Content Archive: July 2008

Safety

Touching Bases: Controllers laud new surveillance system

A new runway and taxiway surveillance system, the Airport Movements Area Safety System (Amass), has gained the confidence of some air traffic controllers d
Regulations and Government

Congress allots $8.5M for new fuel research

Congress has allocated $8.5 million to research on alternative piston aviation fuels in the coming fiscal year.

Latest Apache benefits from canceled program

Boeing has begun flight-testing the AH-64D Block III, the latest variant of the Apache gunship helicopter.
ATC

Washington Report: 'That blank screen'

Calling September 11 the dividing line between our nation’s approach to aviation security on a “relatively peacetime” footing and the new “wartime environm

Singapore 2010 draws bookings

The 2010 Singapore Airshow (Hall 2 Stand B9) has taken reservations for 80 percent of its available space just five months after this year’s inaugural even
ATC

Washington Report: Privatized ATC upsets controllers

Even the hint of a privatized ATC system in the Bush Administration’s budget for fiscal year 2003 has “angered and disappointed” the National Air Traffic C
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: March 2002

Congress took most of the month of January off, and when it returned to the business of the nation, the Enron bankruptcy captured its attention.
Accidents

Accidents: Citation ran out of fuel

CESSNA 551 CITATION II/SP, KINGMAN, ARIZ., JAN.
Accidents

Accidents: Conquest pilot lost control

CESSNA 441 CONQUEST II, ARKANSAS CITY, KAN., JAN.
Accidents

Accidents: Final Report Roundup

CESSNA 303, BINGHAMTON, N.Y., NOV.