Almost 6000 of the current 38000 ADS-B equipped FAA registered aircraft so far, are NOT PERFORMING because of a simple mistake which has something to do with the Certificate of Registration ! According to an article by By Woodrow Bellamy III in Avionics magazine, the latest available data from FAA shows that 18 percent of all […]
Starting December 1st 2015 if you fly a Large Aircraft into EU Airspace, you need to be equipped with Version 7.1 of Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorizes, but does not mandate TCAS II Version 7.1 software [yet] for use in the National Airspace System (NAS). Version 7.1 is defined by FAA […]
BY: Gregory Polek – AIN Online Emirates Airline plans to fly the longest nonstop flight in the world next February, when it launches new direct service between Dubai and Panama City. Schedules call for the westbound portion of the Boeing 777-200LR service to last 17 hours and 35 minutes and cover 7,463 nm, according to […]
The Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed a framework of regulations for all operators of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The FAA proposal offers safety rules for small UAS (under 55 pounds) conducting non-recreational operations. The rule would limit flights to daylight and visual-line-of-sight operations. It also addresses height restrictions, operator certification, optional […]
We were going to lead today on the sale of PIA, and in that feature we were going to make mention of missile attack risk, but now we are left wondering if there is some sort of conspiracy going on against MAS? I would forgive anyone at MAS for thinking these thoughts out-loud at this […]
Surprisingly Mubadala Development Co (Mubadala) has agreed to sell ADAT (Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies) to Etihad Airways. The transaction includes maintenance and engineering teams, hangars, component workshops, and paint facilities in Abu Dhabi, which will enhance Etihad Airways capability to undertake airframe and component maintenance on its growing fleet of modern aircraft, including the […]
Watching the news on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished early Saturday with 239 people on board during a flight between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing, makes us the technical guys wonder how could such an advance widebody aircraft could be lost. Now the search is moved to a location that was not on the aircraft’ flight plan. On […]
Flight 370
The Federal Aviation Administration has announced the furloughing of almost 3,000 air safety inspectors as part of the government shutdown. The job of the inspectors is to ensure that airlines and general aviation aircraft are keeping up with planes’ maintenance; to perform inspections on the planes and pilots; and to visit the sites that airlines use to repair aircraft, […]
Recent news of a documentary, which will air on EPIX TV network July 17th, about 1996 explosion that brought down TWA Flight 800 offers “solid proof that there was an external detonation,” its co-producer said. “Of course, everyone knows about the eyewitness statements, but we also have corroborating information from the radar data, and the radar […]
With the advancement in digital communications since 1990’s and years of tests, airlines are now facing some mandates for digital communication. Starting 2014, if you plan to fly above FL-285, your aircraft needs to be capable of Controller – Pilot Data Link Communication, or CPDLC, which is essentially using text messaging between aircraft and Air […]
