Senate works on FAA Funding Bill
AOPA: Senate begins debate on FAA reauthorization billThe Senate maneuvered around labor objections to the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization to begin debate on the bill. “It is in the interest….
FAA Aviation News becomes "SAFETY BRIEFING"
FAA ‘Aviation News’ becomes ‘Safety Briefing’ The publication FAA Aviation News is changing its name to FAA Safety Briefing starting with the March/April 2010 issue, available now on the FAA….
FAA requires plastic pilot’s licenses by end of month
AOPA: The FAA is requiring pilots to trade paper licenses for plastic licenses by March 31, 2010. The cost to receive a new license in the mail is $2. “We’ve….
NextGen could improve Aircraft performance
(source: Aviation Week) NextGen May Boost New Aircraft Types Advanced short-runway airliners and large commercial tiltrotors could boost the capacity of the U.S. air transport system without impacting conventional aircraft….
Glass Cockpits Not Safer according to New Study
AVWEB:An NTSB study shows glass cockpit technology has not significantly improved the safety of small light planes, the NTSB said Tuesday, and …more (Source: AVWEB)
Raytheon Co. GPS contract for upgrading could double
AOPA: An $886 million contract awarded to Raytheon Co. for the upgrading of ground positions for the U.S. Global Positioning System could wind up being worth more than twice that….
HELI-EXPO STARTS SATURDAY
Heli-Expo 2010 is presented by Helicopter Association International (HAI). Thousands of delegates and hundreds of exhibitors will fill the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas for the event, which runs….
WingX GPS- Enabled Terrain Aware Map for iPhone!!
We find this to be a really cool product: WingX for iPhone Version 3.0 adds GPS-Enabled Terrain-Aware Moving Map. The latest release builds upon much of the optimizations built into….
Garmin SB1049 Mandatory G500H Installations with GTS 8xx Traffic Systems
G500H Installations with GTS 8xx Traffic Systems This Service Bulletin provides instructions to disconnect and discontinue use of the HSDB interface to the GTS 8xx Traffic System until this….
FAA Embraces NextGen Task Force Recommendations
AVWEB: FAA Embraces NextGen Task Force Recommendations The FAA responded positively to a report from the RTCA NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force, which the agency had requested to recommend key….