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It came as absolutely no surprise to anyone in the industry that the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rejected absolutely suggestions from former Boeing engineer Vince Weldon that the 787 was “unsafe and brittle” and that it should alter the certification and testing process for the predominantly carbon fibre twin-jet. What is a surprise is
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Brisbane’s New Parallel Runway the Federal Government’s Green Light for Brisbane’s New Parallel Runway (Npr) Triggered the Expected Protests – Poorly Researched by Opponents and Media Alike. The Runway, Which Won’t Become Operational Until 2015, Has Been in Full Public Knowledge for Over 25 Years. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe
Elections may come and go – along with governments – but it is the bureaucracy that is the real stayer and which, in many ways, determines aviation policy. Anyone who has dealt with CASA in recent years knows that, despite a lot of window dressing and shuffling of deckchairs, not a great deal has changed
A Fine Mess Last Month I Wrote About Receiving a Fine Many Years Ago for Flying Through Marine Restricted Airspace Without Knowing That the Restrictions Were in Place or That There Was Actually Such a Thing. Knowing That There Were These Kinds of Airspace Restrictions Put in Place but the Aviation Industry Not Being Informed
The days of Flightwatch, as we know it today, are numbered, probably as a cost saving measure. It seemed that it was only a few years ago that pilots who were not airline or IFR traffic were told that they should use the Flightwatch discrete VHF and HF frequencies for Flight Information Service (FIS). This
