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| 10.13.2008 |
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USAF to Inspect & Repair Oldest Warthogs
The U.S. Air Force will immediately inspect and repair 127 Fairchild A-10 attack aircraft due to fatigue-related cracks in their wings. The early A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, the first of which entered service in the mid-1970s, were built with...
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Safety & Technology Trends
Air Traffic Controller Training Available The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected eight additional colleges or universities to participate in the Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI) program. Approved colleges and universities in...
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Stubborn Over Slots
DOT Secretary Mary Peters is pressing ahead with proposed slot auctions at JFK International, Newark International and LaGuardia. Peters announced final rules to auction a limited number of landing and take-off slots at each of the region's three airports...
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DOT Earmarks $89M for Improvements at JFK International
The Bush Administration is committing almost $90 million over the next eight years for taxiway improvements at John F. Kennedy International. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters said DOT will sign a "Letter of Intent" committing the federal...
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Report on Fatal Spanair Crash Issued
The Spanish Comision de Investigacion de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviacion Civil, or CIAIAC, last week issued its preliminary report into the Aug. 20, 2008 fatal crash of a Spanair McDonnell Douglas MD-82. Spanair Flight JK5022/LH2554 crashed on takeoff...
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2007 Was A Good Year for European Air Safety
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) says 2007 was a good year overall for aviation safety in Europe, but says challenges still remain. In its second-annual safety review, EASA says the number of fatal accidents involving aircraft registered in Member...
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Honeywell Helps Pilots Avoid Runway Overruns
Honeywell has developed a software upgrade to its Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS) that will alert pilots if their approach to an airport is not within a safe tolerance envelope of speed and glide path. A stable approach is one where the aircraft...
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Computer Glitch in Qantas Incident?
A computer glitch may have caused a Qantas Airbus A330-300 to suddenly plunge Oct. 7, injuring over 50 passengers and crew. The jetliner was cruising at 37,000 feet when the flight deck crew received an automated warning of an "irregularity with the...
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Air Tanker Safety Study
NASA has partnered with the U.S. Forest Service to examine the mission suitability of Boeing 747 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 fire retardant delivery aircraft. The aircraft under study are a DC-10 belonging to 10 Tanker Air Carrier and a 747 owned by Evergreen...
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Security Shortlines
Grenades Found in Luggage It might seem odd for a passenger to be allowed on a jetliner after grenades are found in his luggage, but the Transportation Security Administration reportedly did just that. Screeners recently discovered two grenades in the...
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Safety Rules & Regs
Meeting: Civil Supersonic Aircraft Panel Discussion This notice advises interested persons that the FAA is participating in a panel session on civil supersonic aircraft research. The session will include presentations on current research programs and a...
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TSA Unveils GA Security Requirements
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would strengthen general aviation security, reducing the potential of private airplanes being used for terrorist acts. The Large Aircraft Security Program...
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Heed New International NOTAMs
On November 1, two new notices to airmen (NOTAMs) regarding U.S. entry and overflight requirements go into effective. NOTAM 8/2189 covers U.S.-registered aircraft with a maximum certificated takeoff weight of 100,309 pounds or less. Under the new NOTAM, these...
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Sept 19 2008 Columbia, SC Learjet LR60 N999LJ A/c operated by Global Exec Aviation overran Runway 11 while departing Columbia, SC, enroute to Van Nuys, CA. Two crewmembers and 2 of 4 passengers fatally...
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How GPS Devices Can be Duped
Just like flat-screen televisions, cell phones, and computers, global positioning system (GPS) technology is becoming something people can't imagine living without. So if such a ubiquitous system were to come under attack, would we be ready? It's an...
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| 10.06.2008 |
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ADS-B ARC Report with FAA
The Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) has delivered three dozen recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as regards implementation of ADS-B, a critical element of the FAA's ambitious...
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GAO: Slot Auctions Illegal
The Bush administration has no legal authority to auction coveted takeoff and landing rights at congested New York-area airports to ease congestion and boost competition, The Government Accountability Office's (GAO) legal opinion requested by members of...
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Predicting Clear Air Turbulence
It comes blasting out of the blue on your airplane flight: sudden bumpiness and sometimes even a violent plummeting. It arrives without warning, and it can be more than frightening, since it causes tens of millions of dollars in injury claims every year. It's...
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| 10.06.2008 |
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Safety and Technology Trends
This is Your Captain Sleeping The two go! pilots that that fell asleep on the inter-island CRJ-200 hop last winter, completed their FAA-imposed suspensions on September 9. However, they have long since been fired by go! parent Mesa Air Group. The flight...
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| 10.06.2008 |
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Security Shortlines
Southwest Offers Priority Security Lanes Southwest Airlines will soon introduce priority security lane access for its Business Select and Rapid Reward A-List Customers at select airports, including Baltimore/Washington International, Dallas Love Field, and...
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