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| 03.22.2010 |
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TSB Watchlist Includes Runway Concerns
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has released its latest "Watchlist" that points to critical safety issues troubling Canada's transportation system. Singled out by the Board was the risk of runway collisions, controlled flight into terrain...
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| 03.22.2010 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Boeing 777 Software. The FAA wants new software installed on Boeing 777s to prevent crew from inadvertently engaging the autopilot before takeoff. The problem can result in a high-speed rejected takeoff and increase the chance of a runway overrun. Boeing says...
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| 03.18.2010 |
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Night Landings OKed for Canadian Hospital
The Elk Valley Hospital’s helipad has been certified by Transport Canada for night landings with the use of night vision goggles (NVG); the helipad is the first day time helipad in Canada to receive this certification. This means that pilots from the...
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| 03.18.2010 |
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Turboprop Values Experience only Modest Decline
Values of turboprops have been exposed to lesser value volatility than the jet sector, but the decline over the last year is still evident, more particularly for the older variants. The development of the Dash8Q-400NG and the ATR72-600 has not represented...
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| 03.16.2010 |
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Judicial Meddling in Safety Probes
During the 22nd Annual European Aviation Safety Seminar held in Lisbon, Portugal this week, the Flight Safety Foundation embraced recommendations to form a Multidisciplinary Task Force of legal experts from the aviation industry, law enforcement, judicial...
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| 03.15.2010 |
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Security Shortlines
AAAE and TSA Meet Over Security Representatives of AAAE and other aviation industry associations recently met with TSA Assistant Administrator for Security Technology Robin Kane and his staff regarding deployment of new technology at the passenger screening...
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| 03.15.2010 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700, 701, & 702), CL-600-2D15 (Regional Jet Series 705), and CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900). Final rule. SUMMARY: This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness...
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| 03.09.2010 |
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Video Solutions for Air Traffic Services
Canada’s Searidge Technologies says its intelligent video platform IntelliDAR is being utilized by NAV CANADA to develop innovative video technology applications for airport surface surveillance and remote monitoring. Searidge has been working with NAV...
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| 03.08.2010 |
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Pilot Fatigue Takes Center Stage at Senate Hearing
U.S. senators are insisting that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) do something about airline pilots who regularly make long commutes prior to their flights. The lawmakers are concerned that in the year since 50 people were killed in a regional...
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| 03.08.2010 |
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Safety Rules & Regulations
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus A310. 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 condition on an aviation product...
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| 03.08.2010 |
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Rotor & Wing, AvToday Cover Heli-Expo
Helicopter Association International (HAI)’s Heli-Expo 2010, held in late February at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, drew more than 16,000 visitors and featured 595 exhibitors with a display of around 60 helicopters. Aviation Today...
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| 03.03.2010 |
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Business Jet Deliveries Slump
The number of business jets delivered in 2009 fell by more than 20 percent compared to 2008 but the worst of the downturn in terms of pricing seems to be over. In 2009 there were only 870 deliveries of business jets compared to the 1,116 in 2008. Despite the...
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| 03.02.2010 |
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Airline Pax Demand Up in January
International air travel improved in January, says the International Air Transport Association (IATA). January's demand was up 6.4 percent from a year earlier, with load factors of 75.9 percent, up from 72.2 percent in January 2009. U.S. air carriers saw...
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| 03.01.2010 |
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ALPA at Odds with NTSB
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the captain of Colgan Air Flight 3407 inappropriately responded to the activation of the stick shaker, which led to an aerodynamic stall from which the airplane did not recover. The Safety...
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| 03.01.2010 |
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Peanuts & Pets: A Hazard?
The preferences of pet owners should not replace the well being of their fellow passengers, states an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It says pets can be accommodated comfortably and safely in airplane cargo holds, which is where they...
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| 03.01.2010 |
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Security Shortlines
DHS Lobbies for Aviation Security DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano met with airport industry leaders Feb. 22 to enlist their support for key aviation security initiatives proposed by President Obama in the Fiscal Year 2011 budget. She outlined three main...
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| 03.01.2010 |
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Safety Rules & Regulations
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus A310-221, -222, -322, -324, and -325 and A300 B4-620, B4-622, B4-622R, and F4-622R, Equipped With Pratt & Whitney PW4000 or JT9D-7R4 Series Engines. Final rule. SUMMARY: This AD results from mandatory continuing...
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| 03.01.2010 |
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Full Ice Protection System
AgustaWestland says a Full Ice Protection System (FIPS) for the AW139 medium twin helicopter has achieved EASA Certification. This allows the AW139 to fly into known icing conditions with unprecedented all weather capabilities no other helicopters in its...
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| 03.01.2010 |
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ADS-B Ground Station Rollout Progresses
Half of the planned radio sites for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) “essential” services have been built under Segment 1 of the FAA contract, which calls for construction of 330 sites by September. There were 165 radio sites...
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| 03.01.2010 |
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When It Rains, It Pours
A just released report by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Inspector General says the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has failed to correct maintenance deficiencies at American Airlines. The damning audit was made public a day after the FAA...
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