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News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

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Safety Plan Takes Off in Europe

Eurocontrol, the Flight Safety Foundation, the European Regions Airline Association and other pilot and ATC organizations are implementing a new action pla
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Recommendations Repeated for Deicing Measures

As a result of its investigation into the Montrose accident, the NTSB recommended that the FAA “develop visual and tactile training aids” that show small a
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Bizav Reported Target of ATC Restrictions in Brazil

According to today’s issue of ASI Group’s “Hot Spots” security newsletter, civil aviation authorities in Brazil will impose temporary restrictions on priva
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Raytheon Deliveries and Bookings Increase

Raytheon Aircraft delivered 39 jets and 36 King Airs in the third quarter of this year compared with 29 jets and 27 King Airs in the same period last year,
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Landing Assessment Rulemaking Committee Urged

In an October 24 letter to FAA Administrator Marion Blakey, National Air Transportation Association (NATA) president James Coyne asked the agency to form a
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FAA Promotes Safety System Implementation

The FAA released Notice 8700.49, effective October 11, to guide FAA inspectors in helping operators develop Safety Management Systems (SMS).
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Data Show Fewer Fatalities in First Half

Despite a rash of accidents in June involving U.S.-registered turbine business airplanes, there were fewer fatalities in the first six months of this year
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Inflatable Seatbelts Move Step Closer to STCs

The FAA issued special conditions that would apply to STCs of AmSafe inflatable seatbelts in a variety of general aviation airplanes, including Beech, Cess
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LAX GV Pilot Urged To Call the FAA

The FAA is trying to interview the pilot of a non-U.S.
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Raytheon Addressing Beechjet Flameouts

Raytheon Aircraft said it is working with the FAA, NTSB, Transport Canada and Pratt & Whitney Canada to determine the root cause of three Beechjet dual eng
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AD Proposed for King Air Controls

On Monday, the FAA issued a proposed Airworthiness Directive that would mandate a one-time 80-manhour detailed inspection of the flight-control systems on
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Wireless airport surveillance tracks aircraft movements

Airport managers have a tool for tracking the comings and goings of every aircraft that uses their airport.
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Look online for the latest FAA advisory safety information

The Internet is yielding important safety benefits for aviation, making critical information available to many more aviation participants and helping regul
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Safe Flight Celebrates 60 Years

Safe Flight is celebrating its 60th year of producing products to make aviation safer.
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Jet Aviation buys smoke defenders

Clearly seeing the value of an emergency vision assurance system, Jet Aviation of Teterboro, N.J., will purchase smoke displacement technology for installa
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Cessna Wins Icing Approval, Sets Costs for Mustang

Cessna said the FAA cleared the Citation Mustang for flight into known icing two months after the new entry-level jet received FAA type certification on Se
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Glider in Midair with Hawker Didn’t Turn on Tx

The Schleicher sailplane that collided with a NetJets Hawker 800XP near Smith, Nev., on August 28 was equipped with a transponder, but it was not turned on
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Landing-assessment Rule Dropped–For Now

For the time being, air-taxi and fractional jet operators will not be required to add a 15-percent safety margin to actual landing distance as described in
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Long safety history a testament to ‘good people’

Each year NBAA recognizes member companies with superb safety records.
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NTSB Wants Ice Detectors on all Jet Engines

In the aftermath of four dual flameouts involving P&WC JT15D-powered Beechjets, the NTSB on Friday issued an urgent recommendation to help prevent furt
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Business Aviation Safety

In the last 10 years, business aviation safety has improved dramatically.
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Icing Training Mandate For Caravan Pilots?

A long-awaited interim final rule will be published in the next day or two extending through at least April 2008 the FAA’s mandated flight-reduction progra
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Recommendations Repeated for De-icing Measures

The NTSB on Friday released to the FAA its formal recommendations (A-06-42 and A-06-43) resulting from its investigation into the fatal crash of a Challeng
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FAA Moves Safety Effort to a Higher Level

The FAA took another step in its efforts to promote a “cultural change” to improve aviation safety–replacing the Aviation Safety Program (ASP) with the new
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API, Waypoint team on risk management

Aviation Personnel International (API) and Waypoint Partners have collaborated to launch a risk-management service for flight departments called the Accele
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Safety Standdown celebrates 10 years

Bombardier Aerospace earlier this month kicked off its 10th annual Safety Standdown in Wichita.
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Gulfstream V causes runway incursion at Los Angeles

The FAA has interviewed the pilots of a Gulfstream V that caused a runway incursion on September 30 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), during whic
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With RDT’s Tempus, there’s always a doctor on board

Virgin Atlantic Airways is the latest major carrier to improve its passengers’ chances of surviving a major health problem in flight by investing in the Te
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Bombardier Safety Standdown 2006

Traditionally, the term “safety standdown” refers to a temporary halt to military operations following a string of accidents.
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Securaplane cameras help NASA see stars

Securaplane came to NBAA this year flush with new business, ranging from a contract to supply cameras for NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Ast