It’s not just high-rollers flying in for the baccarat that crowd the airspace in Las Vegas. Or so says this story, from the Las Vegas Review-Journal by way of The Associated Press.
Entries from September 2008
September 30, 2008
Cost-benefit of ADS-B ‘non-positive,’ general aviation says
Operators have responded to the proposed ADS-B mandate for general aviation aircraft with a Bronx cheer, AINonline reports.
A cost-benefit case for ADS-B equipage of general aviation aircraft cannot be made, concluded an Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) in a report published last week. Analysis of public comments relating to the FAA’s September 2007 [...]
September 29, 2008
Spotlight on runway excursions
Runway excursions remain a regular and often fatal problem, despite ongoing awareness initiatives, according to this story from Flightglobal.
Speaking at the European Business Aviation Association Conference and Exhibition in Geneva this year, (Flight Safety Foundation) president Bill Voss highlighted runway safety in all its forms as being worthy of particular attention, but [...]
September 27, 2008
NASA to boost spending on NextGen R&D
Congress has sent President Bush a NASA reauthorization bill that includes more money for NextGen research and development, according to this release from the House.
Specifically, the bill increases aeronautics R&D funding in order to address critical national needs such as the NextGen air traffic control management system.
September 26, 2008
Computer glitch forces BA to cancel flights
British Airways canceled more than a dozen flights, a day after an air traffic control computer glitch restricted the number of planes able to enter British airspace, according to this brief story from The Associated Press.
September 19, 2008
ADS-B delivers South Florida pilots traffic and weather
The FAA reports pilots flying in aircraft equipped with ADS-B in South Florida can now receive free traffic and weather information on their cockpit displays. For traffic, it’s the first time pilots can see the same info available to air traffic controllers.
Read more in this FAA press release and in this press release from ITT [...]
September 17, 2008
NATCA: Outages at SoCal TRACON, Miami Center
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association has issued a press reelase reporting two ATC outages in recent days. The first occurred on Sunday at the Southern California TRACON (Terminal Radar Approach Control), which apparently experienced a loss of radar and radio functionality. Details per NATCA:
At approximately 3:17 P.M. PDT on Sunday frequencies for the [...]
September 2, 2008
More from Oshkosh: Sturgell sees controller workload easing
As I mentioned earlier, Acting FAA Administrator Robert Sturgell took questions about air traffic control and NextGen issues at last week’s AirVenture event. While a transcript isn’t available, AIN Online did have some additional quotes and insight in their report from Oshkosh. Sturgell characterized the nation’s ATC system as being:
in a “transition” phase as controllers [...]
September 1, 2008
[Update] ADS-B Air-to-Air capabilities
Updating my previous post, I had a chance to look at the FAA’s final Statement of Objectives (link to word doc here) related to the ADS-B Performance Requirments contract that will be awarded in the next six weeks. I have to be honest: Between the acronym soup and the agency-speak, it’s pretty hard to wade your way [...]
