yearly event started in 1991 with 125 aircraft. By 2001, the attendance grew to 760 aircraft. The event was cancelled for five years after the September 11th attacks, and airspace changes, but resumed in 2006. See also
References1. ^{{cite web|last=Grady |first=Mary |url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/AOPA-Names-Mark-Baker-As-New-President220454-1.html |title=AOPA Names Mark Baker As New President |work=AVweb |date=2013-08-20 |accessdate=2013-08-20}} 2. ^{{cite journal|magazine=AOPA Pilot|title=Where it all began|author=Julie Summers|date=May 2014|page=30}} 3. ^{{cite journal|title=none|magazine=Flying Magazine|date=August 1945|page=76}} 4. ^{{cite journal|title=none|magazine=Air Progress|date=August 1989 |volume=51|page=62|first=Nick |last=Komons}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url = http://www.aopa.org/About-AOPA/Governance/Mission-and-History-of-AOPA |title = Mission and History of AOPA |accessdate = 22 December 2010|publisher= Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association}} 6. ^{{cite journal|title=none|magazine=Air Progress|date=September 1971|page=20}} 7. ^IAOPA Statistical ReportWorld Assembly, April 2012, retrieved 2012-08-01 8. ^IAOPA Statistical ReportWorld Assembly, June 2010, retrieved 2012-08-01 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.iaopa.org/about-iaopa/index.html |title=International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations |publisher=Iaopa.org |accessdate=2012-08-01}} 10. ^Sprekelmeyer, Linda, editor. These We Honor: The International Aerospace Hall of Fame. Donning Co. Publishers, 2006. {{ISBN|978-1-57864-397-4}}. 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.aopa.org/foundation/about.html |title=About the AOPA Foundation |publisher=Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association}} 12. ^{{cite web|title=AOPA Foundation|url=http://www.aopa.org/foundation/ |publisher=Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association |accessdate=2014-04-14}} 13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.aopa.org/Advocacy/Get-Involved/Political-Action-Committee.aspx |title=Political Action Committee |publisher=Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association |accessdate=2014-04-14}} 14. ^{{cite web|url = http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2009/April/20/GA-Serves-America-campaign-to-protect-promote-GA.aspx |title = GA Serves America campaign to protect, promote GA|last = Brown|first = Sarah |date=April 20, 2009 |accessdate = 2014-04-14}} 15. ^AOPA Pilot June, 1983 16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.aopa.org/Pilot-Resources/Air-Safety-Institute/About-the-Air-Safety-Institute.aspx|title=Air Safety Institute|accessdate=2014-01-23|publisher=AOPA}} External links
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