Content Archive: December 2014
Safety
Satellite Approach Procedure Numbers Still Rising
Thousands of traditional ILS, VOR and NDB approaches are still operating.
Regulations and Government
Congress Relies On User Funding for FAA 2015 Budget
Lawmakers provided $15.84 billion in FY2015 funding for the FAA, and $440 million more than the White House request of $15.4 billion.
Regulations and Government
Bolen: Protect Access, Predictability of NAS
User fees are not the way to support the National Airspace System, business aviation group says.
NASA Testing Software That Allows Pilots To Fly More Efficient Approaches
ASTAR gives pilots specific speed information and guidance so that airplanes can be more precisely spaced.
Bob Hoover Awarded with 2014 Wright Brothers Trophy
Trophy awarded annually to a living American for “significant public service of enduring value to aviation in the U.S.”
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
U.S. Army Installs First Ground-Based UAS Radar System
The U.S. Army has installed the first of five ground-based sense and avoid radar systems to track flights of unmanned aircraft in the U.S.
Fuel
Brazil OKs Jet Biofuel from Amyris
Authorization will allow commercialization of the sugarcane-based fuel in blends of up to 10 percent.
Aircraft
Learjet 70 and 75 Get Nod from Mexican Civil Aviation Agency
Jets were certified by the FAA and Transport Canada late last year and by EASA in September.
Safety
Australian Wildlife Report Focuses on Bird Strikes
Military aircraft have experienced a skyrocketing climb in the number of collisions.
