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Monday, 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 a NASA-funded study into the integration of... [read more]
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
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 15, 2010
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...
March 15, 2010
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Feb 06, 2010 Santiago, Ecuador PIPER PA32 HC-BOD A/c registered to and operated by Fundacion Amazonia Verde. Separated left main wheel during the landing roll at the Mashuim Airstrip. No injuries Visual...
March 8, 2010
EMS Chopper Damaged at MD Hospital
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says a EUROCOPTER AS365N2, (N61MD) was substantially damaged Feb. 11, 2010 during a takeoff attempt from a ground-level helipad at Prince George's General Hospital (1MD4), Cheverly, MD. The AS365N2 operated...
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 8, 2010
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...
March 8, 2010
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Feb 12, 2010 Forest City, IA PIPER PA-31T N250TT A/c impacted terrain while on final approach to Runway 33 at Forest City Municipal Airport (KFXY) One fatality Controller said a/c was on "normal...
March 1, 2010
Final Rule to Bar FDR Filtering
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published a final rule spurred by the November 2001 crash of an American Airlines Airbus A300-600. It prohibits filtering of certain data captured by digital flight data recorders (DFDR). The aircraft crashed...
March 1, 2010
FAA Acts on Halon Fire Extinguishers
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a request for comments involving an Airworthiness Directive (AD) for SICLI Halon 1211 portable fire extinguishers installed on various models of fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft, including some models...
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
Mission-Adaptive Rotorcraft
Sikorsky Aircraft says its Sikorsky Innovations group has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop active rotor technologies that would allow aircraft to adapt to a changing environment and dynamically enhance...
March 1, 2010
Sikorsky Plays it Safe
Sikorsky Aircraft continues to upgrade its S-92 helicopter, which has already received more than 60 enhancements since entering service in 2004. The S-92 helicopter fleet has grown to 105 aircraft operating throughout the world, with the fleet recently...
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