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Monday, January 5, 2009
Restore ASAPS, ASAP
The National Transportation Safety Board is unhappy that Aviation Safety Action Programs (ASAP) have recently been discontinued by some major air carriers, including American Airlines and US Airways. ASAP, which has been in existence among many air carriers since the early 1990s, encourages pilots... [read more]
January 5, 2009
Volunteers Requested...
Even though Department of Transportation efforts to implement slot auctions at delay-plagued New York area airports is on indefinite hold, the agency is trying another tack to reduce congestion there. To address chronic congestion at New York's delay-prone...
January 5, 2009
Southwest Airlines 737 Flight Deck Modernization
Boeing has been selected by Southwest Airlines as the lead integrator for the airline's 737-300 flight deck upgrade to incorporate advanced performance-based navigation capabilities. Boeing will design, install and integrate new hardware and software from...
January 5, 2009
'Poor Man's' ADS-B
FreeFlight Systems is offering a new solution for pilots seeking an affordable means to incorporate ADS-B into their aircraft. Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast, or ADS-B, is the cornerstone of the FAA's NextGen air traffic management, which takes...
January 5, 2009
Safety & Technology Trends
It's Official.... Illinois Congressman Ray LaHood (R-IL) is President-elect Barack Obama's nominee to replace Mary E. Peters as head of the U.S. Department of Transportation. LaHood is retiring from the House of Representatives after 14 years. He would be the...
December 22, 2008
Reducing Delays via SATNAV Technology
Newark Liberty International is the nation's first major airport to test how a new satellite navigation technology can reduce flight delays. Under an agreement approved today by the Port Authority of NY/NJ's Board of Commissioners, the technology, called...
December 22, 2008
A Better Flight Plan for Weather Forecasting
At MIT, planning for bad weather involves far more than remembering an umbrella. Researchers in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics are trying to improve weather forecasting by using robotic aircraft and advanced flight plans that consider millions...
December 22, 2008
Safety & Technology Trends
Indonesia Adopts Aviation Safety Bill Indonesia's Parliament has passed a new aviation safety measure aimed at improving air safety, a demand of the European Union that banned Indonesian carriers from its airspace in 2007 following a string of accidents...
December 15, 2008
EU Inaugurates SESAR
The European Union is launching a new air traffic management system to help cope with increasing numbers of flights over Europe. The system will employ the same satellite-based technology as the Federal Aviation Administration's NextGen System. Eurocontrol...
December 15, 2008
US, Brazilian Investigators Clash on Gol Crash
U.S. and Brazilian aviation safety investigators disagree on the probable cause of the Sept. 29, 2006 mid-air collision of a Gol Airlines Boeing 737 and an Embraer Legacy 600 over the Amazon that killed all 154 people aboard the jetliner. The business jet was...
December 15, 2008
DFW Int'l Debuts Perimeter Taxiways
DFW International has opened the first quadrant of its state-of-the-art perimeter taxiway, a revolutionary aviation concept that will increase safety and efficiency of runways. Because of DFW's runway configuration, aircraft are often called upon to cross...
December 15, 2008
NetJets Joins NextGen
Fractional aircraft provider NetJets Aviation is the FAA's latest NextGen partner. Under the agreement, NetJets will focus on NextGen initiatives such as area navigation (RNAV) and Required Navigation Performance (RNP) approaches on routes into Teterboro...
December 8, 2008
Meeting of the Minds
The 5th Annual FAA International Aviation Safety Forum, which took place December 2-3, in Washington, DC, once again provided a venue for high level and informative discussions about global aviation safety topics. Attending this year's event were over 450...
December 8, 2008
Fatal SR22 Crash in the Sunshine State
On Nov. 13, 2008, the pilot and passenger on a Cirrus SR22 (N827GM) were killed when their aircraft impacted automobiles and terrain in Tallahassee, FL. One person on the ground was seriously injured. The airplane was operating on an instrument flight rules...
December 8, 2008
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Nov 01, 2008 Plymouth, NC PIPER PA-28-236 N2139N Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee and Piper PA-28-236 Dakota substantially damaged when collided in mid-air a5 nm N of Plymouth Municipal Airport (PMZ). Pilot of Dakota...
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