Content Archive: January 2007

Conference Starts Yearlong Bizav PR Effort in Japan

In about a year Central Japan International Airport is scheduled to open, after which Nagoya Airport will focus on general aviation.
Training and Workforce

EASA OKs FSI and SimuFlite maintanance training

FlightSafety International has received Part 147 certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for its aircraft maintenance technician trai
Maintenance and Modifications

Premier Air Center pursues STCs

Premier Air Center of East Alton, Ill., has deep roots in the general aviation community.
Safety

Torqued: Overcoming obstacles to effective communications

Last month I started a discussion about what I have come to recognize as a serious disconnect between pilots and mechanics, each of whom performs critical
Regulations and Government

NTSB: Lowest Number of ‘Open’ Recommendations

For the first time since 1975, the number of safety recommendations classified as “open” has dipped below 1,000, the NTSB said last month.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

New Rates Published for Passenger Air Tax

The Internal Revenue Service recently published Revenue Procedure 2003-85, which provides inflation-adjusted items for 2004.
Rotorcraft

Experimental unmanned canard rotor-wing flies

Boeing’s Phantom Works has sent its canard rotor-wing (CRW) prototype aloft for flight test.
Airports

London airports to get new runways

The British government has cleared the way for new runways to be built at London Heathrow and Stansted Airports.
ATC

RVSM rules take effect in North America

Whether pilots notice any difference remains open to debate, but anyone cruising in the upper flight levels over North America should at least be aware tha