Sen. John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV) is the new chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. Long a crusader to force general aviation to pay more into the Airport and Airways Trust Fund, Rockefeller was the author of last year’s failed Senate version of the FAA reauthorization bill, which included user fees for general aviation. […]
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Silver Dart replica flies in Canada
A replica of Silver Dart, the first powered, heavier-than-air vehicle to fly in Canada, made its first test flight at the Hamilton, Ontario airport on Feb. 6. With Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason (a Discovery payload specialist) at the controls, the replica, true to its design by Alexander Graham Bell, appeared stable and controllable during the […]
March symposium addresses safety
The 2009 Air Charter Safety Symposium will take an in-depth look at the safety and security concerns faced by the air charter and shared aircraft ownership industries. Presented by the Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF), the annual symposium is March 3-4, at the NTSB Training Center in Ashburn, Va. The symposium opens with an in-depth […]
Obama congratulates CAP Spaatz Award cadet
Newly-inaugurated President Barack H. Obama congratulated one of the Civil Air Patrol‘s most accomplished cadets during a visit to Capitol Hill on Jan. 27. Cadet Col. David F. Hill IV and 14 members of West Virginia CAP Wing’s Martinsburg Composite Squadron accompanying him were greeted by the President as they gathered for Cadet Hill’s official […]
GA associations want TSA to hear industry input on LASP
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Experimental Aircraft Association, General Aviation Manufacturers Association and National Business Aviation Association jointly and formally asked on Feb. 5 the Transportation Security Administration to halt work on a plan to impose airline-like security on general aviation. They requested formation of a rulemaking committee that would allow the TSA to […]
Bird remains found in engines of downed US Airways A320
NTSB investigators have found bird remains in both engines from the US Airways A320 that ditched into the Hudson River on January 15 according to analysis of the material found inside, reports the online newsletter AINalerts.
Crash Course slated
The Aero Club of New England (ACONE) will hold its free Crash Course 2009 Safety Workshop March 10 in Bedford, Mass. Bruce Landsberg, AOPA Air Safety Foundation director, will discuss “Wrecks in the City,” about the challenges of urban flight and what transpires when an aircraft goes down in a city or neighborhood and the […]
New Orleans Lakefront Airport celebrates 75th anniversary
For four days in February of 1934, New Orleans and the State of Louisiana celebrated the dedication of Shushan Airport, on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain. Renamed New Orleans Airport in 1940, then New Orleans Lakefront Airport in 1964, it was the first combined land-sea air terminal in the United States, featuring one of […]
Europe mandates ADS-B five years ahead of FAA
The European Commission has issued a Eurocontrol notice of proposed rulemaking (ENPRM) mandating ADS-B after Feb. 5, 2015. At that time, all aircraft operating in European airspace must transmit ADS-B Out signals and meet Eurocontrol’s enhanced mode-S surveillance standards. Although still in the public comment stage, the final rule is expected late next year. Broadly […]