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After FAA land sells, Friedman shrinks by half
Diamond Pilots | 19 hours ago by Kathryn
Large, private jets would not have adequate runway length By PAT MURPHY Express Staff Writer The size of the Friedman Memorial Airport property would shrink considerably when the FAA sells land that it controls. Courtesy graphic Even if the city read more
FAA investigating whether helicopter at Baylor-Texas football gam…
Diamond Pilots | December 5th 2009 by Kathryn
By Michael W. Shapiro Tribune-Herald staff writer The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether an area helicopter company violated federal regulations by circling around the Baylor University-University of Texas football game Nov. 1 read more
Podcast: FAAs & FBAs – What’s the Difference?
Making Special Education Actually Work | December 1st 2009
On April 5, 2009, we originally published “FAAs & FBAs – What’s the Difference?”. Throughout this school year, KPS4Parents is recording many of our past text-only articles as podcasts so that busy parents, educators, and read more
Marriage in Mass., Argentina; World AIDS Day
DailyQueerNews.com | December 1st 2009 by Matt Comer
What the mainstream media is saying… Argentine marriage After a city judge found a same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional, it seemed Alex Freyre and Jose Maria di Bello would become Latin America’s first gay couple to wed. Another judge i read more
The Mongoos Report EP4
LiveCitizen | November 30th 2009
The season finale of TMR, Episode 4 covered quite a bit of material! Glambert’s devious AMA award show took the top story as we discussed the double standard that male performers are held to in the music and entertainment industries. The tragic read more
New FAA rule prohibits takeoffs with 'polished frost'
Professional Pilot News | November 30th 2009 by B N Sullivan
by B.N. SullivanThe U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a new rule that prohibits takeoffs with “polished frost” — frost buffed to make it smooth — on the wings, stabilizers and control surfaces of several classes of aircraf read more
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like…
Brainpan Leakage: From the warped mind of M. R. Sellars | November 29th 2009 by M. R. Sellars
…That secular holiday involving a dude with a white beard, wearing a red suit, and violating all manner of FAA protocols with a sled and some baked reindeer. I say they are baked because as I understand it their ability to fly has something to read more
FAA releases recordings of wayward jet
365Daynews.Com Products Review Online | November 28th 2009 by aofza
One of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot the Minneapolis, Minnesota, airport last month told air traffic control that they had dropped from radio contact because of “cockpit distraction.” According to recordings released Fri read more
Podcast: Assessing Problem Behaviors in Special Education Student…
Making Special Education Actually Work | November 27th 2009
On March 1, 2009, we originally published “Assessing Problem Behaviors in Special Education Students”. Throughout this school year, KPS4Parents is recording many of our past text-only articles as podcasts so that busy parents, educators, read more
FAA to improve landing operations at Newark airport 2 years after…
Diamond Pilots | November 25th 2009 by Kathryn
By Mike Frassinelli/The Star-Ledger NEWARK -- The Federal Aviation Administration next month will improve landing patterns at a dangerous runway intersection at Newark Liberty International Airport, nearly two years after a whistle blower detailed s read more
FAA revokes low-flying pilot's license
Diamond Pilots | November 25th 2009 by Kathryn
By BARBARA HENRY A pilot who "scared the daylights" out of Carlsbad residents living near McClellan-Palomar Airport with reckless, low-flying behavior on a Saturday afternoon in May has had his license revoked, the Federal Aviation Administration a read more
Plate Hate Offers A Remedy To Holiday Road Rage
POLITICS 24/7 | November 25th 2009 by Anthony Del Pellegrino
Summertime often provides a steady stream of traffic. If you’re not struggling through rush hour traffic on the weekday, come late afternoon Friday, you’re finding yourself coping with congested roads filled with weekend tourists traveli read more
FAA withdraws flightcrew duty, rest NPRM
Pilotbug: Aviation information and introspection | November 24th 2009
The FAA issued a withdrawal of its 1995 Notice of Published Rulemaking (NPRM) on establishing rest, duty and flight time limitation of flight crewmembers. In that document, the FAA stated the NPRM had become outdated and because it raised so many i read more
FAA Study Warns Alternative Fuels May Worsen Aviation’s GHG Pro…
SugarcaneBlog | November 23rd 2009
According to Carbon Control News, industry officials say alternative jet fuels could play a central role in reducing aviation’s carbon footprint, but a new study commissioned by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) finds many of those fuel read more
FAA changing departure procedures at KSMO Santa Monica Municipal…
Diamond Pilots | November 21st 2009 by Kathryn
NEW PLAN: Starting Dec. 1, piston-powered planes departing west from SMO will turn once they reach an altitude of 400 feet above sea level. photo by Brandon Wise. By Melody Hanatani SUNSET PARK — There could be fewer delays and less pollution e read more
FAA: Bad Weather To Blame For Most Flight Delays Thursday
Diamond Pilots | November 21st 2009 by Kathryn
ATLANTA — The Federal Aviation Administration blames an equipment outage for 819 delayed flights earlier this week. FAA says equipment outage is to blame for 273 flight delays Thursday at Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport. (photo co read more
Delays & cancellations from computer glitch
Airline News Blog | November 19th 2009 by Jason Rhen
FAA says glitch resolved quickly, but not before countless delays A four hour computer network failure was resolved earlier this morning, but not after creating a long list of delayed and cancelled flights through out the United States and even affec read more
Flight Plans
Drink Neuro Blog | November 19th 2009 by Justin
Just in time for holiday travel, the Federal Aviation Administration had air travelers scrambling to re-do Thanksgiving Day plans when a computer glitch caused widespread panic. Hey guys, this is the second time this year that airports have been turn read more
FAA Computer Glitch Causing Widespread Flight Delays [Transportat…
Mouse ATC | November 19th 2009
For the second time in 15 months, an FAA computer glitch has rippled through airports across the country, causing major delays. Clearly, when one computer goes down in Salt Lake City and it drags down our entire air traffic system, something needs to read more
FAA Flight Delays: Computer Glitch Causing Delays At O’Hare, Mi…
surroundings me | November 19th 2009 by angel
A nationwide FAA computer system malfunction is causing flight delays at O’Hare and Midway Airports Thursday. The program designed to automatically enter flight plans stopped working properly around 5:15 Thursday morning, forcing flight control read more
FAA Computer Glitch Delays Flights Across America
BusinessPundit | November 19th 2009 by Rob
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that a computer glitch would cause delays and cancellations of flights nationwide. The Wall Street Journal has more: The problem involved the FAA computer system that files automated flight read more
Broken FAA Computer Causing Delays Across The US [Travel]
Financial Tips and Tricks | November 19th 2009 by ctrlshift
USAToday is reporting that a broken FAA computer in Atlanta is causing widespread delays across the country. In particular, "Washington National, Baltimore/Washington and Newark Liberty are all... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website read more
FAA team to discuss runway operations - Friedman Memorial Airport
Diamond Pilots | November 18th 2009 by Kathryn
By PAT MURPHY Express Staff Writer The Runway Safety Action Team of the Federal Aviation Administration will hold a meeting today, Nov. 18, at 9 a.m. at Friedman Memorial Airport to evaluate the field's runway operations. Pilots and others are invit read more
Absent-minded Aviators, Wi-Fi Usage, and The Law
LegalFish: The Daily Tackle | November 17th 2009 by Adrienne
Picture this, you’re taking a flight from Atlanta to New York, but you somehow feel like your flight is in the air a little too long, you have a look out your window but to your surprise and dismay, you notice a fighter jet flying next to the plan read more
Flight 1549: David Letterman Show (2-10)
Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias | November 16th 2009 by mattie
November 15, 2009 Flight 1549 appearances/videos/posts I found this at Sling looking for the passengers who were on the Early Show the other day. It’s the full segment of Flight 1549 on David Letterman. (The ones we had were homemade and incomp read more
Working with Kids
Trapped in a Tube - Ramblings from a Rarity in the Airline I… | November 14th 2009 by Thomas
One of my greatest passenger pet peeves is not following simple rules. After reading a post on Heather’s blog I decided to go ahead and write my own piece instead of waiting until a more opportune moment. Honestly, folks. It’s like wo read more
Safe Banking Systems ID’s Terror Suspects
Swine Flu - Pandemic Alert level Raised To 5 | November 11th 2009 by xavier
In the last few months a Mineola-based database company, Safe Banking Systems has made quite an impression on both the FAA and TSA. During that time they have uncovered information that six men suspected of, or convicted of crimes that threaten natio read more
FAA’s Babbitt singles out pitot covers as room for improvement
Pilotbug: Aviation information and introspection | November 11th 2009
In a speech given to the Regional Airline Association November 10th, FAA administrator Randy Babbitt spoke about the culture of professionalism, need for mentoring junior pilots and safety. Curiously, he also specifically mentioned Safety Enhanceme read more
Aero-TV Profiles the Garmin GPSMAP 495
Garmin-Nuvi-350 | November 10th 2009 by Eyal Barzilay
Most Of What We Loved In The 496, But At A Lower Price When it comes to offering big things in small packages, little else compares to Garmin’s know-it-all, do-it-all GPSMAP 496… designed to offer (well, almost) everything a pilot could read more
Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) and General Av…
All you need to know about General Aviation | November 4th 2009 by prince singh
The other day I wrote about how the JDPO is working hard to design the future of aviation, and how the NextGen is going to address the issues related to the safety, capacity and efficiency of the national airspace system while providing a flexible, e read more
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