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| 09.21.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Flightcrew Alerting; Reopening of Comment Period. Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); reopening of comment period. SUMMARY: On July 9, 2009, the FAA published an NPRM to amend the airworthiness standards for flightcrew alerting and invited comments for a...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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Air Safety in the Big Apple
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is revising flight procedures to create safe, dedicated operating corridors for all the aircraft that fly at lower altitudes around Manhattan and over the Hudson River. A New York Airspace Task Force chartered by the...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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European Council Adopts Aviation Package
The European Council has adopted two regulations to improve the performance and safety of the European aviation system. The first strengthens the Single European Sky legislation while the second extends the tasks of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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Researchers Develop UAS Simulations for ATC
Looking into the skies over Daytona Beach, FL you'll notice plenty of aircraft. Home to one of Embry-Riddle's residential campuses, Daytona Beach boasts the second busiest general-aviation airport in the nation. But one kind of aircraft you won't see anywhere...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
Boston Logan Gets ASDE-X Boston Logan International is now operating with the Sensis Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X), a runway incursion detection and alerting system. Logan is the 19th airport to receive the technology through the FAA's...
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| 09.14.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks August 03, 2009 Suffolk, VA MOONEY M20F N3549N A/c made forced landing and collided with trees. Pilot was flying around for an hour before began "buzzing" his house. One serious Made a series of...
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| 08.31.2009 |
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Airline Pilots Without Radios Feared the Worst
Think fast. What do you do if you are the flight deck crew of an Airbus jetliner flying from Spain to England, and while flying over France you suffer an electrical failure that takes out all of your radios, electronic instrument displays and automatic flight...
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| 08.31.2009 |
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Avionics Magazine/RTCA Team on NextGen
Avionics Magazine and standards-setting organization RTCA have teamed to present a one-day conference, "NowGen NEXT," Sept. 15 in Washington, D.C. The conference, featuring FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt as keynote speaker, will be the public...
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| 08.31.2009 |
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Security Shortlines
Alleged Swindler Who Faked Death Sentenced to Four Years in Prison The Indiana man who bailed out of a Piper PA-46 Malibu and allowed it to crash in an attempt to fake his own death was sentenced to 51 months in a federal prison, and ordered to pay more than...
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| 08.26.2009 |
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One More Day to Sign Up
This year has seen some of the worst controversies surrounding aviation safety in more than a decade as analysts debate the impact of such accidents as Colgan Flight 3407, the subject of Senate hearings yesterday, as well as Air France 447. For that reason...
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| 08.24.2009 |
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NTSB Revises Hudson Mid-Air Assessment; NATCA Off Crash Probe
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators have modified their preliminary report on the Aug. 8 midair collision of a small fixed-wing aircraft and a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River. They now say the air tour helicopter struck by...
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| 08.24.2009 |
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Safety on Par at Network & Regional Carriers
U.S. regional airlines and their mainline air carriers live by the same aviation safety standards, according to senior airline executives who recently testified before a Senate aviation panel. The congressional hearing was held in the wake of the Feb. 12...
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| 08.24.2009 |
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FOD Finder in Vancouver
Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is the first commercial airport in the world to link a day and night camera to its existing Tarsier Foreign Object Debris (FOD) radar detection system. The new camera upgrades the airport's 24-hour automated runway debris...
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| 08.24.2009 |
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Avionics Magazine/RTCA Team on NextGen
Avionics Magazine and standards-setting organization RTCA have teamed to present a one-day conference, "NowGen NEXT," Sept. 15 in Washington, D.C. The conference, featuring FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt as keynote speaker, will be the public...
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| 08.24.2009 |
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Safety Webinar Examines the Issues
This year has seen some of the worst controversies surrounding aviation safety in more than a decade as analysts debate the impact of such accidents as Colgan Flight 3407, the subject of Senate hearings yesterday, as well as Air France 447. For that reason...
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| 08.17.2009 |
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FAA and Controllers Agree on New Contract
Air traffic controllers and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have reached a tentative contract agreement aimed at ending years of acrimonious relations. Members of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) have 45 days to ratify the...
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| 08.17.2009 |
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Hudson Mid-Air Under Intense Media Glare
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators continue to probe the Aug. 8 mid-air collision of a Piper Saratoga and a sightseeing helicopter carrying a pilot and five Italian tourists over the Hudson River, killing all nine people aboard both...
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| 08.17.2009 |
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Industry/FAA Team on UAS
GE Aviation has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRDA) with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide a variety of operational and technical assessments to support integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) into...
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| 08.17.2009 |
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Unmanned Air Systems: The Future is Now
Defense and industry officials got a glimpse last week of the latest in unmanned systems technologies, which many concede is the wave of the future for the U.S. military. More than 5,000 people from 30 countries took part in the world's largest exhibition of...
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| 08.17.2009 |
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Conference Unveils NextGen Task Force Recommendations
Aviation Today's Avionics Magazine and standards-setting organization RTCA have teamed to present a conference, "NowGen NEXT," September 15 in Washington, D.C. The one-day conference, featuring FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt as keynote speaker...
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