The FAA is raising the fees it charges flights that use air traffic services but neither take off or land […]
Month: November 2016
Early 2017 start date for international flight plan form
The FAA is now planning for an early 2017 start date for the mandatory use of the International Flight Plan […]
FAA requests user input on V-band coupling failures
An FAA/industry working group examining the safety issue of V-band coupling failures on turbocharged reciprocating engines has asked the public […]
DGCA to probe Mamata flight incident, Parliament informed
Banerjee’s flight hovered over Kolkata airport for only 13 minutes and it was ensured that the aircraft landed … were […]
IndiGo on Mamata flight incident: Plane had adequate fuel
Subsequently, the airplane made a normal landing at Kolkata airport … Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju and MoS Jayant Sinha respectively. […]
Australian ADS-B Mandates Stir Up GA Objections
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority has announced it’s extending its deadline for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast installations in private aircraft, […]
Buzz Aldrin Evacuated From South Pole
Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin is in a New Zealand hospital after he fell ill on a trip to Antarctica. Aldrin, […]
DJI Has Decided That The Inspire 2 is Too Fast
In what’s probably a first in the drone industry, DJI has decided to lower the top speed of its latest […]
Picture of the day: Looking skyward
Gene Winsett recently submitted this photo, explaining: “I have always enjoyed sunrises and sunsets. But what our creator has provided […]
More questions about ethanol
In my last column, Ethanol and aircraft: Just say no, I answered some questions about ethanol and its effect on aircraft. […]