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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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Safety Webinar Examines Increasing Safety 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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Safety & Technology Trends
NavSat System on Fokker Aircraft Fokker Services announces the introduction of an integrated Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) for the Fokker 100 and Fokker 70. With the integrated GNSS system Fokker operators will be able to obtain a more accurate...
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| 08.17.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A318, A319, A320, and A321. Final rule. SUMMARY: This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe...
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| 08.17.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks July 08, 2009 Gulf of Mexico CESSNA 421C N4467D A/c destroyed after impacted waters of Gulf of Mexico, 25 nautical miles NW of Port Richey, FL. Five fatalities Pilot was in communication with Jacksonville...
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| 08.10.2009 |
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Automatic Ice Prevention Mandated
New design passenger aircraft must include ice prevention systems that automatically activate or warn the pilots of ice buildup. Responding to a fatal 1994 regional airline crash in Indiana, the rule "increases safety by not relying on the pilot alone to...
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| 08.10.2009 |
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2008 Safety Review has Mixed Results
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published its Annual Safety Review for 2008. The number of fatal accidents involving aircraft registered in member states of EASA and performing commercial air transport operations remained at the level of 2007...
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| 08.10.2009 |
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Fatal Flight Leaves Few Clues
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators continue to probe the cause of the fatal July 5 air crash that killed four people on board a Pilatus PC-12/45 turboprop (N578DC) in rural Raphine, Virginia. Killed in the accident was the pilot, Daniel...
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| 08.10.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
ITT Teams with Oman RAF ITT has been awarded a contract to supply a turnkey Air Traffic Control (ATC) solution for the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) at their new operational airbase. ITT will supply a turnkey ATC solution, including: a Terminal Air...
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| 08.10.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Safety Management System. Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), Request for Comments. SUMMARY: This ANPRM solicits public comments on a potential rulemaking requiring certain 14 CFR part 21, 119, 121, 125, 135, 141, 142, and 145 certificate holders...
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| 08.10.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks July 07, 2009 Skwentna, AK DOUGLAS DC-3C N777YA Tailwheel-equipped DC-3C sustained substantial damage while taxiing after landing on a gravel-covered, off-airport site, about 24 miles west of Skwentna. No...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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AIA Works to Change Foreign Repair Station Provision
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) says it is continuing efforts to change a "harmful" provision in the FAA reauthorization bill that could damage U.S. relations abroad and put thousands of U.S. jobs at risk. The reauthorization bill cleared...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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Addressing On-Demand Operator Shortfalls
The Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General (IG) recently issued a report scrutinizing the oversight of on-demand operators by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). According to the audit by the Office of the Inspector General, There is less...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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New Forms of Metal Can Enhance Aircraft Performance
Researchers at the University of Rochester are using laser light technology to help the military create new forms of metal that may guide, attract and repel liquids and cool small electronic devices. Dr. Chunlei Guo and his team of researchers discovered a...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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Pilots Should Seek Apnea Treatment
Two pilots for Go! Airlines slumbered during a flight in Hawaii, were suspended for careless and reckless operation of an aircraft by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and subsequently fired by their employer. The captain was later found as suffering...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
New NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman, who has been a member of the National Transportation Safety Board for the past fiveyears, has been sworn in as the Safety Board's 12th chairman. Hersman was nominated for the two-year term as chairman by the While House last...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Turbomeca S.A. Arriel 1A1, 1A2, 1B, 1C, 1C1, 1C2, 1D, 1D1, 1E2, 1K1, 1S, and 1S1 Turboshaft Engines. Final rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting emergency...
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| 08.03.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks July 05, 2009 Raphine, VA PILATUS PC-12/45 N578DC A/c impacted in a pasture following in-flight loss of control. Flight from Teterboro Airport (TEB), Teterboro, NJ, to Tampa Executive Airport (VDF)...
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| 07.27.2009 |
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Safety Board Urges Lear 60 Thrust Reverser Redesign
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommends that the FAA require a re-design of the thrust reverser system on Learjet 60 business aircraft. The recommendations contained in a letter to FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt stem from the Sept. 19...
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