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Monday, March 22, 2010
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, plus aircraft running off the end of runways and... [read more]
March 22, 2010
Safety & Technology Trends
Purdue University Adopts FDM Purdue University's Department of Aviation Technology is factory-equipping its fleet of new Cirrus training aircraft with GA-FDM's predictive Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) and recording systems. The GA-FDM system, already used by...
March 15, 2010
FAA Releases NextGen Implementation Plan
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has just released its visionary NextGen Implementation Plan (NGIP), laying out the U.S. aviation agency's progress and goals for the future in implementing new capabilities and new technologies in the mid-term to...
March 15, 2010
New Aircraft Viable via NextGen
Advanced short-runway airliners and large commercial tiltrotors could boost the capacity of the U.S. air transport system without impacting conventional aircraft operations, once the FAA's NextGen airspace system is fully implemented. That's the conclusion of...
March 15, 2010
North Sea Air Safety Improves
NATS Services is now using a Sensis Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) system in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland for helicopter flight following. Air traffic controllers are using the WAM surveillance information as a supplement to established procedural...
March 15, 2010
Avionics Magazine to Host Airport Surface Management Webinar
Experts in the field of airport surface surveillance will convene March 18 at noon EST to discuss managing aircraft and vehicular traffic on the airport surface during an Avionics Magazine Webinar, "Airport Surface Management: Enhancing Safety...
March 15, 2010
Safety & Technology Trends
New Brand at FAA Beginning with the March/April 2010 issue, FAA Aviation News is changing its name to FAA Safety Briefing to more accurately reflect the magazine's safety mission. The FAA Safety Briefing will provide pilots, aviation maintenance technicians...
March 8, 2010
Avionics Magazine to Host Airport Surface Management Webinar
Experts in the field of airport surface surveillance will convene March 18 at noon EST to discuss managing aircraft and vehicular traffic on the airport surface during an Avionics Magazine Webinar, "Airport Surface Management: Enhancing Safety...
March 8, 2010
Trimmed-Down Instrument Landing System
Officials from the 853rd Electronic Systems Group at Hanscom AFB are working to improve the transportability and deployability of instrument landing systems with an upcoming request for proposal for a deployable instrument landing system, or D-ILS...
March 8, 2010
Safety & Technology Trends
FAA Aviation Forecast Conference The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is holding its 35th Annual Aviation Forecast Conference, "Looking Ahead in Aviation: Rational Rebound or Irrational Instability." The FAA will release its Aerospace Forecast...
March 1, 2010
Cars Go to Driving School
The next generation of cars may be smart enough to learn how you drive and warn you when you're not driving safely. Can the same technology be applied to aircraft? Drivers go to school to learn to anticipate emerging situations and respond appropriately. Why...
March 1, 2010
Power Napping
If you see an airline worker dozing on break, don't roll your eyes. New research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows that an hour's nap can dramatically boost and restore one's brainpower. Indeed, the findings suggest that a biphasic sleep...
March 1, 2010
Avionics Magazine to Host Airport Surface Management Webinar
Experts in the field of airport surface surveillance will convene March 18 at noon EST to discuss managing aircraft and vehicular traffic on the airport surface during an Avionics Magazine Webinar, "Airport Surface Management: Enhancing Safety...
March 1, 2010
Safety & Technology Trends
Reseller Deal for Flight Data Coms L-3 Aviation Recorders has signed an agreement with AeroMechanical Services of Canada to sell AMA's real-time data communications and Internet data delivery solutions for aircraft. Together with L-3's flight recorder and...
February 22, 2010
American Air Resumes Service to Haiti
American Airlines resumed service into Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Feb. 19. The first flight departed from American's hub at Miami International, arriving at Port-au-Prince. This flight marks the first commercial passenger aircraft into Haiti since the...
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