Security

NBAA has received reports of changes to customs clearance procedures at some airports for international general aviation aircraft arrivals.

Business Jet Center (BJC), a Dallas Love Field FBO, is now authorized by the Transportation Security Administration as a gateway for general aviation fligh

The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 provides that by Jan.

A Cessna Citation VI owned by a prominent Irish businessman was caught up in a major drug bust on September 26, when Belgian police impounded the aircraft

Pilots busting the Washington, D.C.

A Cessna Citation VI owned by a prominent Irish businessman was caught up in a major drug bust on September 26, when Belgian police impounded the aircraft

Since it was disclosed late last month that President Bush has directed the Department of Defense to draw up plans for temporarily disabling the

The job of instituting security procedures will fall primarily on GA itself, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said, because of limited Transporta

The Defense Department will remove its flight information publications, digital aeronautical flight information file and related aeronautical charts and pu

One of the cornerstones of aviation is trust.

Washington, D.C.’s South Capitol Street Heliport (09W) has been struggling to reopen to at least some pre-approved general aviation rotorcraft since mid-20

Beginning later this month, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) will use aircraft-specific laser lights to warn errant pilots they have st

Two men who used grenades to hijack an Aires Colombia de Havilland Dash 8-300 on September 12 surrendered five hours after the standoff began, ending a har

Operators needing to hire a ride-along qualified law-enforcement officer to meet one of the special security requirements of flying into Reagan Washington

In a letter to all 535 members of Congress, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) highlighted what it calls “costly and ill-conceived provisio

Northrop Grumman expected to begin last month “operational testing and evaluation” of its Guardian civil aircraft counter-manpads air defense system aboard

A homeland security spending bill includes language directing the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to work with industry to expand the transpor

General aviation’s quest to return to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) sustained a blow last month when two Pennsylvania pilots caused anoth

Language included in the federal homeland security funding bill encourages the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to continue moving forward on e

Greer Aviation has opened security screening facilities at its FBOs in Edinburgh and Prestwick, Scotland.

The FAA and general aviation organizations have stepped up efforts to inform pilots flying in the airspace around the Washington and Baltimore areas about

Hayden Sheaffer, the pilot-in-command of the Cessna 150 that violated the Washington, D.C.

At a hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee last month, representatives of general aviation organizations spelled out the

In a recently released Government Accountability Office (GAO) study on securing and defending U.S.

As the pressure mounts in Congress to do something about pilots who bust the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) around Washington, D.C., the FAA has ap

A Senate amendment that called for severe fines, loss of license and aircraft confiscation for violating the flight restricted zone (FRZ) in the Washington

The long-awaited reopening of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to some general aviation aircraft now appears imminent with the Trans- portation Se

In the aftermath of 9/11, the number-one priority quickly became answering “How did it happen?” and “How do we stop it from happening again?”

Former Comair flight attendant (FA) Gilbert Knops has filed suit against the airline, claiming his ethnic appearance and anti-war sentiment bred suspicion

The so-called “stealth” amendment passed Congress last month, granting the City of Rialto, Calif., special dispensation to sell its municipally owned airpo