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News and information on safety procedures and concerns.
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Landing-assessment Rule Dropped–For Now
For the time being, air-taxi and fractional jet operators will not be required to add a 15-percent safety margin to actual landing distance as described in
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Long safety history a testament to ‘good people’
Each year NBAA recognizes member companies with superb safety records.
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NTSB Wants Ice Detectors on all Jet Engines
In the aftermath of four dual flameouts involving P&WC JT15D-powered Beechjets, the NTSB on Friday issued an urgent recommendation to help prevent furt
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Business Aviation Safety
In the last 10 years, business aviation safety has improved dramatically.
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Icing Training Mandate For Caravan Pilots?
A long-awaited interim final rule will be published in the next day or two extending through at least April 2008 the FAA’s mandated flight-reduction progra
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Recommendations Repeated for De-icing Measures
The NTSB on Friday released to the FAA its formal recommendations (A-06-42 and A-06-43) resulting from its investigation into the fatal crash of a Challeng
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FAA Moves Safety Effort to a Higher Level
The FAA took another step in its efforts to promote a “cultural change” to improve aviation safety–replacing the Aviation Safety Program (ASP) with the new
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API, Waypoint team on risk management
Aviation Personnel International (API) and Waypoint Partners have collaborated to launch a risk-management service for flight departments called the Accele
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Safety Standdown celebrates 10 years
Bombardier Aerospace earlier this month kicked off its 10th annual Safety Standdown in Wichita.
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Gulfstream V causes runway incursion at Los Angeles
The FAA has interviewed the pilots of a Gulfstream V that caused a runway incursion on September 30 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), during whic
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With RDT’s Tempus, there’s always a doctor on board
Virgin Atlantic Airways is the latest major carrier to improve its passengers’ chances of surviving a major health problem in flight by investing in the Te
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Bombardier Safety Standdown 2006
Traditionally, the term “safety standdown” refers to a temporary halt to military operations following a string of accidents.
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Securaplane cameras help NASA see stars
Securaplane came to NBAA this year flush with new business, ranging from a contract to supply cameras for NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Ast
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A Winter Wakeup Call for Business Aviation
Seeing Susan Saint James on the Today show early last month remembering the life of her 14-year-old son, Teddy Ebersol–one of three people who died in the
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MedAire expanding beyond medical expertise for travelers
Flight nurse Joan Sullivan Garrett never envisioned herself as an entrepreneur and certainly never as the head of a multi-million-dollar company with globa
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FAA clarifies ‘polished frost’ rule
The FAA issued a new Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO 06014) that seeks to clarify the conditions under which pilots can take off with frost adhering to ai
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Congressman introduces bill to ground MU-2 fleet
Despite the issuance by the FAA of a Special FAR (SFAR) mandating initial and recurrent training for MU-2 pilots, lawmakers still want the airplane grounde
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Update on De-icing Holdover Times
Revised Flight Standards Information Bulletin for Air Transportation (FSAT) 04-05 updates de-icing holdover times for this winter’s flying season.
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A Reminder about Flight Plan Suffixes
Effective January 5, when filing an FAA flight plan (with the exception of filing through DUATS and flight service stations), RVSM-compliant operators are
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JFK To Get Infrared De-icing System
An infrared de-icing system is scheduled to be operational late this winter at New York John F.
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A Winter Wakeup Call for Business Aviation
Seeing Susan Saint James on the Today show early last month remembering the life of her 14-year-old son, Teddy Ebersol–one of three people who died
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UK wants to change ‘polished frost’ rule
The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is recommending that the FAA change its regulations to make it illegal for aircraft to take off with so-
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International Operations Special Report: Fatigue and security top issues on conference agenda
International flying is up, probably.
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International Operations Special Report: European operators report obstacles to international ops
Security, crew fatigue and the potential for bureaucracy to inhibit operations, particularly on longer flights outside the region, are among the greatest c
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LABACE 2005: IS-BAO Workshop Draws Small Crowd
The Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition hosted its first IS-BAO (International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations) workshop thi
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FSF will begin corporate FOQA demo next month
The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) has moved ahead on a program to demonstrate a corporate aviation application for flight-operations quality assurance (FO
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VLJ parachute study falls short
Don’t expect to see Ballistic Recovery Systems (BRS) parachutes on the first crop of very light jets.
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FAA Issues Another Primus Epic AD
After publishing a series of airworthiness directives earlier this year aimed at operators of certain aircraft equipped with Honeywell Primus Epic avionics
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Firefighting Research Under Way
Australia has started a three-year research program to investigate the effectiveness of aerial “bush-fire” suppression.
