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• NextGen producing benefits Now

  Created: Monday, 23 July 2012 14:07 Author:

  NextGen producing benefits Now Tangible benefits are already evident with elements of NextGen, panelists told attendees at ATW’s 5th Annual Eco-Aviation Conference in Washington DC June 21. “We’re already seeing benefits,” FAA assistant adminis...

• New ‘Climb Via’ Procedures To Go Live Nationwide August 15

  Created: Thursday, 21 June 2012 00:00 Author:

  New ‘Climb Via’ Procedures To Go Live Nationwide August 15 NBAA: Pilots Need To Prepare For Procedural Changes On Standard Instrument Departures Significant changes are on the horizon that will affect pilots flying instrument departures and arrivals...

• FAA Attempting to Standardize Initial Part 135 Training Requirements The FAA can’t win. Lo

  Created: Saturday, 09 June 2012 01:28 Author:

  FAA Attempting to Standardize Initial Part 135 Training Requirements The FAA can’t win. Long reviled for inconsistently applying its own regulations, the agency is now being questioned for trying to standardize the way initial training is conducted fo...

• Rockwell Collins CEO Urges New Approach to NextGen

  Created: Saturday, 09 June 2012 01:01 Author:

  Rockwell Collins CEO Urges New Approach to NextGen Rockwell Collins CEO Clay Jones may not be a pessimist when it comes to the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). But the leader of one of the world’s major avionics manufacturers is not...

• TRANSIT OF VENUS 2012 - LIVE!

  Created: Tuesday, 05 June 2012 15:46 Author:

    TRANSIT OF VENUS 2012 - LIVE! http://www.ustream.tv/transitofvenus ...

• Pilot Fatigue Rules Might Encompass Cargo Pilots

  Created: Monday, 28 May 2012 01:04 Author:

  Pilot Fatigue Rules might Encompass Cargo Pilots The FAA has asked a federal court to delay a lawsuit by a pilot union so the agency can take another look at whether cargo pilots should be covered by new Part 121 flight, duty and rest regulations. When ...

• 2012 The Transition to Light

  Created: Wednesday, 16 May 2012 05:44 Author:

  2012 The Transition to Light ...

• Spaceflight Companies Team Up for Private Space Station Flights

  Created: Saturday, 12 May 2012 02:37 Author:

  Spaceflight Companies Team Up for Private Space Station Flights SPACE.com                                         Two private aerospace firms are teaming up to sell manned flights to private space st...

• Hawker Beechcraft Remains Open During Reorganization

  Created: Friday, 11 May 2012 21:38 Author:

  Hawker Beechcraft Remains Open During Reorganization Hawker Beechcraft received federal bankruptcy court approval on Friday to continue operating during the reorganization process that follows the Wichita OEM’s filing for protection under Chapter 11 th...

• FAA Reports Progress on NextGen System

  Created: Sunday, 06 May 2012 01:03 Author:

  FAA Reports Progress on NextGen System It’s clear that the final release of the FAA’s Authorization Act has given a new fillip to the agency’s NextGen implementation activity. The 2012 Plan, released in March, has a much more upbeat flavor than it...

• ATC Controller having a bad day at JFK

  Created: Thursday, 26 April 2012 23:32 Author:

  ATC Controller having a bad day at JFK ...

• FAA Wants Comments on Pilot Certification Rule

  Created: Thursday, 26 April 2012 23:09 Author:

  FAA Wants Comments on Pilot Certification Rule by Robert P. Mark The FAA is seeking comments on its proposal to upgrade Part 121 pilot certification experience requirements. The new standards would require airline first officers to hold an ATP certific...

• US Airways: Merger with AA might make sense

  Created: Thursday, 22 March 2012 11:51 Author:

  US Airways: Merger with AA might make sense US Airways 767-200. Courtesy, US US Airways (US) continues to explore whether a merger with American Airlines (AA) would be a good move, but consolidation is not a strategic necessity, US chairman and CEO Do...

• CitationAir To Trim Fleet, Pilot Ranks

  Created: Thursday, 22 March 2012 11:30 Author:

  CitationAir To Trim Fleet, Pilot Ranks by Matt Thurber As CitationAir transitions from selling fractional shares to focusing on its Jet Card and Jet Management products, the company plans to “begin reducing its aircraft fleet as Jet S...

• Used Jet Inventory Eases, T-props a ‘Seller’s Market’

  Created: Thursday, 08 March 2012 01:42 Author:

  Used Jet Inventory Eases, T-props a ‘Seller’s Market’ by Chad Trautvetter Pre-owned business jet and turboprop inventories continued to subside in January as sales transactions increased, according to data released by market inform...

• Used Jet Inventory Eases, T-props a ‘Seller’s Market’

  Created: Thursday, 08 March 2012 01:42 Author:

  Used Jet Inventory Eases, T-props a ‘Seller’s Market’ by Chad Trautvetter Pre-owned business jet and turboprop inventories continued to subside in January as sales transactions increased, according to data released by market inform...

• Gliders Urged To Squawk 1202 Effective March 7 Gliders Urged To Squawk 1202 Effective March 7

  Created: Sunday, 26 February 2012 03:04 Author:

  Gliders Urged To Squawk 1202 Effective March 7 FAA Responds To NTSB Recommendation To Avoid Mid-Airs Many aircraft radar transponders have a button which immediately sets the squawk code to 1200, the standard code for VFR traffic not in communication ...

• Wikipedia, Google blackout sites to protest SOPA

  Created: Wednesday, 18 January 2012 03:43 Author:

  Wikipedia, Google blackout sites to protest SOPA! Wikipedia replaced article pages with this anti-SOPA message. Three of the Internet's most popular destinations--Google, Wikipedia, and Craigslist--launched an audacious experiment in political activ...

• FAA Certifies 1000th WAAS Approach

  Created: Friday, 23 December 2011 00:16 Author:

  FAA Certifies 1000th WAAS Approach The Federal Aviation Association (www.faa.gov) recently hit a major milestone in the move toward a satellite-based air traffic control system with the implementation of the 1,000th instrument approach that uses the enha...

• Southwest Helps Boeing with BIG B737 Order

  Created: Saturday, 17 December 2011 01:06 Author:

  Southwest Helps Boeing with BIG B737 Order Buoyed by a record-setting order from Southwest Airlines, Boeing says it now has 13 customers for its 737 MAX and believes it could have 1,400 to 1,500 firm commitments for the aircraft by the end of 2012. Ji...