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 […]
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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 […]
CBAA convention slated
The 48th annual convention of the Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA) will be held in Montreal May 27-29. This year’s theme is a celebration of the 100th anniversary of powered flight in Canada. The 2009 convention headquarters is Fairmont’s The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, with the trade show and static display hosted by Skyservice Business Aviation, […]
NTSB finds maintenance problems in Nascar crash
The National Transportation Safety Board had determined that a July 2007 accident in Sanford, Fla., which killed the two people aboard the airplane and three on the ground, was caused by a series of poor decisions by Nascar‘s flight department management and the pilots who flew the accident aircraft. The Cessna 310R, operated by Nascar’s […]