Thierry Dubois is a freelance writer specializing in helicopters, business aviation and aerospace technology. He earned a degree in fluid dynamics from an engineering school in Toulouse, France in the mid-1990s. At an unexpected crossroads, he found his first job in journalism. In 1997, he started working for French aerospace weekly Air &amp; Cosmos in Paris. This lasted until 2000, when he moved south to Lyons. He then became a freelancer, working for various aerospace publications and has been part of the AIN team since late 2000. In addition to writing about business aviation, Thierry shares responsibility for the rotorcraft section. He also is a regular on-site writer for AIN’s daily editions at international airshows such as the Paris, Farnborough, Dubai and Singapore shows, as well as at EBACE in Geneva.
In 2007, he won the Honeywell award for “Best systems or technology submission” at the Aerospace journalist of the year awards. In 2013, he won an Aerospace Media Award for the "Best Safety, Training &amp; Simulation Submission."
In other activities, Thierry moderates international conferences on aviation technology topics. Thierry is married and has three children, who seem to begin enjoying the mountains–as their parents do.

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The European general aviation industry has created a counterpart to the U.S. General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) in an effort to head off the threat posed by a barrage of new EU regulations.
Named EGAMA, the group is a part of the aerospace and defense industries association of Europe (ASD) with a core membership consisting of manufacturers of business jets, helicopters, light aircraft and their suppliers. At the EBACE show in Geneva in May, EGAMA’s founding members named Dassault senior vice president for civil aircraft Olivier Villa as the group’s first chairman and Piaggio Aero’s Jose Di Mase as vice chairman. EGAMA headquarters is located in Brussels in existing ASD offices.
“We want to give our opinion as manufacturers,” Villa told NBAA Convention News. “If we do not watch out, we will be eaten away by regulations.”
He thus tried to clarify EGAMA’s role versus those of the European Busine ss Aviation Association (EBAA) and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), explaining that the three groups will certainly work together on a variety of issues, but that EGAMA has concerns specific to aircraft manufacturing. For example, makers want to state their positions regarding CO2 emissions, emphasizing that emission reduction needs to be balanced with noise and other issues.
Focus on General Aviation Agenda Villa explained that EGAMA will seek to highlight the differences between general aviation and commercial aviation and explain why GA sometimes needs different rules. Besides manufacturing-specific goals, issues at the forefront of EGAMA’s lobbying agenda will include safety, security and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) fees, Villa said.
Founding members include Airbus, Bombardier, Dassault, Diamond Aircraft, Eurocopter, Evektor, Piaggio, PZL Swidnik, Turbomeca and Socata. To qualify, a company should be represented in a European national association. For example, Bombardier is a member through its factory in Northern Ireland (formerly Shorts). “We want to act effectively, so we do not want to be too numerous,” Villa said. “We just need diversity.”
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